Crawford County, presidential election of 1968

Crawford County counted 21,008 votes for president across 3 candidates in 1968. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.

Turnout: None found in the records checked

Ohio that year

Ohio went to Richard Nixon (Republican) with 45.23%, a 2.3-point margin over Hubert Humphrey. The country elected Richard Nixon.

Against the state

Crawford County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+24.6 against Ohio's R+2.3: 22.3 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 18th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.

Since 1964

From 1964 to 1968 the county's lean moved 38.9 points toward the Republicans, from D+14.3 to R+24.6. Lean counts only the two major parties; George Wallace (American Independent) took 11.3% in 1968.

Matched

Crawford County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.

Not yet researched

• Every presidential election in Crawford County
• The politics chapter of Crawford County
• Ohio's 1968 result
• Ohio in presidential elections since 1804

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1968 United States presidential election in Ohio

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