The 1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut 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 eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Connecticut voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York and American Independent candidate, referred to on the ballot as the "George Wallace Party," Southern populist Governor George Wallace of Alabama. Humphrey's running mate was Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine, while Nixon ran with Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland and Wallace's running mate was Curtis LeMay of California.
Humphrey carried Connecticut by a fair margin of 5.16%. This marked the first time since 1888 that Connecticut would back a losing Democrat in a presidential election, and remained the last such occasion until 2000. This was also the last presidential election until Bill Clinton in 1992 that a Democratic candidate would win the state, after which it has always gone Democratic.
To date, this is the last time that the towns of Prospect and Watertown voted Democratic.
Results 1968 United States presidential election in ConnecticutPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Hubert H. Humphrey 621,561 49.48% 8 Republican Richard Nixon 556,721 44.32% 0 George Wallace Party George Wallace 76,650 6.10% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 1,300 0.10% 0 Totals 1,256,232 100.00% 8
By county County Hubert HumphreyDemocratic Richard NixonRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Fairfield 139,364 41.69% 173,108 51.78% 21,820 6.53% -33,744 -10.09% 334,292 Hartford 190,865 56.19% 131,740 38.78% 17,096 5.03% 59,125 17.41% 339,701 Litchfield 29,340 45.57% 31,429 48.82% 3,611 5.61% -2,089 -3.25% 64,380 Middlesex 23,727 48.90% 21,999 45.34% 2,798 5.76% 1,728 3.56% 48,524 New Haven 159,653 50.78% 130,501 41.50% 24,278 7.72% 29,152 9.28% 314,432 New London 41,507 49.66% 37,116 44.41% 4,951 5.93% 4,391 5.25% 83,574 Tolland 18,007 49.13% 16,666 45.47% 1,982 5.40% 1,341 3.66% 36,655 Windham 19,098 55.08% 14,162 40.84% 1,414 4.08% 4,936 14.24% 34,674Totals621,56149.48%556,72144.32%77,9506.20%64,8405.16%1,256,232
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Fairfield Litchfield
See also United States presidential elections in Connecticut
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