1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina

Although Nixon ignored the other Deep South states because he knew that he had no chance of competing with George Wallace, in South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, believing Wallace could not win the election and that northeastern urban liberalism would continue to dominate if he endorsed Wallace, took the stump for Nixon in South Carolina. The result was that Wallace's support in South Carolina plummeted rapidly, although in early September the Alabama governor predicted he would carry the state, an opinion backed up by early polling in mid-September. Other polls, however, had the race very close between the three candidates. Nixon himself campaigned in the state, aided by Thurmond, at the end of September. Predictions The following newspapers gave these predictions about how South Carolina would vote in the 1968 presidential election: ==Results==

Results by county Results by congressional district Nixon won three out of six congressional districts, Wallace won two, and Humphrey won one. Wallace and Nixon both won two districts held by Democrats. ==Notes==