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The1968 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states andThe District of Columbia were part of the1968 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose 26 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Ohio was won by theRepublican Party candidate, former Vice PresidentRichard Nixon by a narrow margin of 2.28%. Nixon won the vast majority of Ohio's counties, including the major cities ofColumbus,Cincinnati,Canton andHamilton. TheDemocratic Party candidate, Vice PresidentHubert Humphrey, kept the race close by winning the major cities ofCleveland,Toledo,Akron,Dayton,Youngstown,Lorain, andSpringfield.
TheAmerican Independent Party candidate, formerAlabama governorGeorge Wallace, had his best performance in the Midwestern United States, taking 11.81% of the popular vote, despite being far from his base of support in theDeep South. This was due to Ohio's presence along the borders ofKentucky andWest Virginia, which are considered part of the southern United States. In the north, Wallace appealed to blue-collar workers and union members who usually voted Democratic, but who had become disgruntled with the racial violence and anti-Vietnam War protests. As a result, this split in the Democratic vote between Humphrey and Wallace was enough for Nixon to narrowly carry Ohio.[citation needed]
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichMercer County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1] Nixon became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carryingClark,Cuyahoga,Harrison,Lorain,Lucas,Mahoning, orPortage Counties, as well as the first to do so without carryingMontgomery orTuscarawas Counties sinceWilliam Howard Taft in1908.
A United States Supreme Court case involving ballot access occurred during the election cycle in Ohio,Williamsv. Rhodes. The case involved the American Independent Party along with theSocialist Labor Party; with the American Independent Party getting enough signatures but not filing its petition prior to the February 7 deadline while the Socialist Labor Party had been of the ballot since 1948 and that year in 1968 they did not collect enough signatures. Both of the parties sued the state in a US District Court arguing being kept off the ballot was in violation of theEqual Protection Clause of the US Constitution before later merging the cases. In the District Court it was found that both political parties must be given write-in status but the state did not have to put the candidates names on the ballot. The US Supreme Court found it violated the Equal Protection Clause in a 6-3 decision.[2]
| 1968 United States presidential election in Ohio[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 1,791,014 | 45.23% | 26 | |
| Democrat | Hubert Humphrey | 1,700,586 | 42.95% | 0 | |
| American Independent | George Wallace | 467,495 | 11.81% | 0 | |
| No party | Dick Gregory (write-in) | 372 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| No party | Henning A. Blomen (write-in) | 120 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| No party | Fred Halstead (write-in) | 69 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| No party | Charlene Mitchell (write-in) | 23 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| No party | E. Harold Munn (write-in) | 19 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,959,698 | 100.00% | 26 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age) | 63% | ||||
| County | Richard Nixon Republican | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | George Wallace American Independent | Various candidates Write-ins | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 3,973 | 51.54% | 2,685 | 34.83% | 1,049 | 13.61% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,288 | 16.71% | 7,708 |
| Allen | 23,124 | 60.30% | 10,994 | 28.67% | 4,231 | 11.03% | 12,130 | 31.63% | 38,349 | ||
| Ashland | 9,745 | 62.49% | 4,526 | 29.02% | 1,323 | 8.48% | 5,219 | 33.47% | 15,594 | ||
| Ashtabula | 17,058 | 46.66% | 16,738 | 45.79% | 2,753 | 7.53% | 6 | 0.02% | 320 | 0.87% | 36,555 |
| Athens | 7,837 | 47.79% | 7,351 | 44.82% | 1,207 | 7.36% | 5 | 0.03% | 486 | 2.97% | 16,400 |
| Auglaize | 9,368 | 56.96% | 5,550 | 33.74% | 1,528 | 9.29% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,818 | 23.22% | 16,447 |
| Belmont | 11,512 | 31.94% | 22,056 | 61.19% | 2,478 | 6.87% | -10,544 | -29.25% | 36,046 | ||
| Brown | 4,700 | 44.27% | 3,610 | 34.00% | 2,307 | 21.73% | 1,090 | 10.27% | 10,617 | ||
| Butler | 35,962 | 48.73% | 23,649 | 32.04% | 14,188 | 19.22% | 3 | 0.00% | 12,313 | 16.69% | 73,802 |
| Carroll | 4,634 | 52.39% | 3,119 | 35.26% | 1,092 | 12.34% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,515 | 17.13% | 8,846 |
| Champaign | 6,863 | 53.83% | 4,264 | 33.44% | 1,621 | 12.71% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,599 | 20.39% | 12,750 |
| Clark | 23,748 | 43.58% | 24,029 | 44.10% | 6,710 | 12.31% | 4 | 0.01% | -281 | -0.52% | 54,491 |
| Clermont | 15,299 | 48.04% | 8,859 | 27.82% | 7,690 | 24.15% | 1 | 0.00% | 6,440 | 20.22% | 31,849 |
| Clinton | 6,265 | 56.56% | 2,982 | 26.92% | 1,830 | 16.52% | 3,283 | 29.64% | 11,077 | ||
| Columbiana | 19,947 | 46.21% | 19,382 | 44.90% | 3,832 | 8.88% | 9 | 0.02% | 565 | 1.31% | 43,170 |
| Coshocton | 7,256 | 53.59% | 5,013 | 37.03% | 1,270 | 9.38% | 2,243 | 16.56% | 13,539 | ||
| Crawford | 11,898 | 56.64% | 6,737 | 32.07% | 2,373 | 11.30% | 5,161 | 24.57% | 21,008 | ||
| Cuyahoga | 238,791 | 35.44% | 363,540 | 53.95% | 71,360 | 10.59% | 148 | 0.02% | -124,749 | -18.51% | 673,839 |
| Darke | 10,926 | 53.78% | 7,371 | 36.28% | 2,015 | 9.92% | 3 | 0.01% | 3,555 | 17.50% | 20,315 |
| Defiance | 7,348 | 52.64% | 5,686 | 40.73% | 925 | 6.63% | 1,662 | 11.91% | 13,959 | ||
| Delaware | 9,029 | 57.72% | 4,056 | 25.93% | 2,557 | 16.34% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,973 | 31.79% | 15,644 |
| Erie | 13,023 | 48.50% | 11,388 | 42.41% | 2,437 | 9.08% | 1 | 0.00% | 1,635 | 6.09% | 26,849 |
| Fairfield | 14,810 | 52.03% | 9,533 | 33.49% | 4,124 | 14.49% | 5,277 | 18.54% | 28,467 | ||
| Fayette | 5,339 | 51.99% | 2,966 | 28.88% | 1,962 | 19.11% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,373 | 23.11% | 10,269 |
| Franklin | 148,933 | 51.78% | 101,240 | 35.20% | 37,390 | 13.00% | 61 | 0.02% | 47,693 | 16.58% | 287,624 |
| Fulton | 7,817 | 64.14% | 3,338 | 27.39% | 1,033 | 8.48% | 4,479 | 36.75% | 12,188 | ||
| Gallia | 5,134 | 58.10% | 2,660 | 30.10% | 1,039 | 11.76% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,474 | 28.00% | 8,836 |
| Geauga | 11,857 | 51.76% | 7,825 | 34.16% | 3,226 | 14.08% | 4,032 | 17.60% | 22,908 | ||
| Greene | 17,589 | 45.36% | 15,178 | 39.14% | 5,999 | 15.47% | 9 | 0.02% | 2,411 | 6.22% | 38,775 |
| Guernsey | 7,336 | 49.44% | 5,815 | 39.19% | 1,685 | 11.36% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,521 | 10.25% | 14,837 |
| Hamilton | 183,611 | 50.24% | 135,057 | 36.95% | 46,742 | 12.79% | 73 | 0.02% | 48,554 | 13.29% | 365,483 |
| Hancock | 15,032 | 61.08% | 6,918 | 28.11% | 2,659 | 10.80% | 8,114 | 32.97% | 24,609 | ||
| Hardin | 6,963 | 53.82% | 4,180 | 32.31% | 1,794 | 13.87% | 2,783 | 21.51% | 12,937 | ||
| Harrison | 3,532 | 45.87% | 3,594 | 46.68% | 574 | 7.45% | -62 | -0.81% | 7,700 | ||
| Henry | 6,970 | 63.21% | 3,256 | 29.53% | 799 | 7.25% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,714 | 33.68% | 11,026 |
| Highland | 6,489 | 51.81% | 3,828 | 30.56% | 2,208 | 17.63% | 2,661 | 21.25% | 12,525 | ||
| Hocking | 3,998 | 45.94% | 3,701 | 42.53% | 1,003 | 11.53% | 297 | 3.41% | 8,702 | ||
| Holmes | 3,350 | 58.47% | 1,898 | 33.13% | 479 | 8.36% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,452 | 25.34% | 5,729 |
| Huron | 9,456 | 53.38% | 6,515 | 36.78% | 1,741 | 9.83% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,941 | 16.60% | 17,714 |
| Jackson | 5,870 | 53.52% | 4,021 | 36.66% | 1,077 | 9.82% | 1,849 | 16.86% | 10,968 | ||
| Jefferson | 12,949 | 33.53% | 21,917 | 56.76% | 3,740 | 9.69% | 9 | 0.02% | -8,968 | -23.23% | 38,615 |
| Knox | 9,072 | 55.01% | 5,725 | 34.71% | 1,695 | 10.28% | 3,347 | 20.30% | 16,492 | ||
| Lake | 28,450 | 43.40% | 27,932 | 42.61% | 9,160 | 13.97% | 17 | 0.03% | 518 | 0.79% | 65,559 |
| Lawrence | 9,782 | 46.75% | 8,671 | 41.44% | 2,470 | 11.81% | 1,111 | 5.31% | 20,923 | ||
| Licking | 19,542 | 48.89% | 15,021 | 37.58% | 5,405 | 13.52% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,521 | 11.31% | 39,970 |
| Logan | 8,362 | 56.12% | 4,889 | 32.81% | 1,647 | 11.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,473 | 23.31% | 14,899 |
| Lorain | 34,252 | 39.95% | 42,642 | 49.74% | 8,825 | 10.29% | 8 | 0.01% | -8,390 | -9.79% | 85,727 |
| Lucas | 69,403 | 38.98% | 91,346 | 51.31% | 17,260 | 9.69% | 28 | 0.02% | -21,943 | -12.33% | 178,037 |
| Madison | 5,882 | 57.15% | 2,780 | 27.01% | 1,631 | 15.85% | 3,102 | 30.14% | 10,293 | ||
| Mahoning | 42,948 | 34.75% | 68,433 | 55.38% | 12,189 | 9.86% | 8 | 0.01% | -25,485 | -20.63% | 123,578 |
| Marion | 12,887 | 53.10% | 8,611 | 35.48% | 2,772 | 11.42% | 1 | 0.00% | 4,276 | 17.62% | 24,271 |
| Medina | 14,089 | 52.31% | 9,194 | 34.14% | 3,632 | 13.49% | 18 | 0.07% | 4,895 | 18.17% | 26,933 |
| Meigs | 4,759 | 56.29% | 2,921 | 34.55% | 774 | 9.15% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,838 | 21.74% | 8,455 |
| Mercer | 6,313 | 44.43% | 6,801 | 47.86% | 1,095 | 7.71% | -488 | -3.43% | 14,209 | ||
| Miami | 16,997 | 50.62% | 13,228 | 39.40% | 3,348 | 9.97% | 4 | 0.01% | 3,769 | 11.22% | 33,577 |
| Monroe | 2,686 | 42.27% | 3,105 | 48.87% | 562 | 8.84% | 1 | 0.02% | -419 | -6.60% | 6,354 |
| Montgomery | 84,766 | 40.93% | 96,082 | 46.39% | 26,232 | 12.67% | 40 | 0.02% | -11,316 | -5.46% | 207,120 |
| Morgan | 3,030 | 57.51% | 1,789 | 33.95% | 450 | 8.54% | 1,241 | 23.56% | 5,269 | ||
| Morrow | 4,898 | 55.58% | 2,405 | 27.29% | 1,509 | 17.12% | 2,493 | 28.29% | 8,812 | ||
| Muskingum | 15,260 | 48.13% | 13,089 | 41.28% | 3,356 | 10.59% | 2,171 | 6.85% | 31,705 | ||
| Noble | 2,615 | 53.06% | 1,726 | 35.02% | 587 | 11.91% | 889 | 18.04% | 4,928 | ||
| Ottawa | 7,149 | 47.30% | 6,319 | 41.81% | 1,647 | 10.90% | 830 | 5.49% | 15,115 | ||
| Paulding | 4,074 | 53.01% | 2,703 | 35.17% | 908 | 11.82% | 1,371 | 17.84% | 7,685 | ||
| Perry | 4,815 | 44.96% | 4,811 | 44.92% | 1,084 | 10.12% | 4 | 0.04% | 10,710 | ||
| Pickaway | 6,690 | 53.25% | 3,536 | 28.14% | 2,335 | 18.58% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,154 | 25.11% | 12,564 |
| Pike | 3,247 | 40.01% | 3,445 | 42.45% | 1,423 | 17.54% | -198 | -2.44% | 8,115 | ||
| Portage | 15,064 | 41.27% | 16,348 | 44.78% | 5,093 | 13.95% | -1,284 | -3.51% | 36,505 | ||
| Preble | 6,544 | 52.63% | 3,817 | 30.70% | 2,073 | 16.67% | 2,727 | 21.93% | 12,434 | ||
| Putnam | 7,188 | 59.38% | 3,530 | 29.16% | 1,387 | 11.46% | 3,658 | 30.22% | 12,105 | ||
| Richland | 23,484 | 53.63% | 14,988 | 34.23% | 5,311 | 12.13% | 4 | 0.01% | 8,496 | 19.40% | 43,787 |
| Ross | 11,284 | 50.72% | 6,873 | 30.90% | 4,087 | 18.37% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,411 | 19.82% | 22,246 |
| Sandusky | 11,696 | 53.10% | 8,581 | 38.96% | 1,745 | 7.92% | 3 | 0.01% | 3,115 | 14.14% | 22,025 |
| Scioto | 15,310 | 47.37% | 13,836 | 42.81% | 3,171 | 9.81% | 1,474 | 4.56% | 32,317 | ||
| Seneca | 12,040 | 52.30% | 8,970 | 38.97% | 2,010 | 8.73% | 3,070 | 13.33% | 23,020 | ||
| Shelby | 7,248 | 47.60% | 6,479 | 42.55% | 1,499 | 9.85% | 769 | 5.05% | 15,226 | ||
| Stark | 68,414 | 47.88% | 57,675 | 40.36% | 16,775 | 11.74% | 24 | 0.02% | 10,739 | 7.52% | 142,888 |
| Summit | 82,649 | 39.56% | 100,068 | 47.89% | 26,157 | 12.52% | 67 | 0.03% | -17,419 | -8.33% | 208,941 |
| Trumbull | 33,076 | 39.97% | 40,365 | 48.77% | 9,314 | 11.25% | 5 | 0.01% | -7,289 | -8.80% | 82,760 |
| Tuscarawas | 14,102 | 43.44% | 15,617 | 48.11% | 2,741 | 8.44% | 1 | 0.00% | -1,515 | -4.67% | 32,461 |
| Union | 6,415 | 62.66% | 2,431 | 23.74% | 1,392 | 13.60% | 3,984 | 38.92% | 10,238 | ||
| Van Wert | 7,835 | 57.92% | 4,360 | 32.23% | 1,332 | 9.85% | 3,475 | 25.69% | 13,527 | ||
| Vinton | 2,219 | 52.31% | 1,608 | 37.91% | 414 | 9.76% | 1 | 0.02% | 611 | 14.40% | 4,242 |
| Warren | 12,663 | 48.68% | 6,756 | 25.97% | 6,595 | 25.35% | 5,907 | 22.71% | 26,014 | ||
| Washington | 11,888 | 58.25% | 6,922 | 33.92% | 1,597 | 7.83% | 1 | 0.00% | 4,966 | 24.33% | 20,408 |
| Wayne | 15,151 | 58.34% | 8,891 | 34.24% | 1,924 | 7.41% | 4 | 0.02% | 6,260 | 24.10% | 25,970 |
| Williams | 8,059 | 59.76% | 4,456 | 33.04% | 970 | 7.19% | 3,603 | 26.72% | 13,485 | ||
| Wood | 16,111 | 53.81% | 10,867 | 36.30% | 2,952 | 9.86% | 9 | 0.03% | 5,244 | 17.51% | 29,939 |
| Wyandot | 5,265 | 57.90% | 2,919 | 32.10% | 910 | 10.01% | 2,346 | 25.80% | 9,094 | ||
| Totals | 1,791,014 | 45.23% | 1,700,586 | 42.95% | 467,495 | 11.81% | 603 | 0.02% | 90,428 | 2.28% | 3,959,698 |
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