1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee

The 1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee

November 5, 1968
 
Nominee Richard Nixon George Wallace Hubert Humphrey
Party Republican American Democratic
Home state New York Alabama Minnesota
Running mate Spiro Agnew Curtis LeMay Edmund Muskie
Electoral vote 11 0 0
Popular vote 472,592 424,792 351,233
Percentage 37.85% 34.02% 28.13%

County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Tennessee voted more or less equally for the candidates, resulting in Republican candidate Richard Nixon of New York and his running mate Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland receiving a plurality of the votes as opposed to a majority. Tennessee had the smallest percentage of the Nixon vote that delivered him the state.

Nixon carried Tennessee with 37.85% of the vote to American Independence Party candidate George Wallace’s 34.02% and Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey's 28.13%, a victory margin of 3.87%. Nixon's victory was due to his large margins in traditionally Republican East Tennessee, while Wallace and Humphrey split Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Hamilton County did not support the Republican presidential candidate.

43% of white voters supported Nixon, 39% supported Wallace, and 19% supported Humphrey.

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