1968

Reading the 1968 result in Massachusetts

Massachusetts backed Humphrey (Democratic) in the 1968 presidential election, casting 14 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Richard Nixon (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Massachusetts among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1960. The region divided — Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York joined Massachusetts for the Democratic ticket, while Vermont and New Hampshire did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Richard Nixon took 301 of the 538 electoral votes, against Hubert Humphrey's 191. Richard Nixon led the national popular vote with 43.42% of the ballots cast.