Nebraska — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentNixonR+28.0
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 59.8% | 321,163 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 31.8% | 170,784 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 8.4% | 44,904 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Nebraska cast 5 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (93 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, NE | Republican | R+32.3 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+45.0 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+61.1 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+56.6 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+64.7 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+41.5 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+51.9 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+2.9 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+30.4 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+46.8 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+53.8 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+39.2 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+37.9 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+51.7 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+47.6 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+51.4 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+56.4 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+53.2 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+36.9 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+46.9 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+64.1 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+58.9 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+47.8 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+54.7 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+45.8 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+53.0 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+44.8 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+78.9 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+30.2 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+47.8 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+61.2 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+48.6 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+43.5 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+42.6 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+61.7 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+46.8 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+63.2 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+45.4 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+29.5 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+40.1 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+31.2 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+48.7 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+53.0 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+41.1 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+62.6 |
| Saline County, NE | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+43.0 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+60.8 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+51.6 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+50.5 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+35.6 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+60.3 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+22.9 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+35.4 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+36.9 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+50.4 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+38.2 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+49.6 |
Nebraska results by county
93 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Richard Nixon+3,667 | 7,19163.3% | 3,52431.0% | 6475.7% | 11,362 |
| Antelope County | Richard Nixon+1,853 | 2,80568.1% | 95223.1% | 3608.7% | 4,117 |
| Arthur County | Richard Nixon+171 | 21877.9% | 4716.8% | 155.4% | 280 |
| Banner County | Richard Nixon+278 | 35071.3% | 7214.7% | 6914.1% | 491 |
| Blaine County | Richard Nixon+280 | 34479.4% | 6414.8% | 255.8% | 433 |
| Boone County | Richard Nixon+1,245 | 2,17964.0% | 93427.4% | 2918.5% | 3,404 |
| Box Butte County | Richard Nixon+1,676 | 2,72867.5% | 1,05226.0% | 2636.5% | 4,043 |
| Boyd County | Richard Nixon+813 | 1,25064.6% | 43722.6% | 24712.8% | 1,934 |
| Brown County | Richard Nixon+971 | 1,34071.6% | 36919.7% | 1628.7% | 1,871 |
| Buffalo County | Richard Nixon+3,911 | 6,78665.3% | 2,87527.7% | 7337.1% | 10,394 |
| Burt County | Richard Nixon+1,678 | 2,61568.5% | 93724.6% | 2636.9% | 3,815 |
| Butler County | Richard Nixon+102 | 1,64646.8% | 1,54443.9% | 3249.2% | 3,514 |
| Cass County | Richard Nixon+1,446 | 3,18557.6% | 1,73931.5% | 60510.9% | 5,529 |
| Cedar County | Richard Nixon+1,409 | 2,85361.5% | 1,44431.1% | 3407.3% | 4,637 |
| Chase County | Richard Nixon+808 | 1,17167.8% | 36321.0% | 19311.2% | 1,727 |
| Cherry County | Richard Nixon+1,617 | 2,19973.2% | 58219.4% | 2227.4% | 3,003 |
| Cheyenne County | Richard Nixon+1,732 | 2,72565.9% | 99324.0% | 41410.0% | 4,132 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+1,338 | 2,27366.6% | 93527.4% | 2066.0% | 3,414 |
| Colfax County | Richard Nixon+1,332 | 2,26464.5% | 93226.5% | 3159.0% | 3,511 |
| Cuming County | Richard Nixon+2,319 | 3,25472.6% | 93520.8% | 2966.6% | 4,485 |
| Custer County | Richard Nixon+2,918 | 4,32570.5% | 1,40722.9% | 4016.5% | 6,133 |
| Dakota County | Richard Nixon+842 | 2,38356.6% | 1,54136.6% | 2866.8% | 4,210 |
| Dawes County | Richard Nixon+1,859 | 2,60071.9% | 74120.5% | 2737.6% | 3,614 |
| Dawson County | Richard Nixon+3,607 | 5,22172.0% | 1,61422.2% | 4195.8% | 7,254 |
| Deuel County | Richard Nixon+747 | 99775.2% | 25018.9% | 785.9% | 1,325 |
| Dixon County | Richard Nixon+1,161 | 2,05165.7% | 89028.5% | 1835.9% | 3,124 |
| Dodge County | Richard Nixon+4,304 | 8,05963.8% | 3,75529.7% | 8226.5% | 12,636 |
| Douglas County | Richard Nixon+18,191 | 69,80850.9% | 51,61737.6% | 15,73911.5% | 137,164 |
| Dundy County | Richard Nixon+740 | 1,00172.0% | 26118.8% | 1289.2% | 1,390 |
| Fillmore County | Richard Nixon+916 | 2,21359.6% | 1,29734.9% | 2035.5% | 3,713 |
| Franklin County | Richard Nixon+821 | 1,44765.0% | 62628.1% | 1526.8% | 2,225 |
| Frontier County | Richard Nixon+838 | 1,18370.2% | 34520.5% | 1579.3% | 1,685 |
| Furnas County | Richard Nixon+1,436 | 2,13769.8% | 70122.9% | 2237.3% | 3,061 |
| Gage County | Richard Nixon+1,761 | 5,46555.7% | 3,70437.8% | 6376.5% | 9,806 |
| Garden County | Richard Nixon+914 | 1,12078.6% | 20614.5% | 996.9% | 1,425 |
| Garfield County | Richard Nixon+614 | 79776.4% | 18317.5% | 636.0% | 1,043 |
| Gosper County | Richard Nixon+472 | 70171.0% | 22923.2% | 575.8% | 987 |
| Grant County | Richard Nixon+227 | 31174.9% | 8420.2% | 204.8% | 415 |
| Greeley County | Richard Nixon+143 | 88250.0% | 73941.9% | 1428.1% | 1,763 |
| Hall County | Richard Nixon+3,886 | 8,45761.0% | 4,57133.0% | 8336.0% | 13,861 |
| Hamilton County | Richard Nixon+1,674 | 2,59270.9% | 91825.1% | 1443.9% | 3,654 |
| Harlan County | Richard Nixon+813 | 1,39264.0% | 57926.6% | 2039.3% | 2,174 |
| Hayes County | Richard Nixon+369 | 49671.3% | 12718.2% | 7310.5% | 696 |
| Hitchcock County | Richard Nixon+786 | 1,17366.9% | 38722.1% | 19311.0% | 1,753 |
| Holt County | Richard Nixon+2,041 | 3,31966.0% | 1,27825.4% | 4308.6% | 5,027 |
| Hooker County | Richard Nixon+314 | 35087.9% | 369.0% | 123.0% | 398 |
| Howard County | Richard Nixon+253 | 1,25651.4% | 1,00341.0% | 1867.6% | 2,445 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+1,221 | 2,79360.2% | 1,57233.9% | 2725.9% | 4,637 |
| Johnson County | Richard Nixon+749 | 1,50860.8% | 75930.6% | 2158.7% | 2,482 |
| Kearney County | Richard Nixon+981 | 1,80664.0% | 82529.2% | 1916.8% | 2,822 |
| Keith County | Richard Nixon+1,432 | 2,12670.9% | 69423.1% | 1785.9% | 2,998 |
| Keya Paha County | Richard Nixon+422 | 53177.0% | 10915.8% | 507.2% | 690 |
| Kimball County | Richard Nixon+1,009 | 1,42368.6% | 41420.0% | 23711.4% | 2,074 |
| Knox County | Richard Nixon+1,998 | 3,12968.2% | 1,13124.7% | 3287.1% | 4,588 |
| Lancaster County | Richard Nixon+9,512 | 33,05155.5% | 23,53939.5% | 2,9404.9% | 59,530 |
| Lincoln County | Richard Nixon+2,505 | 5,99658.4% | 3,49134.0% | 7827.6% | 10,269 |
| Logan County | Richard Nixon+233 | 36366.4% | 13023.8% | 549.9% | 547 |
| Loup County | Richard Nixon+267 | 33176.4% | 6414.8% | 388.8% | 433 |
| Madison County | Richard Nixon+4,702 | 7,06670.4% | 2,36423.5% | 6146.1% | 10,044 |
| McPherson County | Richard Nixon+196 | 23676.1% | 4012.9% | 3411.0% | 310 |
| Merrick County | Richard Nixon+1,191 | 2,03165.9% | 84027.2% | 2126.9% | 3,083 |
| Morrill County | Richard Nixon+1,036 | 1,51666.5% | 48021.0% | 28512.5% | 2,281 |
| Nance County | Richard Nixon+639 | 1,31660.8% | 67731.3% | 1727.9% | 2,165 |
| Nemaha County | Richard Nixon+1,267 | 2,29063.5% | 1,02328.4% | 2958.2% | 3,608 |
| Nuckolls County | Richard Nixon+767 | 1,89459.3% | 1,12735.3% | 1725.4% | 3,193 |
| Otoe County | Richard Nixon+2,332 | 3,84066.0% | 1,50825.9% | 4748.1% | 5,822 |
| Pawnee County | Richard Nixon+626 | 1,20960.3% | 58329.1% | 21310.6% | 2,005 |
| Perkins County | Richard Nixon+805 | 1,16570.5% | 36021.8% | 1277.7% | 1,652 |
| Phelps County | Richard Nixon+2,151 | 2,97673.4% | 82520.3% | 2546.3% | 4,055 |
| Pierce County | Richard Nixon+1,734 | 2,40873.4% | 67420.6% | 1976.0% | 3,279 |
| Platte County | Richard Nixon+2,818 | 5,81760.7% | 2,99931.3% | 7688.0% | 9,584 |
| Polk County | Richard Nixon+1,105 | 1,79566.8% | 69025.7% | 2017.5% | 2,686 |
| Red Willow County | Richard Nixon+1,921 | 3,06667.0% | 1,14525.0% | 3648.0% | 4,575 |
| Richardson County | Richard Nixon+1,542 | 3,13359.7% | 1,59130.3% | 52710.0% | 5,251 |
| Rock County | Richard Nixon+645 | 79176.7% | 14614.2% | 949.1% | 1,031 |
| Saline County | Hubert Humphrey+202 | 2,34144.7% | 2,54348.6% | 3506.7% | 5,234 |
| Sarpy County | Richard Nixon+2,513 | 6,01952.5% | 3,50630.6% | 1,94517.0% | 11,470 |
| Saunders County | Richard Nixon+1,439 | 3,42957.4% | 1,99033.3% | 5569.3% | 5,975 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Richard Nixon+4,707 | 7,35667.2% | 2,64924.2% | 9468.6% | 10,951 |
| Seward County | Richard Nixon+1,281 | 2,93960.6% | 1,65834.2% | 2545.2% | 4,851 |
| Sheridan County | Richard Nixon+1,782 | 2,23676.3% | 45415.5% | 2418.2% | 2,931 |
| Sherman County | Richard Nixon+104 | 95548.1% | 85142.8% | 1809.1% | 1,986 |
| Sioux County | Richard Nixon+408 | 56571.4% | 15719.8% | 698.7% | 791 |
| Stanton County | Richard Nixon+997 | 1,40871.4% | 41120.8% | 1547.8% | 1,973 |
| Thayer County | Richard Nixon+1,270 | 2,33165.3% | 1,06129.7% | 1775.0% | 3,569 |
| Thomas County | Richard Nixon+278 | 35476.8% | 7616.5% | 316.7% | 461 |
| Thurston County | Richard Nixon+539 | 1,34157.0% | 80234.1% | 2108.9% | 2,353 |
| Valley County | Richard Nixon+966 | 1,75964.4% | 79329.0% | 1796.6% | 2,731 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+1,784 | 3,06363.4% | 1,27926.5% | 49210.2% | 4,834 |
| Wayne County | Richard Nixon+1,796 | 2,58272.5% | 78622.1% | 1925.4% | 3,560 |
| Webster County | Richard Nixon+740 | 1,52161.1% | 78131.4% | 1867.5% | 2,488 |
| Wheeler County | Richard Nixon+192 | 32364.2% | 13126.0% | 499.7% | 503 |
| York County | Richard Nixon+2,686 | 3,92372.4% | 1,23722.8% | 2594.8% | 5,419 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −31.1% |
| 1896 | +5.4% |
| 1900 | −3.2% |
| 1904 | −37.9% |
| 1908 | +1.5% |
| 1912 | +22.0% |
| 1916 | +14.3% |
| 1920 | −33.4% |
| 1924 | −17.5% |
| 1928 | −27.0% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +16.4% |
| 1940 | −14.4% |
| 1944 | −17.2% |
| 1948 | −8.3% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.0% |
| 1960 | −24.1% |
| 1964 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | −28.0% |
| 1972 | −41.0% |
| 1976 | −20.7% |
| 1980 | −39.5% |
| 1984 | −41.7% |
| 1988 | −21.0% |
| 1992 | −17.2% |
| 1996 | −18.7% |
| 2000 | −29.0% |
| 2004 | −33.2% |
| 2008 | −14.9% |
| 2012 | −21.8% |
| 2016 | −25.0% |
| 2020 | −19.1% |
| 2024 | −20.5% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.