[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/2020\/05\/21\/1968-united-states-presidential-election-in-massachusetts\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/2020\/05\/21\/1968-united-states-presidential-election-in-massachusetts\/","headline":"1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts","name":"1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts","description":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Election in Massachusetts 1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Turnout 66.4%[1] 2.0 pp County","datePublished":"2020-05-21","dateModified":"2020-05-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/11px-Decrease2.svg.png","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/11px-Decrease2.svg.png","height":"11","width":"11"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/2020\/05\/21\/1968-united-states-presidential-election-in-massachusetts\/","wordCount":2745,"articleBody":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaElection in Massachusetts1968 United States presidential election in MassachusettsTurnout66.4%[1] 2.0 ppCounty ResultsHumphrey\u00a0\u00a050\u201360%\u00a0\u00a060\u201370%\u00a0\u00a070\u201380%Nixon\u00a0\u00a040-50%\u00a0\u00a050\u201360%The 1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.Massachusetts voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon of California. Humphrey’s running mate was Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine, while Nixon ran with Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland.Humphrey carried Massachusetts in a landslide, taking 63.01% of the vote to Nixon\u2019s 32.89%, a Democratic victory margin of 30.12%. This made it the second most Democratic state in the nation, after Rhode Island.The American Independent candidate, Southern populist Governor George Wallace of Alabama, did not have a serious impact on the race. While taking 13.53% nationally and winning electoral votes from five Deep South states,  A Boston Globe poll in October had Wallace with 8% support but had collapsed to take only 3.73% of the vote in Massachusetts.[2] Wallace\u2019s base of support was in the South, and he had little appeal in New England states. Massachusetts would be Wallace\u2019s fourth weakest state in the nation.As Nixon eked out a narrow win of the White House nationally in the Electoral College, Humphrey\u2019s landslide win in Massachusetts made the state a whopping 31% more Democratic than the national average.Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960 \u2014 and the 1960s would prove to be a decade of Democratic dominance in Massachusetts. Prior to 1960, Massachusetts had usually been a swing state, and Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower had carried it by 19 points in 1956. However, in 1960 Massachusetts native John F. Kennedy would become the first Democrat ever to win Massachusetts with over 60% of the vote, taking 60.22%. In the midst of the 1964 nationwide Democratic landslide, President Lyndon B. Johnson had carried the state in a historically massive landslide, taking over 76% of the vote in Massachusetts to Republican Barry Goldwater\u2019s 23%. While Humphrey did not reach Johnson\u2019s level of support, his 63.01% outperformed JFK and remains the third highest vote share any Democratic presidential candidate has ever received in the state \u2014 even though Humphrey was losing the election nationally, thus establishing the state\u2019s reputation as a Democratic stronghold in the modern era.Despite the scale of Humphrey\u2019s statewide landslide, he did not sweep every county in Massachusetts. Humphrey won 10 of the state\u2019s 14 counties, while Nixon won 4. However Humphrey performed especially well in the most heavily populated parts of the state surrounding the large cities of Boston, Worcester, and Springfield, while Nixon won only the smallest peninsula and island counties.Nevertheless, Nixon became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Norfolk County.Four years later, Massachusetts would be the only state in the nation to remain Democratic and vote for George McGovern over Nixon in 1972. Having also voted for John F. Kennedy over Nixon in 1960, Massachusetts would ultimately be the only state in the nation to never vote for Richard Nixon in any of his three presidential campaigns.As of 2021, this is the last time that the towns of Leverett, Shutesbury, and West Tisbury voted Republican.Table of ContentsResults[edit]Results by county[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Results[edit]Results by county[edit]1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts (by county) [4]CountyHubert Horatio HumphreyDemocraticRichard Milhous NixonRepublicanGeorge Corley WallaceAmerican IndependentVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%Barnstable16,54639.24%24,29657.63%1,2422.95%780.19%-7,750-18.39%42,162Berkshire38,49759.72%23,07835.80%2,5934.02%2970.46%15,41923.92%64,465Bristol119,43965.06%56,67230.87%6,9993.81%4590.25%62,76734.19%183,569Dukes1,54048.19%1,57649.31%752.35%50.16%-36-1.12%3,196Essex171,90161.03%99,72135.40%9,2363.28%8270.29%72,18025.63%281,685Franklin12,07247.55%12,34548.63%8933.52%760.30%-273-1.08%25,386Hampden111,37662.52%55,78331.31%9,8465.53%1,1450.64%55,59331.21%178,150Hampshire26,66658.72%16,27035.83%2,3145.10%1620.36%10,39622.89%45,412Middlesex370,31064.11%188,30432.60%16,5612.87%2,4210.42%182,00631.51%577,596Nantucket74441.52%99155.30%522.90%50.28%-247-13.78%1,792Norfolk160,51360.30%95,85836.01%9,0803.41%7550.28%64,65524.29%266,206Plymouth67,77152.96%54,64442.70%5,3424.17%2200.17%13,12710.26%127,977Suffolk203,40675.62%48,95218.20%15,1215.62%1,4980.56%154,45457.42%268,977Worcester168,43763.52%88,35433.32%7,7342.92%6540.25%80,08330.20%265,179Totals1,469,21863.01%766,84432.89%87,0883.73%8,6020.37%702,37430.12%2,331,752See also[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\u2019s home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.References[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/2020\/05\/21\/1968-united-states-presidential-election-in-massachusetts\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts"}}]}]