Oklahoma — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionOklahoma · PresidentNixonR+15.7
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 47.7% | 449,697 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 32.0% | 301,658 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 20.3% | 191,731 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
77 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.
Oklahoma cast 8 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (77 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, OK | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Alfalfa County, OK | Republican | R+47.0 |
| Atoka County, OK | Other / independent | D+6.5 |
| Beaver County, OK | Republican | R+48.4 |
| Beckham County, OK | Republican | R+8.5 |
| Blaine County, OK | Republican | R+34.7 |
| Bryan County, OK | Democratic | D+5.9 |
| Caddo County, OK | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Canadian County, OK | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Carter County, OK | Democratic | D+4.7 |
| Cherokee County, OK | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Choctaw County, OK | Democratic | D+15.7 |
| Cimarron County, OK | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Cleveland County, OK | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Coal County, OK | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Comanche County, OK | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Cotton County, OK | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Craig County, OK | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Creek County, OK | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Custer County, OK | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Delaware County, OK | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Dewey County, OK | Republican | R+26.1 |
| Ellis County, OK | Republican | R+41.7 |
| Garfield County, OK | Republican | R+37.0 |
| Garvin County, OK | Democratic | D+0.6 |
| Grady County, OK | Democratic | D+4.7 |
| Grant County, OK | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Greer County, OK | Democratic | D+5.6 |
| Harmon County, OK | Democratic | D+21.1 |
| Harper County, OK | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Haskell County, OK | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Hughes County, OK | Democratic | D+12.1 |
| Jackson County, OK | Democratic | D+15.2 |
| Jefferson County, OK | Democratic | D+27.3 |
| Johnston County, OK | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Kay County, OK | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Kingfisher County, OK | Republican | R+42.4 |
| Kiowa County, OK | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Latimer County, OK | Democratic | D+7.8 |
| Le Flore County, OK | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Lincoln County, OK | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Logan County, OK | Republican | R+17.8 |
| Love County, OK | Democratic | D+10.7 |
| Major County, OK | Republican | R+55.9 |
| Marshall County, OK | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Mayes County, OK | Republican | R+14.7 |
| McClain County, OK | Republican | R+3.7 |
| McCurtain County, OK | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| McIntosh County, OK | Democratic | D+5.0 |
| Murray County, OK | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Muskogee County, OK | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Noble County, OK | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Nowata County, OK | Republican | R+17.8 |
| Okfuskee County, OK | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Oklahoma County, OK | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Okmulgee County, OK | Democratic | D+10.2 |
| Osage County, OK | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Ottawa County, OK | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Pawnee County, OK | Republican | R+22.9 |
| Payne County, OK | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Pittsburg County, OK | Democratic | D+15.4 |
| Pontotoc County, OK | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Pottawatomie County, OK | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Pushmataha County, OK | Other / independent | D+0.2 |
| Roger Mills County, OK | Republican | R+15.7 |
| Rogers County, OK | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Seminole County, OK | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Sequoyah County, OK | Republican | R+2.4 |
| Stephens County, OK | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Texas County, OK | Republican | R+43.6 |
| Tillman County, OK | Democratic | D+0.5 |
| Tulsa County, OK | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Wagoner County, OK | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Washington County, OK | Republican | R+39.8 |
| Washita County, OK | Republican | R+15.7 |
| Woods County, OK | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Woodward County, OK | Republican | R+39.4 |
Oklahoma results by county
77 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | Richard Nixon+1,328 | 2,87753.0% | 1,54928.5% | 1,00018.4% | 5,426 |
| Alfalfa County | Richard Nixon+1,807 | 2,67269.5% | 86522.5% | 3108.1% | 3,847 |
| Atoka County | Other+213 | 1,13127.3% | 1,40033.8% | 1,61338.9% | 4,144 |
| Beaver County | Richard Nixon+1,490 | 2,11468.7% | 62420.3% | 33911.0% | 3,077 |
| Beckham County | Richard Nixon+581 | 2,93542.9% | 2,35434.4% | 1,55022.7% | 6,839 |
| Blaine County | Richard Nixon+1,751 | 3,03660.1% | 1,28525.4% | 73214.5% | 5,053 |
| Bryan County | Hubert Humphrey+487 | 2,72733.2% | 3,21439.2% | 2,26427.6% | 8,205 |
| Caddo County | Richard Nixon+500 | 4,71243.7% | 4,21239.1% | 1,85817.2% | 10,782 |
| Canadian County | Richard Nixon+2,314 | 5,89149.1% | 3,57729.8% | 2,52521.1% | 11,993 |
| Carter County | Hubert Humphrey+680 | 5,12735.7% | 5,80740.5% | 3,41423.8% | 14,348 |
| Cherokee County | Richard Nixon+1,417 | 3,97147.3% | 2,55430.4% | 1,86622.2% | 8,391 |
| Choctaw County | Hubert Humphrey+517 | 1,41426.0% | 2,26841.7% | 1,75132.2% | 5,433 |
| Cimarron County | Richard Nixon+595 | 1,12253.8% | 43620.9% | 52725.3% | 2,085 |
| Cleveland County | Richard Nixon+3,829 | 12,44648.3% | 8,61733.4% | 4,71118.3% | 25,774 |
| Coal County | Hubert Humphrey+294 | 66929.6% | 96342.7% | 62527.7% | 2,257 |
| Comanche County | Richard Nixon+1,164 | 9,22539.8% | 8,06134.8% | 5,87925.4% | 23,165 |
| Cotton County | Hubert Humphrey+176 | 1,01632.6% | 1,19238.3% | 90529.1% | 3,113 |
| Craig County | Richard Nixon+588 | 2,68644.7% | 2,09834.9% | 1,22920.4% | 6,013 |
| Creek County | Richard Nixon+1,783 | 6,93443.3% | 5,15132.2% | 3,91324.5% | 15,998 |
| Custer County | Richard Nixon+1,992 | 4,70956.3% | 2,71732.5% | 93611.2% | 8,362 |
| Delaware County | Richard Nixon+1,039 | 3,16847.3% | 2,12931.8% | 1,40220.9% | 6,699 |
| Dewey County | Richard Nixon+735 | 1,50853.5% | 77327.4% | 54019.1% | 2,821 |
| Ellis County | Richard Nixon+1,068 | 1,60162.5% | 53320.8% | 42616.6% | 2,560 |
| Garfield County | Richard Nixon+8,568 | 14,37062.0% | 5,80225.0% | 3,01113.0% | 23,183 |
| Garvin County | Hubert Humphrey+59 | 3,78636.8% | 3,84537.3% | 2,67025.9% | 10,301 |
| Grady County | Hubert Humphrey+518 | 4,24238.2% | 4,76042.8% | 2,11719.0% | 11,119 |
| Grant County | Richard Nixon+1,356 | 2,40361.8% | 1,04726.9% | 43711.2% | 3,887 |
| Greer County | Hubert Humphrey+194 | 1,22535.3% | 1,41940.8% | 83023.9% | 3,474 |
| Harmon County | Hubert Humphrey+453 | 64430.0% | 1,09751.2% | 40318.8% | 2,144 |
| Harper County | Richard Nixon+965 | 1,48363.0% | 51822.0% | 35315.0% | 2,354 |
| Haskell County | Hubert Humphrey+47 | 1,51637.0% | 1,56338.2% | 1,01324.8% | 4,092 |
| Hughes County | Hubert Humphrey+681 | 1,89733.6% | 2,57845.7% | 1,17020.7% | 5,645 |
| Jackson County | Hubert Humphrey+1,123 | 2,24830.4% | 3,37145.5% | 1,78624.1% | 7,405 |
| Jefferson County | Hubert Humphrey+848 | 78025.1% | 1,62852.4% | 70122.5% | 3,109 |
| Johnston County | Hubert Humphrey+168 | 1,04832.4% | 1,21637.6% | 97430.1% | 3,238 |
| Kay County | Richard Nixon+6,720 | 12,75159.1% | 6,03127.9% | 2,80913.0% | 21,591 |
| Kingfisher County | Richard Nixon+2,332 | 3,55864.6% | 1,22622.3% | 72013.1% | 5,504 |
| Kiowa County | Richard Nixon+199 | 2,41843.2% | 2,21939.7% | 95717.1% | 5,594 |
| Latimer County | Hubert Humphrey+259 | 1,09132.7% | 1,35040.5% | 89226.8% | 3,333 |
| Le Flore County | Hubert Humphrey+420 | 3,60032.8% | 4,02036.7% | 3,34530.5% | 10,965 |
| Lincoln County | Richard Nixon+1,551 | 3,85547.4% | 2,30428.3% | 1,96924.2% | 8,128 |
| Logan County | Richard Nixon+1,452 | 3,96048.5% | 2,50830.7% | 1,68920.7% | 8,157 |
| Love County | Hubert Humphrey+165 | 67728.5% | 93139.2% | 76632.3% | 2,374 |
| Major County | Richard Nixon+1,956 | 2,55072.8% | 59417.0% | 35710.2% | 3,501 |
| Marshall County | Richard Nixon+18 | 1,20935.7% | 1,19135.2% | 98629.1% | 3,386 |
| Mayes County | Richard Nixon+1,405 | 4,26044.6% | 2,85529.9% | 2,43125.5% | 9,546 |
| McClain County | Richard Nixon+205 | 2,04737.0% | 1,84233.3% | 1,64729.8% | 5,536 |
| McCurtain County | Hubert Humphrey+64 | 2,79532.4% | 2,94434.2% | 2,88033.4% | 8,619 |
| McIntosh County | Hubert Humphrey+227 | 1,53233.7% | 1,75938.7% | 1,25427.6% | 4,545 |
| Murray County | Hubert Humphrey+319 | 1,45434.2% | 1,77341.7% | 1,02724.1% | 4,254 |
| Muskogee County | Hubert Humphrey+670 | 8,70738.4% | 9,37741.3% | 4,59620.3% | 22,680 |
| Noble County | Richard Nixon+1,499 | 2,91158.9% | 1,41228.6% | 61812.5% | 4,941 |
| Nowata County | Richard Nixon+802 | 2,11646.9% | 1,31429.1% | 1,08023.9% | 4,510 |
| Okfuskee County | Hubert Humphrey+91 | 1,68637.9% | 1,77740.0% | 98122.1% | 4,444 |
| Oklahoma County | Richard Nixon+32,817 | 93,21249.7% | 60,39532.2% | 33,83418.1% | 187,441 |
| Okmulgee County | Hubert Humphrey+1,380 | 4,70934.8% | 6,08945.0% | 2,72820.2% | 13,526 |
| Osage County | Richard Nixon+1,580 | 5,49946.5% | 3,91933.1% | 2,40720.4% | 11,825 |
| Ottawa County | Richard Nixon+180 | 5,00044.5% | 4,82042.9% | 1,42112.6% | 11,241 |
| Pawnee County | Richard Nixon+1,094 | 2,43751.1% | 1,34328.2% | 99020.8% | 4,770 |
| Payne County | Richard Nixon+3,805 | 9,57753.7% | 5,77232.4% | 2,47513.9% | 17,824 |
| Pittsburg County | Hubert Humphrey+2,134 | 3,97828.8% | 6,11244.2% | 3,72627.0% | 13,816 |
| Pontotoc County | Hubert Humphrey+130 | 4,16138.3% | 4,29139.5% | 2,42522.3% | 10,877 |
| Pottawatomie County | Richard Nixon+178 | 6,89939.4% | 6,72138.4% | 3,87322.1% | 17,493 |
| Pushmataha County | Other+55 | 1,22532.7% | 1,23232.9% | 1,28734.4% | 3,744 |
| Roger Mills County | Richard Nixon+382 | 1,10245.3% | 72029.6% | 61025.1% | 2,432 |
| Rogers County | Richard Nixon+1,490 | 4,63144.4% | 2,66525.5% | 3,14130.1% | 10,437 |
| Seminole County | Hubert Humphrey+178 | 3,71138.1% | 3,88939.9% | 2,14222.0% | 9,742 |
| Sequoyah County | Richard Nixon+179 | 2,79736.9% | 2,61834.6% | 2,15828.5% | 7,573 |
| Stephens County | Richard Nixon+259 | 5,50838.5% | 5,24936.6% | 3,56624.9% | 14,323 |
| Texas County | Richard Nixon+2,553 | 3,72963.6% | 1,17620.1% | 95416.3% | 5,859 |
| Tillman County | Hubert Humphrey+23 | 1,74835.7% | 1,77136.2% | 1,37628.1% | 4,895 |
| Tulsa County | Richard Nixon+48,728 | 81,47657.1% | 32,74823.0% | 28,44319.9% | 142,667 |
| Wagoner County | Richard Nixon+925 | 3,18741.8% | 2,18328.6% | 2,26229.6% | 7,632 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+8,171 | 12,81262.4% | 4,64122.6% | 3,09115.0% | 20,544 |
| Washita County | Richard Nixon+821 | 2,59249.6% | 1,77133.9% | 85816.4% | 5,221 |
| Woods County | Richard Nixon+2,010 | 3,44963.8% | 1,43926.6% | 5179.6% | 5,405 |
| Woodward County | Richard Nixon+2,304 | 3,74864.0% | 1,44424.7% | 66311.3% | 5,855 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Oklahoma's presidential margins
1908–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1908 | +4.7% |
| 1912 | +11.2% |
| 1916 | +17.4% |
| 1920 | −5.7% |
| 1924 | +5.7% |
| 1928 | −28.3% |
| 1932 | +46.6% |
| 1936 | +34.1% |
| 1940 | +15.2% |
| 1944 | +11.4% |
| 1948 | +25.5% |
| 1952 | −9.2% |
| 1956 | −10.3% |
| 1960 | −18.0% |
| 1964 | +11.5% |
| 1968 | −15.7% |
| 1972 | −49.7% |
| 1976 | −1.2% |
| 1980 | −25.5% |
| 1984 | −37.9% |
| 1988 | −16.6% |
| 1992 | −8.6% |
| 1996 | −7.8% |
| 2000 | −21.9% |
| 2004 | −31.1% |
| 2008 | −31.3% |
| 2012 | −33.5% |
| 2016 | −36.4% |
| 2020 | −33.1% |
| 2024 | −34.3% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.