29 August 2016
George Wallace ran well in western Montana in 1968
George Wallace received 13.5 percent of the popular vote in 1968, with his share of the vote ranging from 1.5 percent in Hawaii to over 60 percent in Mississippi and Alabama. All of his 46 electoral votes came from former Confederate states. He carried Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and received one electoral vote from North Carolina, where Richard Nixon won.
In Montana, Wallace received 7.3 percent of the votes cast for President, but received at least nine percent in 17 counties, many in western Montana. In Lincoln County, he received 13.2 percent. In Flathead County, 10.9 percent. Download Excel spreadsheet for Montana.
Here’s a more abstract depiction, with Wallace’s percent plotted as a function of the votes cast for President in each county.
