A county result
Seneca County, presidential election of 1968
Seneca County
52.30%Richard Nixon (R), the most votes23,020Votes counted for president
What this is
Seneca County counted 23,020 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.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon | Republican | 12,040 | 52.30% |
| Hubert Humphrey | Democratic | 8,970 | 38.97% |
| George Wallace | American Independent | 2,010 | 8.73% |
Turnout: None found in the records checked
This year in context
Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.
- 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
- Seneca County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+13.3 against Ohio's R+2.3: 11.1 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 52nd of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1964
- From 1964 to 1968 the county's lean moved 34.0 points toward the Republicans, from D+20.7 to R+13.3.
- Matched
- Seneca County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
Not yet researched
Where this appears
The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.
Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1968 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1968 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1968-11-05 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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