Nixon's victory was the first of six consecutive Republican victories in the state, as California would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Bill Clinton in 1992. Since then it has become a safe Democratic state. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election where California did not have the highest number of electoral votes.
^Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon’s official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
Referencesedit
^"Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
^Sullivan, Robert David; "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century"; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^"1968 Presidential General Election Results — California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
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Main article 1968 United States presidential election The 1968 United States presidential election in California took place on November 5 1968 as part of the 1968 United States presidential election State voters chose 40 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1968 United States presidential election in California 1964 November 5 1968 1972 Turnout85 75 of registered voters 2 63 pp 62 34 of eligible voters 3 66 pp 1 Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George WallaceParty Republican Democratic American IndependentHome state New York a Minnesota AlabamaRunning mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMayElectoral vote 40 0 0Popular vote 3 467 664 3 244 318 487 270Percentage 47 82 44 74 6 72 County Results Nixon 40 50 50 60 60 70 Humphrey 40 50 50 60 President before electionLyndon B JohnsonDemocratic Elected President Richard NixonRepublicanCalifornia narrowly voted for the Republican nominee former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York over the Democratic nominee Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota The American Independent Party candidate former Alabama governor George Wallace performed rather well in California despite being thousands of miles away from his base in the Deep South Although Nixon was born and raised in California he had moved to New York following his failed 1962 gubernatorial bid and thus identified New York as his home state in this election After he won the election Nixon moved his residency back to California Nixon had previously defeated John F Kennedy in California in 1960 and would later win the state again against George McGovern in 1972 Had Humphrey come out victorious in California Nixon would have earned only 261 electoral votes and thus the election would have been sent to the United States House of Representatives As of the 2020 presidential election this is the last time that a Democrat had won Kings County 2 Nixon also became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying Alameda County as well as the first to do so without carrying Trinity County since Calvin Coolidge in 1924 the first to do so without carrying Santa Clara County since Ulysses Grant in 1868 and the first to do so without carrying Napa or San Mateo Counties since Abraham Lincoln in 1860 Nixon s victory was the first of six consecutive Republican victories in the state as California would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Bill Clinton in 1992 Since then it has become a safe Democratic state As of the 2020 presidential election update this is the last election where California did not have the highest number of electoral votes Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 Notes 3 ReferencesResults edit1968 United States presidential election in California 3 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesRepublican Richard Nixon 3 467 664 47 82 40Democratic Hubert Humphrey 3 244 318 44 74 0American Independent George Wallace 487 270 6 72 0Peace and Freedom Eldridge Cleaver 27 707 0 38 0No party Eugene McCarthy write in 20 721 0 29 0No party Dick Gregory write in 3 230 0 04 0No party Henning A Blomen write in 341 0 00 0No party Charlene Mitchell write in 260 0 00 0No party E Harold Munn write in 59 0 00 0No party Write ins 17 0 00 0Invalid or blank votes Totals 7 251 587 100 00 40Voter turnout Results by county edit County Richard Milhous NixonRepublican Hubert Horatio HumphreyDemocratic George Corley WallaceAmerican Independent Various candidatesOther parties Margin Mono 64 28 1 130 26 45 465 8 87 156 0 40 7 37 83 665Orange 63 14 314 905 29 85 148 869 6 62 33 034 0 38 1 899 33 29 166 036Sutter 59 57 8 665 31 79 4 624 8 44 1 228 0 19 28 27 78 4 041Alpine 59 29 150 32 81 83 7 91 20 0 00 0 26 48 67Butte 56 68 22 225 32 87 12 887 9 92 3 891 0 53 208 23 81 9 338San Diego 56 26 261 540 36 07 167 669 7 17 33 340 0 50 2 314 20 19 93 871Inyo 54 45 3 641 34 60 2 314 10 68 714 0 27 18 19 85 1 327Glenn 53 91 3 848 34 55 2 466 11 32 808 0 22 16 19 36 1 382Imperial 52 91 10 818 36 59 7 481 10 27 2 100 0 23 47 16 32 3 337Calaveras 52 16 3 042 36 59 2 134 11 03 643 0 22 13 15 57 908Riverside 52 90 83 414 38 78 61 146 7 88 12 432 0 43 678 14 12 22 268Modoc 52 43 1 713 38 69 1 264 8 69 284 0 18 6 13 74 449Santa Barbara 53 59 50 068 40 21 37 565 5 44 5 083 0 75 704 13 38 12 503Tulare 52 17 29 314 39 47 22 180 8 15 4 580 0 20 115 12 70 7 134Nevada 51 39 6 061 39 06 4 607 9 14 1 078 0 41 48 12 33 1 454Colusa 51 58 2 361 40 59 1 858 7 52 344 0 31 14 10 99 503Mariposa 49 92 1 496 39 61 1 187 10 08 302 0 40 12 10 31 309Ventura 51 35 59 705 41 11 47 794 7 08 8 234 0 45 528 10 24 11 911San Bernardino 50 07 111 974 39 99 89 418 9 47 21 187 0 46 1 037 10 08 22 556Santa Cruz 50 79 25 365 41 03 20 492 6 94 3 465 1 25 622 9 76 4 873San Luis Obispo 51 27 19 420 41 78 15 828 6 38 2 416 0 57 217 9 49 3 592El Dorado 49 00 7 468 39 72 6 054 11 00 1 676 0 28 43 9 28 1 414Yuba 48 17 5 371 40 01 4 461 11 62 1 296 0 20 22 8 16 910Monterey 50 16 33 670 42 10 28 261 7 15 4 800 0 59 393 8 06 5 409Lake 49 00 4 464 41 46 3 777 9 20 838 0 35 32 7 54 687Marin 50 05 41 422 43 84 36 278 4 59 3 801 1 52 1 254 6 21 5 144Tehama 47 26 5 198 41 50 4 565 11 06 1 216 0 18 20 5 76 633Sonoma 48 79 38 088 43 03 33 587 7 53 5 875 0 65 509 5 76 4 501San Joaquin 47 97 47 293 42 68 42 073 9 05 8 923 0 30 300 5 29 5 220Tuolumne 47 48 4 330 42 91 3 913 9 49 865 0 12 11 4 57 417Kern 46 61 53 990 42 55 49 284 10 63 12 309 0 21 249 4 06 4 706Del Norte 46 19 2 387 43 27 2 236 9 58 495 0 97 50 2 92 151San Benito 47 54 2 961 45 10 2 809 7 18 447 0 19 12 2 44 152Mendocino 46 39 8 305 44 32 7 935 8 68 1 554 0 61 110 2 07 370Los Angeles 47 65 1 266 480 46 02 1 223 251 5 68 151 050 0 65 17 201 1 63 43 229Humboldt 46 17 16 719 45 50 16 476 7 62 2 759 0 72 260 0 67 243Siskiyou 46 13 6 334 45 59 6 260 7 92 1 088 0 36 50 0 54 74Trinity 43 12 1 426 43 33 1 433 13 06 432 0 48 16 0 21 7Sierra 45 93 548 46 86 559 7 12 85 0 08 1 0 93 11Napa 43 76 14 270 45 27 14 762 10 66 3 476 0 32 104 1 51 492Contra Costa 44 53 97 486 46 44 101 668 8 37 18 330 0 65 1 433 1 91 4 182Stanislaus 45 45 29 573 48 13 31 316 6 11 3 973 0 31 201 2 68 1 743Santa Clara 45 61 163 446 48 42 173 511 5 23 18 754 0 74 2 656 2 81 10 065Amador 42 10 2 269 45 27 2 440 12 24 660 0 39 21 3 17 171San Mateo 43 72 98 654 47 20 106 519 6 52 14 720 2 56 5 775 3 48 7 865Fresno 43 60 59 901 47 42 65 153 8 22 11 292 0 76 1 050 3 82 5 252Kings 43 07 7 796 47 75 8 643 9 06 1 640 0 12 22 4 68 847Madera 43 55 6 229 48 47 6 932 7 83 1 120 0 15 22 4 92 703Placer 42 64 12 427 48 21 14 050 8 83 2 574 0 32 93 5 57 1 623Lassen 41 06 2 553 47 12 2 930 11 45 712 0 37 23 6 06 377Shasta 40 44 11 821 49 64 14 510 9 63 2 815 0 29 84 9 20 2 689Sacramento 41 66 97 177 50 92 118 769 6 98 16 269 0 44 1 031 9 26 21 592Merced 40 90 11 595 50 98 14 453 7 93 2 248 0 19 53 10 08 2 858Plumas 37 37 2 097 52 77 2 961 9 43 529 0 43 24 15 40 864Yolo 38 41 11 123 54 67 15 833 6 02 1 742 0 90 262 16 26 4 710Alameda 37 63 153 285 53 90 219 545 6 98 28 426 1 50 6 093 16 27 66 260Solano 34 71 17 683 53 52 27 271 11 40 5 810 0 37 188 18 81 9 588San Francisco 33 66 100 970 59 18 177 509 5 78 17 332 1 38 4 136 25 52 76 539Notes edit Although he was born in California and he served as a U S Senator from California in 1968 Richard Nixon s official state of residence was New York because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election During his first term as president Nixon re established his residency in California Consequently most reliable reference books list Nixon s home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 and 1960 election References edit Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910 2018 PDF California Secretary of State Retrieved May 5 2022 Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 2016 1968 Presidential General Election Results California Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas Retrieved August 25 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1968 United States presidential election in California amp oldid 1197865290, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
