California — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionCalifornia · PresidentNixonR+3.1
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 47.8% | 3,467,664 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 44.7% | 3,244,318 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 7.4% | 539,605 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
58 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
California cast 40 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (58 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Alameda County, CA | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Alpine County, CA | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Amador County, CA | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Butte County, CA | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Calaveras County, CA | Republican | R+15.6 |
| Colusa County, CA | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Contra Costa County, CA | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Del Norte County, CA | Republican | R+2.9 |
| El Dorado County, CA | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Fresno County, CA | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Glenn County, CA | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Humboldt County, CA | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Imperial County, CA | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Inyo County, CA | Republican | R+19.8 |
| Kern County, CA | Republican | R+4.1 |
| Kings County, CA | Democratic | D+4.7 |
| Lake County, CA | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Lassen County, CA | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Los Angeles County, CA | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Madera County, CA | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Marin County, CA | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Mariposa County, CA | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Mendocino County, CA | Republican | R+2.1 |
| Merced County, CA | Democratic | D+10.1 |
| Modoc County, CA | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Mono County, CA | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Monterey County, CA | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Napa County, CA | Democratic | D+1.5 |
| Nevada County, CA | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Orange County, CA | Republican | R+33.3 |
| Placer County, CA | Democratic | D+5.6 |
| Plumas County, CA | Democratic | D+15.4 |
| Riverside County, CA | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Sacramento County, CA | Democratic | D+9.3 |
| San Benito County, CA | Republican | R+2.4 |
| San Bernardino County, CA | Republican | R+10.1 |
| San Diego County, CA | Republican | R+20.2 |
| San Francisco County, CA | Democratic | D+25.5 |
| San Joaquin County, CA | Republican | R+5.3 |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | Republican | R+9.5 |
| San Mateo County, CA | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Santa Clara County, CA | Democratic | D+2.8 |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Shasta County, CA | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Sierra County, CA | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Siskiyou County, CA | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Solano County, CA | Democratic | D+18.8 |
| Sonoma County, CA | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Stanislaus County, CA | Democratic | D+2.7 |
| Sutter County, CA | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Tehama County, CA | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Trinity County, CA | Democratic | D+0.2 |
| Tulare County, CA | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Tuolumne County, CA | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Ventura County, CA | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Yolo County, CA | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Yuba County, CA | Republican | R+8.2 |
California results by county
58 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County | Hubert Humphrey+66,260 | 153,28537.6% | 219,54553.9% | 34,5198.5% | 407,349 |
| Alpine County | Richard Nixon+67 | 15059.3% | 8332.8% | 207.9% | 253 |
| Amador County | Hubert Humphrey+171 | 2,26942.1% | 2,44045.3% | 68112.6% | 5,390 |
| Butte County | Richard Nixon+9,338 | 22,22556.7% | 12,88732.9% | 4,09910.5% | 39,211 |
| Calaveras County | Richard Nixon+908 | 3,04252.2% | 2,13436.6% | 65611.2% | 5,832 |
| Colusa County | Richard Nixon+503 | 2,36151.6% | 1,85840.6% | 3587.8% | 4,577 |
| Contra Costa County | Hubert Humphrey+4,182 | 97,48644.5% | 101,66846.4% | 19,7639.0% | 218,917 |
| Del Norte County | Richard Nixon+151 | 2,38746.2% | 2,23643.3% | 54510.5% | 5,168 |
| El Dorado County | Richard Nixon+1,414 | 7,46849.0% | 6,05439.7% | 1,71911.3% | 15,241 |
| Fresno County | Hubert Humphrey+5,252 | 59,90143.6% | 65,15347.4% | 12,3429.0% | 137,396 |
| Glenn County | Richard Nixon+1,382 | 3,84853.9% | 2,46634.5% | 82411.5% | 7,138 |
| Humboldt County | Richard Nixon+243 | 16,71946.2% | 16,47645.5% | 3,0198.3% | 36,214 |
| Imperial County | Richard Nixon+3,337 | 10,81852.9% | 7,48136.6% | 2,14710.5% | 20,446 |
| Inyo County | Richard Nixon+1,327 | 3,64154.4% | 2,31434.6% | 73210.9% | 6,687 |
| Kern County | Richard Nixon+4,706 | 53,99046.6% | 49,28442.5% | 12,55810.8% | 115,832 |
| Kings County | Hubert Humphrey+847 | 7,79643.1% | 8,64347.7% | 1,6629.2% | 18,101 |
| Lake County | Richard Nixon+687 | 4,46449.0% | 3,77741.5% | 8709.5% | 9,111 |
| Lassen County | Hubert Humphrey+377 | 2,55341.1% | 2,93047.1% | 73511.8% | 6,218 |
| Los Angeles County | Richard Nixon+43,229 | 1,266,48047.6% | 1,223,25146.0% | 168,2516.3% | 2,657,982 |
| Madera County | Hubert Humphrey+703 | 6,22943.6% | 6,93248.5% | 1,1428.0% | 14,303 |
| Marin County | Richard Nixon+5,144 | 41,42250.1% | 36,27843.8% | 5,0556.1% | 82,755 |
| Mariposa County | Richard Nixon+309 | 1,49649.9% | 1,18739.6% | 31410.5% | 2,997 |
| Mendocino County | Richard Nixon+370 | 8,30546.4% | 7,93544.3% | 1,6649.3% | 17,904 |
| Merced County | Hubert Humphrey+2,858 | 11,59540.9% | 14,45351.0% | 2,3018.1% | 28,349 |
| Modoc County | Richard Nixon+449 | 1,71352.4% | 1,26438.7% | 2908.9% | 3,267 |
| Mono County | Richard Nixon+665 | 1,13064.3% | 46526.5% | 1639.3% | 1,758 |
| Monterey County | Richard Nixon+5,409 | 33,67050.2% | 28,26142.1% | 5,1937.7% | 67,124 |
| Napa County | Hubert Humphrey+492 | 14,27043.8% | 14,76245.3% | 3,58011.0% | 32,612 |
| Nevada County | Richard Nixon+1,454 | 6,06151.4% | 4,60739.1% | 1,1269.5% | 11,794 |
| Orange County | Richard Nixon+166,036 | 314,90563.1% | 148,86929.9% | 34,9337.0% | 498,707 |
| Placer County | Hubert Humphrey+1,623 | 12,42742.6% | 14,05048.2% | 2,6679.2% | 29,144 |
| Plumas County | Hubert Humphrey+864 | 2,09737.4% | 2,96152.8% | 5539.9% | 5,611 |
| Riverside County | Richard Nixon+22,268 | 83,41452.9% | 61,14638.8% | 13,1108.3% | 157,670 |
| Sacramento County | Hubert Humphrey+21,592 | 97,17741.7% | 118,76950.9% | 17,3007.4% | 233,246 |
| San Benito County | Richard Nixon+152 | 2,96147.5% | 2,80945.1% | 4597.4% | 6,229 |
| San Bernardino County | Richard Nixon+22,556 | 111,97450.1% | 89,41840.0% | 22,2249.9% | 223,616 |
| San Diego County | Richard Nixon+93,871 | 261,54056.3% | 167,66936.1% | 35,6547.7% | 464,863 |
| San Francisco County | Hubert Humphrey+76,539 | 100,97033.7% | 177,50959.2% | 21,4687.2% | 299,947 |
| San Joaquin County | Richard Nixon+5,220 | 47,29348.0% | 42,07342.7% | 9,2239.4% | 98,589 |
| San Luis Obispo County | Richard Nixon+3,592 | 19,42051.3% | 15,82841.8% | 2,6337.0% | 37,881 |
| San Mateo County | Hubert Humphrey+7,865 | 98,65443.7% | 106,51947.2% | 20,4959.1% | 225,668 |
| Santa Barbara County | Richard Nixon+12,503 | 50,06853.6% | 37,56540.2% | 5,7876.2% | 93,420 |
| Santa Clara County | Hubert Humphrey+10,065 | 163,44645.6% | 173,51148.4% | 21,4106.0% | 358,367 |
| Santa Cruz County | Richard Nixon+4,873 | 25,36550.8% | 20,49241.0% | 4,0878.2% | 49,944 |
| Shasta County | Hubert Humphrey+2,689 | 11,82140.4% | 14,51049.6% | 2,8999.9% | 29,230 |
| Sierra County | Hubert Humphrey+11 | 54845.9% | 55946.9% | 867.2% | 1,193 |
| Siskiyou County | Richard Nixon+74 | 6,33446.1% | 6,26045.6% | 1,1388.3% | 13,732 |
| Solano County | Hubert Humphrey+9,588 | 17,68334.7% | 27,27153.5% | 5,99811.8% | 50,952 |
| Sonoma County | Richard Nixon+4,501 | 38,08848.8% | 33,58743.0% | 6,3848.2% | 78,059 |
| Stanislaus County | Hubert Humphrey+1,743 | 29,57345.5% | 31,31648.1% | 4,1746.4% | 65,063 |
| Sutter County | Richard Nixon+4,041 | 8,66559.6% | 4,62431.8% | 1,2568.6% | 14,545 |
| Tehama County | Richard Nixon+633 | 5,19847.3% | 4,56541.5% | 1,23611.2% | 10,999 |
| Trinity County | Hubert Humphrey+7 | 1,42643.1% | 1,43343.3% | 44813.5% | 3,307 |
| Tulare County | Richard Nixon+7,134 | 29,31452.2% | 22,18039.5% | 4,6958.4% | 56,189 |
| Tuolumne County | Richard Nixon+417 | 4,33047.5% | 3,91342.9% | 8769.6% | 9,119 |
| Ventura County | Richard Nixon+11,911 | 59,70551.4% | 47,79441.1% | 8,7627.5% | 116,261 |
| Yolo County | Hubert Humphrey+4,710 | 11,12338.4% | 15,83354.7% | 2,0046.9% | 28,960 |
| Yuba County | Richard Nixon+910 | 5,37148.2% | 4,46140.0% | 1,31811.8% | 11,150 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
California's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −0.6% |
| 1900 | −13.1% |
| 1904 | −34.9% |
| 1908 | −22.5% |
| 1912 | +41.8% |
| 1916 | +0.4% |
| 1920 | −41.9% |
| 1924 | −49.0% |
| 1928 | −30.5% |
| 1932 | +21.0% |
| 1936 | +35.3% |
| 1940 | +16.1% |
| 1944 | +13.5% |
| 1948 | +0.4% |
| 1952 | −13.6% |
| 1956 | −11.1% |
| 1960 | −0.5% |
| 1964 | +18.3% |
| 1968 | −3.1% |
| 1972 | −13.5% |
| 1976 | −1.8% |
| 1980 | −16.8% |
| 1984 | −16.2% |
| 1988 | −3.6% |
| 1992 | +13.4% |
| 1996 | +12.9% |
| 2000 | +11.8% |
| 2004 | +9.9% |
| 2008 | +24.0% |
| 2012 | +23.1% |
| 2016 | +30.0% |
| 2020 | +29.1% |
| 2024 | +20.1% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.