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| running_mate1 = Spiro Agnew| electoral_vote1 = 5| popular_vote1 = 266,721| percentage1 = 54.78%| image2 = Senator Hubert Humphrey at the Capitol (cropped).jpg| nominee2 = Hubert Humphrey| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)| home_state2 = Minnesota| running_mate2 = Edmund Muskie| electoral_vote2 = 0| popular_vote2 = 170,514| percentage2 = 35.02%| image3 = George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg| nominee3 = George Wallace| party3 = American Independent Party| colour3 = ff9955| home_state3 = Alabama| running_mate3 = Curtis LeMay| electoral_vote3 = 0| popular_vote3 = 46,573| percentage3 = 9.56%| map_image = Arizona Presidential Election Results 1968.svg| map_size = 250px| map_caption = County Results{{col-start}}{{col-2}}Nixon{{legend|#f2b3be|40-50%}}{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}{{col-2}}Humphrey{{legend|#b9d7ff|40-50%}}{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}{{col-end}}| title = President| before_election = Lyndon B. Johnson| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)| after_election = Richard Nixon| after_party = Republican Party (United States)}}{{ElectionsAZ}}The 1968 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 5, 1968. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.Arizona was won by the Republican nominees, Richard Nixon of New York and his running mate Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, Incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and his running mate U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine. Nixon carried the state with 54.78% of the vote to Humphrey's 35.02%, a victory margin of 19.76%.

Results

{{Election box begin no change| title = General election results Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change| candidate = Richard Nixon| party = Republican Party (United States)| votes = 266,721| percentage = 54.78%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change| candidate = Hubert Humphrey| party = Democratic Party (United States)| votes = 170,514| percentage = 35.02%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change| candidate = George Wallace| party = American Independent Party| votes = 46,573| percentage = 9.56%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change| candidate = Eugene McCarthy| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party| votes = 2,751| percentage = 0.56%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change| candidate = Eldridge Cleaver| party = Peace and Freedom Party| votes = 217| percentage = 0.04%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change| candidate = Fred Halstead| party = Socialist Workers Party (United States)| votes = 85| percentage = 0.02%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change| candidate = Henning A. Blomen| party = Socialist Labor Party of America | votes = 75| percentage = 0.02%}}{{Election box total no change| votes = 486,936| percentage = 100%}}{{Election box end}}

Results by county{|width"60%" class"wikitable sortable"

! rowspan="2" |County! colspan="2" |Richard NixonRepublican! colspan="2" |Hubert HumphreyDemocratic! colspan="2" |George WallaceAmerican Independent! colspan="2" |Various candidatesOther parties! colspan="2" |Margin! rowspan="2" |Total votes castArizona Secretary of State; ‘State of Arizona Official Canvass General Election – November 5, 1968’ (Phoenix, 1968)! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % style="text-align:center;" Apache 2,092 49.83% 1,668 39.73% 402 9.58% 36 0.86% 424 10.10% 4,198 style="text-align:center;" Cochise 7,619 45.59% 6,597 39.48% 2,393 14.32% 102 0.61% 1,022 6.11% 16,711 style="text-align:center;" Coconino 6,765 59.38% 3,504 30.76% 1,049 9.21% 74 0.65% 3,261 28.62% 11,392 style="text-align:center;" Gila 3,610 37.19% 4,831 49.77% 1,222 12.59% 43 0.44% -1,221 -12.58% 9,706 style="text-align:center;" Graham 2,327 47.21% 1,726 35.02% 859 17.43% 17 0.34% 601 12.19% 4,929 style="text-align:center;" Greenlee 1,026 27.35% 2,434 64.89% 276 7.36% 15 0.40% -1,408 -37.54% 3,751 style="text-align:center;" Maricopa 162,262 59.08% 86,204 31.39% 24,941 9.08% 1,244 0.45% 76,058 27.69% 274,651 style="text-align:center;" Mohave 3,208 51.64% 2,109 33.95% 883 14.21% 12 0.19% 1,099 17.69% 6,212 style="text-align:center;" Navajo 4,596 51.00% 2,930 32.51% 1,438 15.96% 48 0.53% 1,666 18.49% 9,012 style="text-align:center;" Pima 49,479 50.61% 39,786 40.70% 7,221 7.39% 1,280 1.31% 9,693 9.91% 97,766 style="text-align:center;" Pinal 6,883 42.37% 7,409 45.61% 1,869 11.50% 85 0.52% -526 -3.24% 16,246 style="text-align:center;" Santa Cruz 1,702 48.17% 1,557 44.07% 242 6.85% 32 0.91% 145 4.10% 3,533 style="text-align:center;" Yavapai 8,296 58.44% 3,989 28.10% 1,837 12.94% 74 0.52% 4,307 30.34% 14,196 style="text-align:center;"Yuma 6,856 46.85% 5,770 39.43% 1,941 13.26% 66 0.45% 1,086 7.42% 14,633 style="text-align:center;"!Totals!!266,721!!54.78%!!170,514!!35.02%!!46,573!!9.56%!!3,128!!0.64%!!96,207!!19.76%!!486,936

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Cochise
• Apache
• Graham
• Mohave
• Pima
• Santa Cruz
• Yuma

Notes

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References

{{reflist}}{{State results of the 1968 U.S. presidential election | state=expanded}}{{Arizona elections}}{{United States elections}}