Arkansas — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionArkansas · PresidentWallace38.9%
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| George Wallace + others ✓American Independent | 38.9% | 240,982 |
|---|---|---|
| Richard NixonRepublican | 30.8% | 190,759 |
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 30.4% | 188,228 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
75 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (75 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County, AR | Other / independent | D+2.8 |
| Ashley County, AR | Other / independent | D+7.1 |
| Baxter County, AR | Republican | R+21.1 |
| Benton County, AR | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Boone County, AR | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Bradley County, AR | Other / independent | D+13.6 |
| Calhoun County, AR | Other / independent | D+18.3 |
| Carroll County, AR | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Chicot County, AR | Democratic | D+30.6 |
| Clark County, AR | Other / independent | D+15.3 |
| Clay County, AR | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Cleburne County, AR | Other / independent | R+2.4 |
| Cleveland County, AR | Other / independent | D+3.8 |
| Columbia County, AR | Other / independent | D+6.9 |
| Conway County, AR | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Craighead County, AR | Other / independent | R+8.4 |
| Crawford County, AR | Other / independent | R+15.9 |
| Crittenden County, AR | Other / independent | D+9.6 |
| Cross County, AR | Other / independent | D+8.1 |
| Dallas County, AR | Other / independent | D+15.9 |
| Desha County, AR | Other / independent | D+22.7 |
| Drew County, AR | Other / independent | D+6.1 |
| Faulkner County, AR | Other / independent | D+8.8 |
| Franklin County, AR | Other / independent | R+4.0 |
| Fulton County, AR | Republican | R+5.4 |
| Garland County, AR | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Grant County, AR | Other / independent | D+6.1 |
| Greene County, AR | Other / independent | R+8.2 |
| Hempstead County, AR | Other / independent | D+7.4 |
| Hot Spring County, AR | Other / independent | D+4.4 |
| Howard County, AR | Other / independent | R+5.6 |
| Independence County, AR | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Izard County, AR | Other / independent | D+0.6 |
| Jackson County, AR | Other / independent | D+10.0 |
| Jefferson County, AR | Other / independent | D+17.7 |
| Johnson County, AR | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Lafayette County, AR | Other / independent | D+15.0 |
| Lawrence County, AR | Other / independent | R+2.8 |
| Lee County, AR | Democratic | D+26.7 |
| Lincoln County, AR | Other / independent | D+19.1 |
| Little River County, AR | Other / independent | D+10.5 |
| Logan County, AR | Republican | R+5.3 |
| Lonoke County, AR | Other / independent | D+4.4 |
| Madison County, AR | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Marion County, AR | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Miller County, AR | Other / independent | D+2.5 |
| Mississippi County, AR | Other / independent | D+4.0 |
| Monroe County, AR | Other / independent | D+19.6 |
| Montgomery County, AR | Other / independent | R+9.3 |
| Nevada County, AR | Other / independent | D+11.9 |
| Newton County, AR | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Ouachita County, AR | Other / independent | D+20.2 |
| Perry County, AR | Other / independent | R+4.6 |
| Phillips County, AR | Democratic | D+25.1 |
| Pike County, AR | Other / independent | R+13.6 |
| Poinsett County, AR | Other / independent | R+5.9 |
| Polk County, AR | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Pope County, AR | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Prairie County, AR | Other / independent | D+5.1 |
| Pulaski County, AR | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Randolph County, AR | Other / independent | D+3.1 |
| Saline County, AR | Other / independent | D+4.4 |
| Scott County, AR | Other / independent | R+4.8 |
| Searcy County, AR | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Sebastian County, AR | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Sevier County, AR | Other / independent | R+2.3 |
| Sharp County, AR | Other / independent | R+3.2 |
| St. Francis County, AR | Other / independent | D+18.3 |
| Stone County, AR | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Union County, AR | Other / independent | R+2.9 |
| Van Buren County, AR | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Washington County, AR | Republican | R+20.6 |
| White County, AR | Other / independent | R+5.7 |
| Woodruff County, AR | Other / independent | D+17.8 |
| Yell County, AR | Other / independent | R+5.8 |
Arkansas results by county
75 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County | George Wallace + others+1,756 | 3,77549.7% | 1,80623.8% | 2,01926.6% | 7,600 |
| Ashley County | George Wallace + others+2,366 | 4,40155.7% | 1,47018.6% | 2,03525.7% | 7,906 |
| Baxter County | Richard Nixon+1,449 | 1,51322.0% | 3,40149.5% | 1,95228.4% | 6,866 |
| Benton County | Richard Nixon+4,016 | 4,03624.9% | 8,10449.9% | 4,08825.2% | 16,228 |
| Boone County | Richard Nixon+1,180 | 2,16929.2% | 3,34945.1% | 1,90725.7% | 7,425 |
| Bradley County | George Wallace + others+1,089 | 2,54653.0% | 80216.7% | 1,45730.3% | 4,805 |
| Calhoun County | George Wallace + others+527 | 1,21555.5% | 28713.1% | 68831.4% | 2,190 |
| Carroll County | Richard Nixon+1,298 | 1,17423.2% | 2,59651.2% | 1,29825.6% | 5,068 |
| Chicot County | Hubert Humphrey+408 | 2,18738.7% | 86515.3% | 2,59546.0% | 5,647 |
| Clark County | George Wallace + others+43 | 2,77638.8% | 1,64223.0% | 2,73338.2% | 7,151 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+125 | 2,28535.9% | 2,41037.9% | 1,66326.2% | 6,358 |
| Cleburne County | George Wallace + others+356 | 1,65739.8% | 1,30131.3% | 1,20228.9% | 4,160 |
| Cleveland County | George Wallace + others+1,344 | 1,75170.9% | 31212.6% | 40716.5% | 2,470 |
| Columbia County | George Wallace + others+1,356 | 3,84346.6% | 1,91623.2% | 2,48730.2% | 8,246 |
| Conway County | Hubert Humphrey+587 | 1,95830.2% | 1,97330.4% | 2,56039.4% | 6,491 |
| Craighead County | George Wallace + others+1,695 | 6,74243.4% | 5,04732.5% | 3,73824.1% | 15,527 |
| Crawford County | George Wallace + others+194 | 2,91740.4% | 2,72337.7% | 1,57821.9% | 7,218 |
| Crittenden County | George Wallace + others+1,182 | 4,65744.0% | 2,45423.2% | 3,47532.8% | 10,586 |
| Cross County | George Wallace + others+1,501 | 3,05653.6% | 1,09319.2% | 1,55527.3% | 5,704 |
| Dallas County | George Wallace + others+469 | 1,72247.2% | 67218.4% | 1,25334.4% | 3,647 |
| Desha County | George Wallace + others+204 | 2,47443.3% | 97217.0% | 2,27039.7% | 5,716 |
| Drew County | George Wallace + others+983 | 2,30749.4% | 1,04022.3% | 1,32428.3% | 4,671 |
| Faulkner County | George Wallace + others+619 | 4,37540.1% | 2,79125.6% | 3,75634.4% | 10,922 |
| Franklin County | George Wallace + others+778 | 2,11146.0% | 1,33329.0% | 1,14925.0% | 4,593 |
| Fulton County | Richard Nixon+118 | 1,08032.8% | 1,19836.3% | 1,01930.9% | 3,297 |
| Garland County | Richard Nixon+719 | 6,95534.3% | 7,67437.8% | 5,65527.9% | 20,284 |
| Grant County | George Wallace + others+1,342 | 2,19459.7% | 62717.1% | 85223.2% | 3,673 |
| Greene County | George Wallace + others+162 | 3,02137.4% | 2,85935.4% | 2,19727.2% | 8,077 |
| Hempstead County | George Wallace + others+814 | 3,13643.3% | 1,78324.6% | 2,32232.1% | 7,241 |
| Hot Spring County | George Wallace + others+2,002 | 4,13951.4% | 1,78022.1% | 2,13726.5% | 8,056 |
| Howard County | George Wallace + others+374 | 1,66041.4% | 1,28632.1% | 1,06126.5% | 4,007 |
| Independence County | Richard Nixon+12 | 2,77035.3% | 2,78235.5% | 2,28929.2% | 7,841 |
| Izard County | George Wallace + others+161 | 1,10937.1% | 93131.2% | 94831.7% | 2,988 |
| Jackson County | George Wallace + others+1,474 | 3,52550.9% | 1,35619.6% | 2,05129.6% | 6,932 |
| Jefferson County | George Wallace + others+928 | 10,05341.8% | 4,86020.2% | 9,12538.0% | 24,038 |
| Johnson County | Hubert Humphrey+54 | 1,69333.2% | 1,66732.6% | 1,74734.2% | 5,107 |
| Lafayette County | George Wallace + others+496 | 1,70447.5% | 67218.8% | 1,20833.7% | 3,584 |
| Lawrence County | George Wallace + others+1,025 | 2,81345.3% | 1,78828.8% | 1,61326.0% | 6,214 |
| Lee County | Hubert Humphrey+228 | 1,90739.1% | 83417.1% | 2,13543.8% | 4,876 |
| Lincoln County | George Wallace + others+875 | 2,08455.1% | 48812.9% | 1,20932.0% | 3,781 |
| Little River County | George Wallace + others+381 | 1,47344.5% | 74522.5% | 1,09233.0% | 3,310 |
| Logan County | Richard Nixon+181 | 2,16033.2% | 2,34136.0% | 1,99830.7% | 6,499 |
| Lonoke County | George Wallace + others+1,988 | 4,00252.0% | 1,67721.8% | 2,01426.2% | 7,693 |
| Madison County | Richard Nixon+746 | 1,02820.9% | 2,32047.1% | 1,57432.0% | 4,922 |
| Marion County | Richard Nixon+395 | 87727.0% | 1,38542.6% | 99030.4% | 3,252 |
| Miller County | George Wallace + others+2,133 | 5,06247.5% | 2,66225.0% | 2,92927.5% | 10,653 |
| Mississippi County | George Wallace + others+1,154 | 6,14739.6% | 4,36928.2% | 4,99332.2% | 15,509 |
| Monroe County | George Wallace + others+623 | 2,40648.2% | 80416.1% | 1,78335.7% | 4,993 |
| Montgomery County | George Wallace + others+107 | 99239.3% | 88535.0% | 64925.7% | 2,526 |
| Nevada County | George Wallace + others+465 | 1,77345.2% | 84021.4% | 1,30833.4% | 3,921 |
| Newton County | Richard Nixon+615 | 56719.6% | 1,46750.8% | 85229.5% | 2,886 |
| Ouachita County | George Wallace + others+428 | 5,03142.5% | 2,20918.7% | 4,60338.9% | 11,843 |
| Perry County | George Wallace + others+176 | 91640.0% | 74032.3% | 63427.7% | 2,290 |
| Phillips County | Hubert Humphrey+760 | 4,27937.3% | 2,15418.8% | 5,03943.9% | 11,472 |
| Pike County | George Wallace + others+431 | 1,53546.6% | 1,10433.5% | 65619.9% | 3,295 |
| Poinsett County | George Wallace + others+1,934 | 4,07451.7% | 2,14027.1% | 1,67221.2% | 7,886 |
| Polk County | Richard Nixon+282 | 1,81234.9% | 2,09440.3% | 1,29024.8% | 5,196 |
| Pope County | Richard Nixon+550 | 2,76932.0% | 3,31938.3% | 2,57829.7% | 8,666 |
| Prairie County | George Wallace + others+1,139 | 2,01456.2% | 69319.3% | 87524.4% | 3,582 |
| Pulaski County | Hubert Humphrey+888 | 25,84432.2% | 26,70933.3% | 27,59734.4% | 80,150 |
| Randolph County | George Wallace + others+243 | 1,61038.2% | 1,23729.4% | 1,36732.4% | 4,214 |
| Saline County | George Wallace + others+2,458 | 5,56949.3% | 2,61423.1% | 3,11127.5% | 11,294 |
| Scott County | George Wallace + others+76 | 1,23836.4% | 1,16234.2% | 1,00029.4% | 3,400 |
| Searcy County | Richard Nixon+1,183 | 72621.6% | 1,90956.8% | 72421.6% | 3,359 |
| Sebastian County | Richard Nixon+3,424 | 8,64932.0% | 12,07344.6% | 6,32023.4% | 27,042 |
| Sevier County | George Wallace + others+284 | 1,50139.0% | 1,21731.6% | 1,12929.3% | 3,847 |
| Sharp County | George Wallace + others+163 | 1,29937.5% | 1,13632.8% | 1,02529.6% | 3,460 |
| St. Francis County | George Wallace + others+970 | 4,25446.5% | 1,60817.6% | 3,28435.9% | 9,146 |
| Stone County | Richard Nixon+8 | 97936.7% | 98737.0% | 69826.2% | 2,664 |
| Union County | George Wallace + others+2,934 | 7,85345.7% | 4,91928.6% | 4,42625.7% | 17,198 |
| Van Buren County | Richard Nixon+101 | 1,22433.1% | 1,32535.8% | 1,14931.1% | 3,698 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+4,509 | 5,09223.3% | 10,64048.7% | 6,13128.0% | 21,863 |
| White County | George Wallace + others+1,167 | 5,05441.6% | 3,88732.0% | 3,19826.3% | 12,139 |
| Woodruff County | George Wallace + others+464 | 1,73447.8% | 62517.2% | 1,27035.0% | 3,629 |
| Yell County | George Wallace + others+130 | 1,94936.9% | 1,81934.4% | 1,51328.6% | 5,281 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Arkansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +27.6% |
| 1896 | +48.6% |
| 1900 | +28.5% |
| 1904 | +15.2% |
| 1908 | +20.3% |
| 1912 | +35.9% |
| 1916 | +40.9% |
| 1920 | +18.9% |
| 1924 | +31.9% |
| 1928 | +20.9% |
| 1932 | +73.9% |
| 1936 | +63.9% |
| 1940 | +57.4% |
| 1944 | +40.1% |
| 1948 | +40.7% |
| 1952 | +12.1% |
| 1956 | +6.6% |
| 1960 | +7.1% |
| 1964 | +12.7% |
| 1968 | −0.4% |
| 1972 | −38.1% |
| 1976 | +30.0% |
| 1980 | −0.6% |
| 1984 | −22.2% |
| 1988 | −14.2% |
| 1992 | +17.7% |
| 1996 | +16.9% |
| 2000 | −5.4% |
| 2004 | −9.8% |
| 2008 | −19.9% |
| 2012 | −23.7% |
| 2016 | −27.8% |
| 2020 | −27.6% |
| 2024 | −30.6% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.