1968 United States presidential election in Utah

none June 2025 September 2023 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States presidential election in Utah Utah 1922 presidential no 1964 United States presidential election in Utah 1964 1972 United States presidential election in Utah 1972 November 5, 1968https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1968 United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica May 25, 2017 160x160px Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) New YorkAlthough he was born in California and he served as a U.S. senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon’s official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election. Spiro Agnew 4 238,728 56.49% Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 0 156,665 37.07% George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace American Independent Party Alabama Curtis LeMay 0 26,906 6.37% FF7F00 1968 United States presidential election in Utah results map by county.svg 250px County results Nixon #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Humphrey #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 76.7% (voting age)March 1972 Population Estimates and Projections https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/1972/demo/p25-479.pdf August 10, 2024 United States Census Bureau The 1968 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose fourhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1965_1969.html#1968 1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73) May 25, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Utah was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 56.49 percent of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D–Minnesota), with 37.07 percent of the popular vote. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace performed decently, finishing with 6.37 percent of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=49&year=1968 1968 Presidential General Election Results - Utah May 25, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1968 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1968 May 25, 2017 By outpolling Humphrey in arch-Republican Kane County, Wallace became the first third-party candidate to finish even second in any non-Southern county since 1936 when William Lemke finished ahead of Alf Landon in the North Dakota counties of Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Towner and Williams.Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 339, 343 0405077114 With 56.49 percent of the popular vote, Utah would prove to be Nixon's third strongest state in the 1968 election after Nebraska and Idaho.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1968&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1968 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 Utah had the highest voter turnout in terms of the voting age population out of any state in the 1968 presidential election.March 1972 Population Estimates and Projections https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/1972/demo/p25-479.pdf August 10, 2024 United States Census Bureau Results 1968 United States presidential election in UtahAbstract of the Returns of an Election held in the State of Utah, Tuesday, November 5, 1968 https://vote.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1968Gen.pdf 29 December 2025 Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 238,728 56.49% Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) 156,665 37.07% George Wallace American Independent Party 26,906 6.37% Eldridge Cleaver Peace and Freedom Party 180 0.04% Fred Halstead Socialist Workers Party (United States) 89 0.02% 422,568 100.00% Results by county CountyScammon Richard M. America Votes 8: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics 1970 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. 384 https://archive.org/details/americavotes8elec/page/384/mode/2up 29 December 2025 Richard NixonRepublican Hubert HumphreyDemocratic George WallaceAmerican Independent Eldridge CleaverPeace and Freedom Fred HalsteadSocialist Workers Margin Totalvotescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Beaver 989 50.87% 795 40.90% 158 8.13% 2 0.10% 0 0.00% 194 9.97% 1,944 Box Elder 7,680 65.71% 3,093 26.46% 907 7.76% 6 0.05% 2 0.02% 4,587 39.25% 11,688 Cache 11,906 68.81% 4,327 25.01% 1,050 6.07% 17 0.10% 3 0.02% 7,579 43.80% 17,303 Carbon 2,618 36.17% 4,344 60.01% 271 3.74% 2 0.03% 4 0.06% -1,726 -23.84% 7,239 Daggett 152 52.23% 97 33.33% 42 14.43% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 55 18.90% 291 Davis 20,658 60.60% 10,624 31.17% 2,787 8.18% 18 0.05% 0 0.00% 10,034 29.43% 34,087 Duchesne 1,733 61.15% 858 30.28% 243 8.57% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 875 30.87% 2,834 Emery 1,223 50.89% 1,019 42.41% 161 6.70% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 204 8.48% 2,403 Garfield 1,033 69.47% 314 21.12% 139 9.35% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 719 48.35% 1,487 Grand 1,435 60.88% 707 30.00% 215 9.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 728 30.88% 2,357 Iron 3,337 66.59% 1,157 23.09% 514 10.26% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% 2,180 43.50% 5,011 Juab 1,201 53.95% 907 40.75% 118 5.30% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 294 13.20% 2,226 Kane 814 71.72% 147 12.95% 174 15.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 640In this county where Wallace ran second ahead of Humphrey, the margin given is that between Nixon and Wallace. 56.39% 1,135 Millard 2,318 66.06% 971 27.67% 220 6.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,347 38.39% 3,509 Morgan 1,020 59.89% 551 32.35% 130 7.63% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 469 27.54% 1,703 Piute 411 64.42% 167 26.18% 60 9.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 244 38.24% 638 Rich 525 70.28% 183 24.50% 39 5.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 342 45.78% 747 Salt Lake 101,942 54.03% 77,247 40.94% 9,323 4.94% 97 0.05% 54These votes were mistakenly assigned to San Juan County in the state's abstract. 0.03% 24,695 13.09% 188,663 San Juan 1,393 59.66% 680 29.12% 262 11.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 713 30.54% 2,335 Sanpete 3,304 62.20% 1,696 31.93% 307 5.78% 5 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,608 30.27% 5,312 Sevier 3,190 67.24% 1,167 24.60% 384 8.09% 1 0.02% 2 0.04% 2,023 42.64% 4,744 Summit 1,782 62.37% 961 33.64% 113 3.96% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 821 28.73% 2,857 Tooele 3,422 41.39% 4,250 51.41% 592 7.16% 3 0.04% 0 0.00% -828 -10.02% 8,267 Uintah 3,034 65.64% 1,145 24.77% 437 9.45% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 1,889 40.87% 4,622 Utah 29,226 59.01% 16,629 33.57% 3,666 7.40% 5 0.01% 2 0.00% 12,597 25.44% 49,528 Wasatch 1,611 60.95% 941 35.60% 86 3.25% 1 0.04% 4 0.15% 670 25.35% 2,643 Washington 3,226 64.52% 975 19.50% 796 15.92% 1 0.02% 2 0.04% 2,251 45.02% 5,000 Wayne 511 62.85% 248 30.50% 54 6.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 263 32.35% 813 Weber 27,034 52.82% 20,465 39.98% 3,658 7.15% 14 0.03% 11 0.02% 6,569 12.84% 51,182Totals238,72856.49%156,66537.07%26,9066.37%1800.04%890.02%82,06319.42%422,568 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Beaver Daggett Duchesne Emery Grand Juab Morgan Salt Lake Summit Utah Wayne Wasatch Weber Results by congressional district This table shows the results by congressional district. The candidate who won the largest amount of the vote nationally is shown first. Nixon won both of the Utah's 2 congressional districts.Park-Egan Kiernan 1968 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://elecmapco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=b9b65438b2844f3383af457a0f068d4f 30 October 2023 U.S. Presidential Election Results by Congressional District, 1952 to 2020 DistrictNixonHumphreyWallace # % # % # %1st122,29358.81%70,36333.84%15,1857.30%2nd116,43554.25%86,30240.21%11,7215.46% See also United States presidential elections in Utah Notes References Utah 1968 Category:1968 Utah elections