1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina

The 1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina

November 5, 1968

Nominee Richard Nixon George Wallace Hubert Humphrey Party Republican Independent Democratic Home state New York[lower-alpha 1] Alabama Minnesota Running mate Spiro Agnew Curtis LeMay Edmund Muskie Electoral vote 8 0 0 Popular vote 254,062 215,430 197,486 Percentage 38.1% 32.3% 29.6%

County Results Humphrey   30-40%   40-50%   50-60% Nixon   30-40%   40-50%   50-60% Wallace   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%

President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

South Carolina voted more or less equally for the candidates, resulting in Republican candidate Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland receiving a plurality of the votes as opposed to a majority.

Nixon carried South Carolina with 38.09% of the vote to Independent candidate George Wallace’s 32.30% and Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey's 29.61%, a victory margin of 5.79%.[1][2]

Results

1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Richard Nixon	254,062	38.09%	8
	Independent	George Wallace	215,430	32.30%	0
	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	197,486	29.61%	0
	Write-ins	Various candidates	4	0.00%	0
Totals			666,978	100.00%	8
Voter turnout					-

Results by county

County	Richard Milhous Nixon Republican		Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic		George Corley Wallace Independent		Margin[lower-alpha 2]		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Abbeville	1,213	20.77%	1,425	24.40%	3,201	54.82%	-1,776[lower-alpha 3]	-30.42%	5,839
Aiken	12,264	44.76%	6,319	23.06%	8,815	32.17%	3,449	12.59%	27,398
Allendale	997	29.72%	1,538	45.84%	820	24.44%	-541[lower-alpha 4]	-16.12%	3,355
Anderson	5,661	24.33%	5,218	22.43%	12,384	53.23%	-6,723	-28.90%	23,263
Bamberg	1,327	27.70%	1,845	38.52%	1,618	33.78%	227[lower-alpha 3]	4.74%	4,790
Barnwell	1,849	31.25%	1,716	29.01%	2,351	39.74%	-502	-8.49%	5,916
Beaufort	2,983	36.29%	3,740	45.49%	1,498	18.22%	-757[lower-alpha 4]	-9.20%	8,221
Berkeley	4,021	28.89%	5,089	36.56%	4,808	34.55%	281[lower-alpha 3]	2.01%	13,918
Calhoun	885	28.74%	1,216	39.49%	978	31.76%	238[lower-alpha 3]	7.73%	3,079
Charleston	24,282	43.45%	18,343	32.83%	13,255	23.72%	5,939[lower-alpha 4]	10.62%	55,880
Cherokee	2,853	27.19%	1,998	19.04%	5,642	53.77%	-2,789	-26.58%	10,493
Chester	2,862	33.71%	2,865	33.75%	2,762	32.54%	-3[lower-alpha 4]	-0.04%	8,489
Chesterfield	2,564	25.47%	3,180	31.59%	4,324	42.95%	-1,144[lower-alpha 3]	-11.36%	10,068
Clarendon	2,201	27.85%	3,606	45.62%	2,097	26.53%	-1,405[lower-alpha 4]	-17.77%	7,904
Colleton	2,824	34.67%	2,651	32.55%	2,670	32.78%	154	1.89%	8,145
Darlington	4,947	35.38%	3,803	27.20%	5,231	37.42%	-284	-2.04%	13,981
Dillon	2,396	35.73%	2,178	32.48%	2,132	31.79%	218[lower-alpha 4]	3.25%	6,706
Dorchester	3,354	31.21%	3,855	35.87%	3,539	32.93%	316[lower-alpha 3]	2.94%	10,748
Edgefield	1,688	43.07%	1,225	31.26%	1,006	25.67%	463[lower-alpha 4]	11.81%	3,919
Fairfield	1,619	27.14%	3,011	50.47%	1,336	22.39%	-1,392[lower-alpha 4]	-23.33%	5,966
Florence	8,917	36.19%	8,079	32.79%	7,642	31.02%	838[lower-alpha 4]	3.40%	24,638
Georgetown	3,269	32.62%	4,110	41.01%	2,642	26.36%	-841[lower-alpha 4]	-8.39%	10,021
Greenville	31,652	52.91%	12,928	21.61%	15,241	25.48%	16,411	27.43%	59,821
Greenwood	4,891	33.37%	3,741	25.52%	6,024	41.10%	-1,133	-7.73%	14,658[lower-alpha 5]
Hampton	1,671	31.95%	2,107	40.29%	1,452	27.76%	-436[lower-alpha 4]	-8.34%	5,230
Horry	3,924	26.97%	3,924	26.97%	6,701	46.06%	-2,777	-19.09%	14,549
Jasper	633	20.31%	1,402	44.99%	1,081	34.69%	321[lower-alpha 3]	10.30%	3,116
Kershaw	4,079	38.56%	2,539	24.00%	3,960	37.44%	119	1.12%	10,578
Lancaster	4,874	37.75%	3,151	24.41%	4,886	37.84%	-12	-0.09%	12,911
Laurens	4,813	39.75%	3,016	24.91%	4,279	35.34%	534	4.41%	12,108
Lee	1,219	22.23%	2,151	39.23%	2,113	38.54%	38[lower-alpha 3]	0.69%	5,483
Lexington	12,204	48.49%	4,058	16.12%	8,907	35.39%	3,297	13.10%	25,169
Marion	2,512	36.85%	2,821	41.38%	1,484	21.77%	-309[lower-alpha 4]	-4.53%	6,817
Marlboro	2,024	31.34%	2,294	35.52%	2,140	33.14%	154[lower-alpha 3]	2.38%	6,458
McCormick	466	21.08%	988	44.69%	757	34.24%	231[lower-alpha 3]	10.45%	2,211
Newberry	4,538	42.35%	2,444	22.81%	3,734	34.85%	804	7.50%	10,716
Oconee	2,618	27.94%	2,009	21.44%	4,742	50.61%	-2,124	-22.67%	9,369
Orangeburg	5,144	24.20%	8,971	42.20%	7,144	33.60%	1,827[lower-alpha 3]	8.60%	21,259
Pickens	6,873	51.63%	2,016	15.14%	4,424	33.23%	2,449	18.40%	13,313
Richland	26,215	50.96%	18,198	35.37%	7,030	13.67%	8,017[lower-alpha 4]	15.59%	51,445[lower-alpha 5]
Saluda	1,466	30.53%	1,200	24.99%	2,136	44.48%	-670	-13.95%	4,802
Spartanburg	18,183	38.69%	11,467	24.40%	17,346	36.91%	837	1.78%	46,996
Sumter	5,451	33.43%	6,103	37.42%	4,754	29.15%	-652[lower-alpha 4]	-3.99%	16,308
Union	3,011	30.50%	2,271	23.00%	4,590	46.50%	-1,579	-16.00%	9,872
Williamsburg	3,029	28.08%	5,106	47.33%	2,652	24.59%	-2,077[lower-alpha 4]	-19.25%	10,787
York	7,596	37.48%	5,571	27.49%	7,102	35.04%	494	2.44%	20,269
Totals	254,062	38.09%	197,486	29.61%	215,430	32.30%	38,632	5.79%	666,982

Notes

1. 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.
2. Because Nixon finished first and Wallace second in South Carolina as a whole, all margins given are Nixon vote minus Wallace vote and Nixon percentage minus Wallace percentage unless state for the county in question.
3. In this county where Nixon ran third behind both Humphrey and Wallace, margin given is Humphrey vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Humphrey percentage minus Wallace percentage.
4. In this county where Wallace ran third behind both Nixon and Humphrey, margin given is Nixon vote minus Humphrey vote and percentage margin Nixon percentage minus Humphrey percentage.
5. Two write-in votes were recorded from this county.

References

1. "1968 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
2. Woolley, John; Peters, Gehard. "1968 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved 26 August 2016.