1968 United States presidential election in Virginia
Results by county

1968 United States presidential election in Virginia

Section Title: Results by county
Table Section Text: None

Richard M. Nixon Republican	Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic	George C. Wallace American Independent	Various candidates Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast

County or Independent City	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#

Accomack County	3,231	35.19%	2,467	26.87%	3,460	37.69%	23	0.25%	229	2.49%	9,181

Albemarle County	4,512	53.45%	2,255	26.71%	1,657	19.63%	17	0.20%	2,257	26.74%	8,441

Alleghany County	1,649	43.47%	988	26.05%	1,153	30.40%	3	0.08%	496	13.08%	3,793

Amelia County	857	33.90%	830	32.83%	832	32.91%	9	0.36%	25	0.99%	2,528

Amherst County	2,656	39.80%	1,543	23.12%	2,449	36.69%	26	0.39%	207	3.10%	6,674

Appomattox County	1,753	43.42%	756	18.73%	1,512	37.45%	16	0.40%	241	5.97%	4,037

Arlington County	28,163	45.92%	26,107	42.57%	6,746	11.00%	310	0.51%	2,056	3.35%	61,326

Augusta County	6,313	57.92%	2,028	18.61%	2,483	22.78%	76	0.70%	3,830	35.14%	10,900

Bath County	872	45.97%	494	26.04%	529	27.89%	2	0.11%	343	18.08%	1,897

Bedford County	2,807	35.80%	1,574	20.08%	3,316	42.30%	143	1.82%	509	6.49%	7,840

Bland County	938	50.38%	560	30.08%	361	19.39%	3	0.16%	378	20.30%	1,862

Botetourt County	2,598	50.54%	1,272	24.75%	1,267	24.65%	3	0.06%	1,326	25.80%	5,140

Brunswick County	1,139	22.13%	1,910	37.11%	2,088	40.57%	10	0.19%	178	3.46%	5,147

Buchanan County	3,699	37.68%	5,003	50.97%	1,067	10.87%	47	0.48%	1,304	13.28%	9,816

Buckingham County	1,027	32.05%	984	30.71%	1,185	36.99%	8	0.25%	158	4.93%	3,204

Campbell County	5,731	44.73%	1,996	15.58%	4,425	34.54%	659	5.14%	1,306	10.19%	12,811

Caroline County	1,162	26.25%	2,165	48.92%	1,084	24.49%	15	0.34%	1,003	22.66%	4,426

Carroll County	4,909	64.16%	1,773	23.17%	958	12.52%	11	0.14%	3,136	40.99%	7,651

Charles City County	320	16.33%	1,457	74.34%	176	8.98%	7	0.36%	1,137	58.01%	1,960

Charlotte County	1,042	24.43%	1,045	24.50%	2,163	50.72%	15	0.35%	1,118	26.21%	4,265

Chesterfield County	22,015	56.03%	5,715	14.54%	11,504	29.28%	58	0.15%	10,511	26.75%	39,292

Clarke County	1,127	42.62%	768	29.05%	742	28.06%	7	0.26%	359	13.58%	2,644

Craig County	581	46.18%	419	33.31%	256	20.35%	2	0.16%	162	12.88%	1,258

Culpeper County	2,229	47.49%	1,239	26.40%	1,217	25.93%	9	0.19%	990	21.09%	4,694

Cumberland County	844	34.70%	978	40.21%	602	24.75%	8	0.33%	134	5.51%	2,432

Dickenson County	3,412	46.01%	3,355	45.25%	639	8.62%	9	0.12%	57	0.77%	7,415

Dinwiddie County	1,451	27.60%	1,551	29.50%	2,245	42.70%	10	0.19%	694	13.20%	5,257

Essex County	791	36.55%	897	41.45%	468	21.63%	8	0.37%	106	4.90%	2,164

Fairfax County	57,462	48.98%	44,796	38.18%	14,805	12.62%	256	0.22%	12,666	10.80%	117,319

Fauquier County	2,845	43.76%	2,099	32.29%	1,536	23.63%	21	0.32%	746	11.48%	6,501

Floyd County	2,275	64.32%	715	20.21%	537	15.18%	10	0.28%	1,560	44.11%	3,537

Fluvanna County	913	42.56%	569	26.53%	660	30.77%	3	0.14%	253	11.79%	2,145

Franklin County	3,036	36.54%	2,025	24.37%	3,219	38.75%	28	0.34%	183	2.20%	8,308

Frederick County	3,696	49.58%	1,612	21.63%	2,137	28.67%	9	0.12%	1,559	20.91%	7,454

Giles County	2,722	43.36%	2,045	32.58%	1,372	21.86%	138	2.20%	677	10.79%	6,277

Gloucester County	1,619	37.10%	1,210	27.73%	1,526	34.97%	9	0.21%	93	2.13%	4,364

Goochland County	1,216	35.13%	1,389	40.13%	836	24.15%	20	0.58%	173	5.00%	3,461

Grayson County	3,563	54.09%	1,926	29.24%	1,090	16.55%	8	0.12%	1,637	24.85%	6,587

Greene County	856	55.26%	255	16.46%	433	27.95%	5	0.32%	423	27.31%	1,549

Greensville County	529	16.71%	1,367	43.19%	1,256	39.68%	13	0.41%	111	3.51%	3,165

Halifax County	2,634	28.94%	2,199	24.16%	4,235	46.53%	34	0.37%	1,601	17.59%	9,102

Hanover County	5,425	50.01%	2,079	19.17%	3,330	30.70%	13	0.12%	2,095	19.31%	10,847

Henrico County	34,212	62.52%	8,600	15.71%	11,868	21.69%	46	0.08%	22,344	40.83%	54,726

Henry County	3,946	25.92%	4,175	27.42%	6,802	44.68%	301	1.98%	2,627	17.26%	15,224

Highland County	619	57.90%	284	26.57%	166	15.53%	0	0.00%	335	31.34%	1,069

Isle of Wight County	1,312	23.28%	1,977	35.08%	2,328	41.31%	18	0.32%	351	6.23%	5,635

James City County	1,443	35.50%	1,521	37.42%	1,083	26.64%	18	0.44%	78	1.92%	4,065

King and Queen County	568	27.40%	882	42.55%	614	29.62%	9	0.43%	268	12.93%	2,073

King George County	829	37.77%	730	33.26%	632	28.79%	4	0.18%	99	4.51%	2,195

King William County	1,046	43.03%	764	31.43%	615	25.30%	6	0.25%	282	11.60%	2,431

Lancaster County	1,640	44.93%	1,134	31.07%	876	24.00%	0	0.00%	506	13.86%	3,650

Lee County	4,450	47.35%	4,105	43.67%	827	8.80%	17	0.18%	345	3.67%	9,399

Loudoun County	4,577	45.91%	3,262	32.72%	2,117	21.23%	14	0.14%	1,315	13.19%	9,970

Louisa County	1,510	38.09%	1,290	32.54%	1,149	28.99%	15	0.38%	220	5.55%	3,964

Lunenburg County	1,181	29.44%	1,180	29.41%	1,630	40.63%	21	0.52%	449	11.19%	4,012

Madison County	1,188	48.71%	478	19.60%	763	31.28%	10	0.41%	425	17.43%	2,439

Mathews County	1,309	47.14%	691	24.88%	773	27.84%	4	0.14%	536	19.30%	2,777

Mecklenburg County	2,750	29.01%	2,667	28.14%	4,022	42.44%	39	0.41%	1,272	13.42%	9,478

Middlesex County	809	39.62%	575	28.16%	655	32.08%	3	0.15%	154	7.54%	2,042

Montgomery County	7,098	61.47%	2,700	23.38%	1,712	14.83%	37	0.32%	4,398	38.09%	11,547

Nansemond County	2,101	20.94%	4,174	41.60%	3,723	37.11%	35	0.35%	451	4.50%	10,033

Nelson County	1,130	32.98%	1,120	32.69%	1,163	33.95%	13	0.38%	33	0.96%	3,426

New Kent County	526	27.63%	765	40.18%	609	31.99%	4	0.21%	156	8.19%	1,904

Northampton County	1,410	35.48%	1,418	35.68%	1,129	28.41%	17	0.43%	8	0.20%	3,974

Northumberland County	1,438	41.18%	1,077	30.84%	968	27.72%	9	0.26%	361	10.34%	3,492

Nottoway County	1,614	33.42%	1,529	31.66%	1,673	34.64%	14	0.29%	59	1.22%	4,830

Orange County	1,727	47.17%	879	24.01%	1,050	28.68%	5	0.14%	677	18.49%	3,661

Page County	3,667	53.93%	2,125	31.25%	995	14.63%	13	0.19%	1,542	22.68%	6,800

Patrick County	2,187	41.46%	1,105	20.95%	1,974	37.42%	9	0.17%	213	4.04%	5,275

Pittsylvania County	5,096	25.62%	5,427	27.29%	9,302	46.77%	65	0.33%	3,875	19.48%	19,890

Powhatan County	722	27.11%	1,004	37.70%	929	34.89%	8	0.30%	75	2.82%	2,663

Prince Edward County	1,857	39.80%	1,567	33.58%	1,224	26.23%	18	0.39%	290	6.22%	4,666

Prince George County	1,559	32.75%	1,272	26.72%	1,920	40.33%	10	0.21%	361	7.58%	4,761

Prince William County	7,944	42.51%	5,566	29.79%	5,160	27.61%	16	0.09%	2,378	12.73%	18,686

Pulaski County	4,409	53.35%	2,497	30.21%	1,346	16.29%	13	0.16%	1,912	23.13%	8,265

Rappahannock County	594	43.58%	394	28.91%	372	27.29%	3	0.22%	200	14.67%	1,363

Richmond County	1,011	48.86%	490	23.68%	563	27.21%	5	0.24%	448	21.65%	2,069

Roanoke County	12,439	58.89%	3,902	18.47%	4,745	22.46%	38	0.18%	7,694	36.42%	21,124

Rockbridge County	2,280	56.80%	845	21.05%	885	22.05%	4	0.10%	1,395	34.75%	4,014

Rockingham County	7,779	66.40%	2,111	18.02%	1,817	15.51%	8	0.07%	5,668	48.38%	11,715

Russell County	3,858	43.49%	3,554	40.06%	1,369	15.43%	91	1.03%	304	3.43%	8,872

Scott County	5,345	53.54%	3,144	31.49%	1,474	14.76%	21	0.21%	2,201	22.05%	9,984

Shenandoah County	5,461	62.91%	1,654	19.05%	1,561	17.98%	5	0.06%	3,807	43.85%	8,681

Smyth County	5,297	54.32%	2,631	26.98%	1,808	18.54%	15	0.15%	2,666	27.34%	9,751

Southampton County	1,376	26.15%	1,803	34.26%	2,070	39.34%	13	0.25%	267	5.07%	5,262

Spotsylvania County	1,675	34.00%	1,647	33.43%	1,589	32.26%	15	0.30%	28	0.57%	4,926

Stafford County	2,572	39.68%	1,698	26.20%	2,197	33.89%	15	0.23%	375	5.79%	6,482

Surry County	523	22.10%	1,126	47.59%	708	29.92%	9	0.38%	418	17.67%	2,366

Sussex County	1,105	29.12%	1,541	40.62%	1,135	29.92%	13	0.34%	406	10.70%	3,794

Tazewell County	4,434	39.11%	4,734	41.75%	2,023	17.84%	147	1.30%	300	2.65%	11,338

Warren County	2,297	43.37%	1,513	28.57%	1,479	27.93%	7	0.13%	784	14.80%	5,296

Washington County	6,665	51.16%	3,243	24.89%	3,092	23.73%	29	0.22%	3,422	26.26%	13,029

Westmoreland County	1,402	39.99%	1,156	32.97%	943	26.90%	5	0.14%	246	7.02%	3,506

Wise County	5,004	39.70%	5,942	47.14%	1,635	12.97%	25	0.20%	938	7.44%	12,606

Wythe County	3,638	52.25%	1,765	25.35%	1,377	19.78%	183	2.63%	1,873	26.90%	6,963

York County	3,356	36.93%	2,370	26.08%	3,330	36.64%	32	0.35%	26	0.29%	9,088

Alexandria City	13,265	41.69%	14,351	45.11%	4,131	12.98%	69	0.22%	1,086	3.41%	31,816

Bedford City	1,047	43.99%	569	23.91%	679	28.53%	85	3.57%	368	15.46%	2,380

Bristol City	1,930	44.09%	1,531	34.98%	911	20.81%	5	0.11%	399	9.12%	4,377

Buena Vista City	814	49.04%	387	23.31%	456	27.47%	3	0.18%	358	21.57%	1,660

Charlottesville City	5,601	49.41%	3,831	33.80%	1,781	15.71%	122	1.08%	1,770	15.62%	11,335

Chesapeake City	6,234	25.18%	6,843	27.64%	11,084	44.77%	599	2.42%	4,241	17.13%	24,760

Clifton Forge City	925	43.59%	734	34.59%	462	21.77%	1	0.05%	191	9.00%	2,122

Colonial Heights City	2,650	48.96%	650	12.01%	2,106	38.91%	7	0.13%	544	10.05%	5,413

Covington City	1,551	43.14%	1,195	33.24%	846	23.53%	3	0.08%	356	9.90%	3,595

Danville City	6,796	40.27%	4,495	26.64%	5,391	31.95%	192	1.14%	1,405	8.33%	16,874

Emporia City	812	37.06%	657	29.99%	716	32.68%	6	0.27%	96	4.38%	2,191

Fairfax City	2,963	48.70%	2,153	35.39%	959	15.76%	9	0.15%	810	13.31%	6,084

Falls Church City	2,005	45.76%	1,860	42.45%	504	11.50%	13	0.30%	145	3.31%	4,382

Franklin City	951	42.15%	792	35.11%	511	22.65%	2	0.09%	159	7.05%	2,256

Fredericksburg City	2,142	42.27%	2,036	40.17%	878	17.32%	12	0.24%	106	2.09%	5,068

Galax City	1,257	54.44%	748	32.39%	304	13.17%	0	0.00%	509	22.04%	2,309

Hampton City	10,532	32.30%	11,308	34.68%	10,690	32.79%	76	0.23%	618	1.90%	32,606

Harrisonburg City	2,859	65.69%	1,036	23.81%	453	10.41%	4	0.09%	1,823	41.89%	4,352

Hopewell City	2,942	43.63%	1,568	23.25%	2,092	31.02%	141	2.09%	850	12.61%	6,743

Lexington City	1,170	56.12%	734	35.20%	177	8.49%	4	0.19%	436	20.91%	2,085

Lynchburg City	9,943	54.34%	4,305	23.53%	3,649	19.94%	402	2.20%	5,638	30.81%	18,299

Martinsville City	2,618	35.98%	2,727	37.48%	1,856	25.51%	75	1.03%	109	1.50%	7,276

Newport News City	12,774	34.46%	13,370	36.07%	10,763	29.04%	162	0.44%	596	1.61%	37,069

Norfolk City	22,302	33.88%	28,477	43.26%	14,500	22.03%	550	0.84%	6,175	9.38%	65,829

Norton City	495	39.07%	555	43.80%	215	16.97%	2	0.16%	60	4.74%	1,267

Petersburg City	3,478	31.14%	5,519	49.41%	2,158	19.32%	14	0.13%	2,041	18.27%	11,169

Portsmouth City	9,402	25.15%	15,734	42.09%	12,127	32.44%	118	0.32%	3,607	9.65%	37,381

Radford City	2,077	55.40%	1,206	32.17%	461	12.30%	5	0.13%	871	23.23%	3,749

Richmond City	26,380	39.57%	32,857	49.28%	7,325	10.99%	106	0.16%	6,477	9.72%	66,668

Roanoke City	15,368	51.21%	9,281	30.93%	5,269	17.56%	90	0.30%	6,087	20.28%	30,008

Salem City	3,955	57.77%	1,369	20.00%	1,507	22.01%	15	0.22%	2,448	35.76%	6,846

South Boston City	1,298	50.17%	620	23.97%	662	25.59%	7	0.27%	636	24.58%	2,587

Staunton City	4,434	61.40%	1,729	23.94%	1,054	14.60%	4	0.06%	2,705	37.46%	7,221

Suffolk City	1,277	37.95%	1,044	31.03%	1,039	30.88%	5	0.15%	233	6.92%	3,365

Virginia Beach City	16,316	43.23%	10,101	26.76%	10,962	29.04%	363	0.96%	5,354	14.19%	37,742

Waynesboro City	3,301	61.38%	1,446	26.89%	613	11.40%	18	0.33%	1,855	34.49%	5,378

Williamsburg City	1,156	46.73%	991	40.06%	247	9.98%	80	3.23%	165	6.67%	2,474

Winchester City	2,695	55.76%	1,360	28.14%	770	15.93%	8	0.17%	1,335	27.62%	4,833

Totals	590,319	43.36%	442,387	32.49%	321,833	23.64%	6,952	0.51%	147,932	10.87%	1,361,491

Sentence(s)

In the 1968 United States presidential election in Virginia, Nixon received 43.42 percent of the vote.

final_sentence: In the 1968 United States presidential election in Virginia, Nixon received 43.42 percent of the vote.