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%.

Arizona and South Carolina were the only two states carried by Goldwater in 1964 that went Republican again in 1968.

Results

Results by county CountyRichard NixonRepublicanHubert HumphreyDemocraticGeorge WallaceAmerican IndependentVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Apache 2,092 49.83% 1,668 39.73% 402 9.58% 36 0.86% 424 10.10% 4,198 Cochise 7,619 45.59% 6,597 39.48% 2,393 14.32% 102 0.61% 1,022 6.11% 16,711 Coconino 6,765 59.38% 3,504 30.76% 1,049 9.21% 74 0.65% 3,261 28.62% 11,392 Gila 3,610 37.19% 4,831 49.77% 1,222 12.59% 43 0.44% -1,221 -12.58% 9,706 Graham 2,327 47.21% 1,726 35.02% 859 17.43% 17 0.34% 601 12.19% 4,929 Greenlee 1,026 27.35% 2,434 64.89% 276 7.36% 15 0.40% -1,408 -37.54% 3,751 Maricopa 162,262 59.08% 86,204 31.39% 24,941 9.08% 1,244 0.45% 76,058 27.69% 274,651 Mohave 3,208 51.64% 2,109 33.95% 883 14.21% 12 0.19% 1,099 17.69% 6,212 Navajo 4,596 51.00% 2,930 32.51% 1,438 15.96% 48 0.53% 1,666 18.49% 9,012 Pima 49,479 50.61% 39,786 40.70% 7,221 7.39% 1,280 1.31% 9,693 9.91% 97,766 Pinal 6,883 42.37% 7,409 45.61% 1,869 11.50% 85 0.52% -526 -3.24% 16,246 Santa Cruz 1,702 48.17% 1,557 44.07% 242 6.85% 32 0.91% 145 4.10% 3,533 Yavapai 8,296 58.44% 3,989 28.10% 1,837 12.94% 74 0.52% 4,307 30.34% 14,196Yuma 6,856 46.85% 5,770 39.43% 1,941 13.26% 66 0.45% 1,086 7.42% 14,633Totals266,72154.78%170,51435.02%46,5739.56%3,1280.64%96,20719.76%486,936

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Apache Cochise Graham Mohave Pima Santa Cruz Yuma

Electors Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 10, 1968. Hubert Humphrey & Edmund MuskieDemocratic Party Richard Nixon & Spiro AgnewRepublican Party George Wallace & Curtis LeMayAmerican Independent Party Eugene McCarthyNew Party Eldridge Cleaver & Judith PagePeace and Freedom Party Fred Halstead & Paul BoutelleSocialist Workers Party Henning A. Blomen & George TaylorSocialist Labor Party

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