Pennsylvania — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionPennsylvania · PresidentHumphreyD+3.6
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Hubert Humphrey ✓Democratic | 47.6% | 2,259,405 |
|---|---|---|
| Richard NixonRepublican | 44.0% | 2,090,017 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 8.4% | 398,506 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
67 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Pennsylvania cast 29 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (67 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, PA | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Allegheny County, PA | Democratic | D+14.0 |
| Armstrong County, PA | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Beaver County, PA | Democratic | D+20.9 |
| Bedford County, PA | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Berks County, PA | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Blair County, PA | Republican | R+26.9 |
| Bradford County, PA | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Bucks County, PA | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Butler County, PA | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Cambria County, PA | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| Cameron County, PA | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Carbon County, PA | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Centre County, PA | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Chester County, PA | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Clarion County, PA | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Clearfield County, PA | Republican | R+7.2 |
| Clinton County, PA | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Columbia County, PA | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Crawford County, PA | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Cumberland County, PA | Republican | R+32.6 |
| Dauphin County, PA | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Delaware County, PA | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Elk County, PA | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Erie County, PA | Democratic | D+8.5 |
| Fayette County, PA | Democratic | D+25.9 |
| Forest County, PA | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Franklin County, PA | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Fulton County, PA | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Greene County, PA | Democratic | D+21.5 |
| Huntingdon County, PA | Republican | R+31.0 |
| Indiana County, PA | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Jefferson County, PA | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Juniata County, PA | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Lackawanna County, PA | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Lancaster County, PA | Republican | R+37.0 |
| Lawrence County, PA | Democratic | D+6.2 |
| Lebanon County, PA | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Lehigh County, PA | Republican | R+3.4 |
| Luzerne County, PA | Democratic | D+15.3 |
| Lycoming County, PA | Republican | R+15.9 |
| McKean County, PA | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Mercer County, PA | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Mifflin County, PA | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Monroe County, PA | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Montgomery County, PA | Republican | R+15.0 |
| Montour County, PA | Republican | R+17.6 |
| Northampton County, PA | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Northumberland County, PA | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Perry County, PA | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | Democratic | D+32.0 |
| Pike County, PA | Republican | R+36.3 |
| Potter County, PA | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Schuylkill County, PA | Republican | R+2.9 |
| Snyder County, PA | Republican | R+50.6 |
| Somerset County, PA | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Sullivan County, PA | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Susquehanna County, PA | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Tioga County, PA | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Union County, PA | Republican | R+46.1 |
| Venango County, PA | Republican | R+18.2 |
| Warren County, PA | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Washington County, PA | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Wayne County, PA | Republican | R+39.4 |
| Westmoreland County, PA | Democratic | D+19.9 |
| Wyoming County, PA | Republican | R+35.0 |
| York County, PA | Republican | R+19.6 |
Pennsylvania results by county
67 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+5,310 | 5,99331.7% | 11,30359.8% | 1,6118.5% | 18,907 |
| Allegheny County | Hubert Humphrey+100,116 | 364,90651.1% | 264,79037.1% | 84,12111.8% | 713,817 |
| Armstrong County | Richard Nixon+211 | 13,92145.9% | 14,13246.6% | 2,3007.6% | 30,353 |
| Beaver County | Hubert Humphrey+17,132 | 45,39655.3% | 28,26434.5% | 8,36810.2% | 82,028 |
| Bedford County | Richard Nixon+5,757 | 4,72528.6% | 10,48263.5% | 1,3117.9% | 16,518 |
| Berks County | Richard Nixon+746 | 49,87745.8% | 50,62346.5% | 8,4247.7% | 108,924 |
| Blair County | Richard Nixon+12,977 | 15,80332.7% | 28,78059.6% | 3,7137.7% | 48,296 |
| Bradford County | Richard Nixon+6,935 | 6,37330.3% | 13,30863.2% | 1,3776.5% | 21,058 |
| Bucks County | Richard Nixon+12,012 | 57,63440.2% | 69,64648.6% | 15,93111.1% | 143,211 |
| Butler County | Richard Nixon+2,203 | 19,41542.9% | 21,61847.7% | 4,2589.4% | 45,291 |
| Cambria County | Hubert Humphrey+7,945 | 41,22552.1% | 33,28042.0% | 4,6455.9% | 79,150 |
| Cameron County | Richard Nixon+718 | 1,10435.7% | 1,82259.0% | 1645.3% | 3,090 |
| Carbon County | Hubert Humphrey+680 | 10,63449.3% | 9,95446.1% | 9914.6% | 21,579 |
| Centre County | Richard Nixon+4,702 | 11,16339.1% | 15,86555.6% | 1,4995.3% | 28,527 |
| Chester County | Richard Nixon+23,467 | 32,60633.3% | 56,07357.2% | 9,3729.6% | 98,051 |
| Clarion County | Richard Nixon+2,736 | 5,34137.0% | 8,07756.0% | 1,0057.0% | 14,423 |
| Clearfield County | Richard Nixon+2,102 | 12,36942.4% | 14,47149.6% | 2,3238.0% | 29,163 |
| Clinton County | Richard Nixon+262 | 6,30146.6% | 6,56348.6% | 6444.8% | 13,508 |
| Columbia County | Richard Nixon+4,015 | 8,18736.8% | 12,20254.9% | 1,8408.3% | 22,229 |
| Crawford County | Richard Nixon+3,646 | 11,34540.2% | 14,99153.1% | 1,8906.7% | 28,226 |
| Cumberland County | Richard Nixon+17,441 | 15,46728.9% | 32,90861.5% | 5,0979.5% | 53,472 |
| Dauphin County | Richard Nixon+22,914 | 25,48031.2% | 48,39459.2% | 7,9149.7% | 81,788 |
| Delaware County | Richard Nixon+27,082 | 106,69540.0% | 133,77750.2% | 25,9649.7% | 266,436 |
| Elk County | Hubert Humphrey+693 | 6,88649.0% | 6,19344.1% | 9676.9% | 14,046 |
| Erie County | Hubert Humphrey+8,470 | 51,60451.7% | 43,13443.2% | 5,1095.1% | 99,847 |
| Fayette County | Hubert Humphrey+15,419 | 34,34057.8% | 18,92131.8% | 6,18910.4% | 59,450 |
| Forest County | Richard Nixon+503 | 66933.9% | 1,17259.4% | 1326.7% | 1,973 |
| Franklin County | Richard Nixon+7,695 | 11,45132.5% | 19,14654.4% | 4,59813.1% | 35,195 |
| Fulton County | Richard Nixon+1,026 | 1,17429.5% | 2,20055.4% | 59915.1% | 3,973 |
| Greene County | Hubert Humphrey+3,099 | 8,19856.9% | 5,09935.4% | 1,1047.7% | 14,401 |
| Huntingdon County | Richard Nixon+4,148 | 4,12830.8% | 8,27661.8% | 9847.3% | 13,388 |
| Indiana County | Richard Nixon+2,724 | 12,17541.7% | 14,89951.0% | 2,1227.3% | 29,196 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+3,375 | 6,83937.3% | 10,21455.7% | 1,2947.1% | 18,347 |
| Juniata County | Richard Nixon+1,718 | 2,32133.8% | 4,03958.8% | 5147.5% | 6,874 |
| Lackawanna County | Hubert Humphrey+21,909 | 66,29758.0% | 44,38838.8% | 3,7063.2% | 114,391 |
| Lancaster County | Richard Nixon+40,083 | 29,87027.6% | 69,95364.6% | 8,4847.8% | 108,307 |
| Lawrence County | Hubert Humphrey+2,667 | 21,02748.8% | 18,36042.6% | 3,7168.6% | 43,103 |
| Lebanon County | Richard Nixon+12,303 | 9,52928.0% | 21,83264.2% | 2,6647.8% | 34,025 |
| Lehigh County | Richard Nixon+3,222 | 44,03346.2% | 47,25549.5% | 4,1204.3% | 95,408 |
| Luzerne County | Hubert Humphrey+21,996 | 79,04055.1% | 57,04439.8% | 7,2965.1% | 143,380 |
| Lycoming County | Richard Nixon+6,942 | 16,88838.8% | 23,83054.7% | 2,8486.5% | 43,566 |
| McKean County | Richard Nixon+4,180 | 6,32635.9% | 10,50659.7% | 7754.4% | 17,607 |
| Mercer County | Richard Nixon+317 | 22,81446.5% | 23,13147.1% | 3,1606.4% | 49,105 |
| Mifflin County | Richard Nixon+2,452 | 5,68138.7% | 8,13355.3% | 8846.0% | 14,698 |
| Monroe County | Richard Nixon+2,519 | 6,94639.1% | 9,46553.3% | 1,3367.5% | 17,747 |
| Montgomery County | Richard Nixon+39,157 | 102,46439.3% | 141,62154.3% | 16,6476.4% | 260,732 |
| Montour County | Richard Nixon+1,050 | 2,23937.5% | 3,28955.0% | 4487.5% | 5,976 |
| Northampton County | Hubert Humphrey+10,521 | 42,55454.5% | 32,03341.0% | 3,5434.5% | 78,130 |
| Northumberland County | Richard Nixon+5,353 | 17,01340.6% | 22,36653.4% | 2,5206.0% | 41,899 |
| Perry County | Richard Nixon+3,711 | 2,94427.1% | 6,65561.3% | 1,25011.5% | 10,849 |
| Philadelphia County | Hubert Humphrey+271,615 | 525,76861.8% | 254,15329.9% | 70,1968.3% | 850,117 |
| Pike County | Richard Nixon+2,102 | 1,61727.9% | 3,71964.2% | 4547.8% | 5,790 |
| Potter County | Richard Nixon+2,159 | 1,86029.3% | 4,01963.4% | 4607.3% | 6,339 |
| Schuylkill County | Richard Nixon+2,212 | 34,98245.6% | 37,19448.5% | 4,4695.8% | 76,645 |
| Snyder County | Richard Nixon+4,791 | 1,99321.0% | 6,78471.6% | 6927.3% | 9,469 |
| Somerset County | Richard Nixon+5,996 | 11,51537.2% | 17,51156.6% | 1,8956.1% | 30,921 |
| Sullivan County | Richard Nixon+594 | 1,03536.1% | 1,62956.8% | 2067.2% | 2,870 |
| Susquehanna County | Richard Nixon+4,341 | 4,36431.1% | 8,70562.0% | 9636.9% | 14,032 |
| Tioga County | Richard Nixon+5,810 | 3,48825.2% | 9,29867.1% | 1,0777.8% | 13,863 |
| Union County | Richard Nixon+4,244 | 2,17823.6% | 6,42269.7% | 6156.7% | 9,215 |
| Venango County | Richard Nixon+4,004 | 8,31937.9% | 12,32356.1% | 1,3076.0% | 21,949 |
| Warren County | Richard Nixon+2,521 | 6,36839.9% | 8,88955.7% | 7114.5% | 15,968 |
| Washington County | Hubert Humphrey+19,782 | 47,80556.3% | 28,02333.0% | 9,14010.8% | 84,968 |
| Wayne County | Richard Nixon+4,651 | 3,17626.9% | 7,82766.4% | 7876.7% | 11,790 |
| Westmoreland County | Hubert Humphrey+29,627 | 81,83355.0% | 52,20635.1% | 14,8009.9% | 148,839 |
| Wyoming County | Richard Nixon+2,841 | 2,36629.1% | 5,20764.1% | 5516.8% | 8,124 |
| York County | Richard Nixon+18,303 | 33,32835.7% | 51,63155.3% | 8,4129.0% | 93,371 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Pennsylvania's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −6.4% |
| 1896 | −24.7% |
| 1900 | −24.6% |
| 1904 | −40.7% |
| 1908 | −23.4% |
| 1912 | +10.0% |
| 1916 | −14.0% |
| 1920 | −38.6% |
| 1924 | −46.3% |
| 1928 | −31.4% |
| 1932 | −5.5% |
| 1936 | +16.0% |
| 1940 | +6.9% |
| 1944 | +2.8% |
| 1948 | −4.0% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −13.2% |
| 1960 | +2.3% |
| 1964 | +30.2% |
| 1968 | +3.6% |
| 1972 | −20.0% |
| 1976 | +2.7% |
| 1980 | −7.1% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | −2.3% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +9.2% |
| 2000 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | +10.3% |
| 2012 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | −0.7% |
| 2020 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | −1.7% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.