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The1968 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the1968 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Iowa was won by the Republican candidate, formerVice PresidentRichard Nixon, with 53.01 percent of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate, formerSenator andincumbent Vice PresidentHubert Humphrey, with 40.82 percent.American Independent Party candidateGeorge Wallace performed decently, finishing with 5.69 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
Nixon's victory was the first of five consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Iowa would not vote for a Democratic candidate again untilMichael Dukakis in1988, after which it leaned Democratic until2016, althoughGeorge W. Bush narrowly won the state overJohn Kerry in2004.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 619,106 | 53.01% | |
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 476,699 | 40.82% | |
| American Independent | George Wallace | 66,422 | 5.69% | |
| Nominated By Petition | Fred Halstead | 3,377 | 0.29% | |
| Iowa Peace and Freedom | Eldridge Cleaver | 1,332 | 0.11% | |
| Iowa Prohibition | Harold Munn | 362 | 0.03% | |
| Write-ins | — | 250 | 0.02% | |
| Socialist Labor | Henning Blomen | 241 | 0.02% | |
| Universal | Kirby Hensley | 142 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 1,167,931 | 100% | ||
| County[5] | Richard Nixon Republican | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | George Wallace American Independent | Fred Halstead Nominated By Petition | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,789 | 60.82% | 1,559 | 33.99% | 234 | 5.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,230 | 26.83% | 4,586 |
| Adams | 1,868 | 59.72% | 993 | 31.75% | 260 | 8.31% | 6 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.03% | 875 | 27.97% | 3,128 |
| Allamakee | 4,449 | 62.57% | 2,245 | 31.58% | 407 | 5.72% | 6 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,204 | 30.99% | 7,110 |
| Appanoose | 3,497 | 49.58% | 3,005 | 42.61% | 540 | 7.66% | 4 | 0.06% | 7 | 0.10% | 492 | 6.97% | 7,053 |
| Audubon | 2,592 | 57.55% | 1,710 | 37.97% | 198 | 4.40% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 882 | 19.58% | 4,504 |
| Benton | 5,016 | 52.06% | 3,944 | 40.93% | 602 | 6.25% | 48 | 0.50% | 25 | 0.26% | 1,072 | 11.13% | 9,635 |
| Black Hawk | 25,594 | 51.65% | 21,097 | 42.57% | 2,621 | 5.29% | 121 | 0.24% | 121 | 0.24% | 4,497 | 9.08% | 49,554 |
| Boone | 5,260 | 47.40% | 5,219 | 47.03% | 562 | 5.06% | 35 | 0.32% | 20 | 0.18% | 41 | 0.37% | 11,096 |
| Bremer | 5,604 | 65.75% | 2,481 | 29.11% | 423 | 4.96% | 2 | 0.02% | 13 | 0.15% | 3,123 | 36.64% | 8,523 |
| Buchanan | 4,541 | 52.35% | 3,670 | 42.31% | 454 | 5.23% | 3 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.07% | 871 | 10.04% | 8,674 |
| Buena Vista | 5,599 | 61.87% | 3,051 | 33.71% | 386 | 4.27% | 4 | 0.04% | 10 | 0.11% | 2,548 | 28.16% | 9,050 |
| Butler | 4,651 | 70.59% | 1,673 | 25.39% | 252 | 3.82% | 5 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.12% | 2,978 | 45.20% | 6,589 |
| Calhoun | 3,715 | 57.53% | 2,361 | 36.56% | 335 | 5.19% | 32 | 0.50% | 15 | 0.23% | 1,354 | 20.97% | 6,458 |
| Carroll | 3,927 | 42.68% | 4,809 | 52.26% | 412 | 4.48% | 41 | 0.45% | 13 | 0.14% | -882 | -9.58% | 9,202 |
| Cass | 5,223 | 67.30% | 2,136 | 27.52% | 369 | 4.75% | 14 | 0.18% | 19 | 0.24% | 3,087 | 39.78% | 7,761 |
| Cedar | 4,494 | 59.02% | 2,675 | 35.13% | 438 | 5.75% | 1 | 0.01% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,819 | 23.89% | 7,614 |
| Cerro Gordo | 10,661 | 52.49% | 8,554 | 42.12% | 1,036 | 5.10% | 22 | 0.11% | 37 | 0.18% | 2,107 | 10.37% | 20,310 |
| Cherokee | 4,436 | 59.18% | 2,705 | 36.09% | 340 | 4.54% | 3 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.16% | 1,731 | 23.09% | 7,496 |
| Chickasaw | 3,510 | 51.89% | 2,966 | 43.85% | 286 | 4.23% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 544 | 8.04% | 6,764 |
| Clarke | 2,059 | 51.48% | 1,655 | 41.38% | 286 | 7.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 404 | 10.10% | 4,000 |
| Clay | 4,325 | 56.70% | 2,840 | 37.23% | 369 | 4.84% | 83 | 1.09% | 11 | 0.14% | 1,485 | 19.47% | 7,628 |
| Clayton | 5,132 | 57.81% | 3,168 | 35.68% | 541 | 6.09% | 19 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.20% | 1,964 | 22.13% | 8,878 |
| Clinton | 11,513 | 51.92% | 9,515 | 42.91% | 1,059 | 4.78% | 45 | 0.20% | 43 | 0.19% | 1,998 | 9.01% | 22,175 |
| Crawford | 4,287 | 55.36% | 2,851 | 36.82% | 539 | 6.96% | 43 | 0.56% | 24 | 0.31% | 1,436 | 18.54% | 7,744 |
| Dallas | 5,549 | 49.16% | 5,062 | 44.85% | 640 | 5.67% | 21 | 0.19% | 15 | 0.13% | 487 | 4.31% | 11,287 |
| Davis | 2,016 | 47.12% | 1,904 | 44.51% | 355 | 8.30% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 112 | 2.61% | 4,278 |
| Decatur | 2,261 | 49.28% | 2,057 | 44.83% | 262 | 5.71% | 5 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.07% | 204 | 4.45% | 4,588 |
| Delaware | 4,650 | 59.39% | 2,760 | 35.25% | 412 | 5.26% | 3 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,890 | 24.14% | 7,829 |
| Des Moines | 8,452 | 42.30% | 10,164 | 50.87% | 1,318 | 6.60% | 7 | 0.04% | 38 | 0.19% | -1,712 | -8.57% | 19,979 |
| Dickinson | 3,472 | 56.45% | 2,286 | 37.16% | 281 | 4.57% | 99 | 1.61% | 13 | 0.21% | 1,186 | 19.29% | 6,151 |
| Dubuque | 14,197 | 40.72% | 18,664 | 53.54% | 1,701 | 4.88% | 188 | 0.54% | 113 | 0.32% | -4,467 | -12.82% | 34,863 |
| Emmet | 3,444 | 58.90% | 2,163 | 36.99% | 230 | 3.93% | 8 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,281 | 21.91% | 5,847 |
| Fayette | 6,935 | 59.34% | 4,098 | 35.06% | 636 | 5.44% | 8 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.09% | 2,837 | 24.28% | 11,687 |
| Floyd | 4,792 | 58.60% | 2,971 | 36.33% | 390 | 4.77% | 11 | 0.13% | 14 | 0.17% | 1,821 | 22.27% | 8,178 |
| Franklin | 3,604 | 63.48% | 1,777 | 31.30% | 240 | 4.23% | 45 | 0.79% | 11 | 0.19% | 1,827 | 32.18% | 5,677 |
| Fremont | 2,385 | 55.85% | 1,484 | 34.75% | 396 | 9.27% | 3 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.05% | 901 | 21.10% | 4,270 |
| Greene | 3,208 | 55.93% | 2,208 | 38.49% | 269 | 4.69% | 34 | 0.59% | 17 | 0.30% | 1,000 | 17.44% | 5,736 |
| Grundy | 4,866 | 71.14% | 1,675 | 24.49% | 290 | 4.24% | 5 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.06% | 3,191 | 46.65% | 6,840 |
| Guthrie | 3,346 | 58.18% | 2,063 | 35.87% | 335 | 5.83% | 4 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,283 | 22.31% | 5,751 |
| Hamilton | 4,607 | 57.58% | 3,058 | 38.22% | 301 | 3.76% | 7 | 0.09% | 28 | 0.35% | 1,549 | 19.36% | 8,001 |
| Hancock | 3,544 | 59.57% | 2,131 | 35.82% | 249 | 4.19% | 14 | 0.24% | 11 | 0.18% | 1,413 | 23.75% | 5,949 |
| Hardin | 5,308 | 58.11% | 3,227 | 35.33% | 407 | 4.46% | 167 | 1.83% | 25 | 0.27% | 2,081 | 22.78% | 9,134 |
| Harrison | 3,867 | 56.66% | 2,410 | 35.31% | 540 | 7.91% | 4 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,457 | 21.35% | 6,825 |
| Henry | 4,613 | 60.23% | 2,532 | 33.06% | 503 | 6.57% | 3 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.10% | 2,081 | 27.17% | 7,659 |
| Howard | 3,141 | 53.90% | 2,420 | 41.53% | 253 | 4.34% | 2 | 0.03% | 11 | 0.19% | 721 | 12.37% | 5,827 |
| Humboldt | 3,239 | 59.87% | 1,940 | 35.86% | 217 | 4.01% | 8 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,299 | 24.01% | 5,410 |
| Ida | 2,753 | 62.21% | 1,463 | 33.06% | 208 | 4.70% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,290 | 29.15% | 4,425 |
| Iowa | 4,133 | 58.12% | 2,586 | 36.37% | 367 | 5.16% | 17 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,547 | 21.75% | 7,111 |
| Jackson | 4,535 | 53.02% | 3,413 | 39.90% | 489 | 5.72% | 87 | 1.02% | 29 | 0.34% | 1,122 | 13.12% | 8,553 |
| Jasper | 7,901 | 51.79% | 6,556 | 42.98% | 742 | 4.86% | 23 | 0.15% | 33 | 0.22% | 1,345 | 8.81% | 15,255 |
| Jefferson | 4,130 | 59.52% | 2,411 | 34.75% | 377 | 5.43% | 7 | 0.10% | 14 | 0.20% | 1,719 | 24.77% | 6,939 |
| Johnson | 11,384 | 43.88% | 13,541 | 52.19% | 736 | 2.84% | 63 | 0.24% | 220 | 0.85% | -2,157 | -8.31% | 25,944 |
| Jones | 4,513 | 53.65% | 3,415 | 40.60% | 475 | 5.65% | 3 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.07% | 1,098 | 13.05% | 8,412 |
| Keokuk | 3,588 | 53.26% | 2,807 | 41.67% | 332 | 4.93% | 5 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.07% | 781 | 11.59% | 6,737 |
| Kossuth | 5,350 | 53.03% | 4,392 | 43.53% | 310 | 3.07% | 23 | 0.23% | 14 | 0.14% | 958 | 9.50% | 10,089 |
| Lee | 8,883 | 49.25% | 8,076 | 44.78% | 1,052 | 5.83% | 6 | 0.03% | 19 | 0.11% | 807 | 4.47% | 18,036 |
| Linn | 30,918 | 47.99% | 29,898 | 46.40% | 3,182 | 4.94% | 232 | 0.36% | 200 | 0.31% | 1,020 | 1.59% | 64,430 |
| Louisa | 2,529 | 56.40% | 1,632 | 36.40% | 323 | 7.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 897 | 20.00% | 4,484 |
| Lucas | 2,543 | 53.18% | 1,942 | 40.61% | 290 | 6.06% | 5 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.04% | 601 | 12.57% | 4,782 |
| Lyon | 4,195 | 72.91% | 1,403 | 24.38% | 151 | 2.62% | 2 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,792 | 48.53% | 5,754 |
| Madison | 3,151 | 55.49% | 2,192 | 38.60% | 327 | 5.76% | 2 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.12% | 959 | 16.89% | 5,679 |
| Mahaska | 5,670 | 56.87% | 3,721 | 37.32% | 420 | 4.21% | 142 | 1.42% | 17 | 0.17% | 1,949 | 19.55% | 9,970 |
| Marion | 5,791 | 52.35% | 4,618 | 41.75% | 597 | 5.40% | 32 | 0.29% | 24 | 0.22% | 1,173 | 10.60% | 11,062 |
| Marshall | 9,402 | 56.35% | 6,362 | 38.13% | 819 | 4.91% | 56 | 0.34% | 47 | 0.28% | 3,040 | 18.22% | 16,686 |
| Mills | 2,916 | 62.41% | 1,216 | 26.03% | 532 | 11.39% | 1 | 0.02% | 7 | 0.15% | 1,700 | 36.38% | 4,672 |
| Mitchell | 3,533 | 60.60% | 2,103 | 36.07% | 192 | 3.29% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,430 | 24.53% | 5,830 |
| Monona | 2,980 | 53.12% | 2,184 | 38.93% | 437 | 7.79% | 4 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.09% | 796 | 14.19% | 5,610 |
| Monroe | 2,143 | 45.55% | 2,240 | 47.61% | 312 | 6.63% | 6 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.09% | -97 | -2.06% | 4,705 |
| Montgomery | 4,155 | 64.11% | 1,892 | 29.19% | 425 | 6.56% | 7 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,263 | 34.92% | 6,481 |
| Muscatine | 7,361 | 57.18% | 4,726 | 36.71% | 643 | 4.99% | 115 | 0.89% | 29 | 0.23% | 2,635 | 20.47% | 12,874 |
| O'Brien | 5,594 | 69.34% | 2,146 | 26.60% | 322 | 3.99% | 1 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.06% | 3,448 | 42.74% | 8,068 |
| Osceola | 2,516 | 61.34% | 1,420 | 34.62% | 164 | 4.00% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,096 | 26.72% | 4,102 |
| Page | 5,907 | 68.06% | 2,128 | 24.52% | 634 | 7.30% | 1 | 0.01% | 9 | 0.10% | 3,779 | 43.54% | 8,679 |
| Palo Alto | 3,114 | 50.04% | 2,874 | 46.18% | 234 | 3.76% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 240 | 3.86% | 6,223 |
| Plymouth | 6,236 | 62.13% | 3,234 | 32.22% | 557 | 5.55% | 6 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.04% | 3,002 | 29.91% | 10,037 |
| Pocahontas | 2,940 | 52.56% | 2,364 | 42.26% | 254 | 4.54% | 22 | 0.39% | 14 | 0.25% | 576 | 10.30% | 5,594 |
| Polk | 51,814 | 45.14% | 52,731 | 45.94% | 9,524 | 8.30% | 403 | 0.35% | 312 | 0.27% | -917 | -0.80% | 114,784 |
| Pottawattamie | 16,038 | 56.47% | 9,495 | 33.43% | 2,758 | 9.71% | 59 | 0.21% | 49 | 0.17% | 6,543 | 23.04% | 28,399 |
| Poweshiek | 4,470 | 55.10% | 3,250 | 40.06% | 367 | 4.52% | 8 | 0.10% | 17 | 0.21% | 1,220 | 15.04% | 8,112 |
| Ringgold | 1,986 | 57.05% | 1,237 | 35.54% | 256 | 7.35% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 749 | 21.51% | 3,481 |
| Sac | 4,182 | 62.64% | 2,207 | 33.06% | 280 | 4.19% | 7 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,975 | 29.58% | 6,676 |
| Scott | 25,783 | 46.86% | 24,596 | 44.71% | 4,133 | 7.51% | 377 | 0.69% | 129 | 0.23% | 1,187 | 2.15% | 55,018 |
| Shelby | 3,886 | 58.65% | 2,365 | 35.69% | 330 | 4.98% | 26 | 0.39% | 19 | 0.29% | 1,521 | 22.96% | 6,626 |
| Sioux | 10,010 | 80.04% | 2,181 | 17.44% | 315 | 2.52% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,829 | 62.60% | 12,507 |
| Story | 13,327 | 56.29% | 9,456 | 39.94% | 772 | 3.26% | 60 | 0.25% | 60 | 0.25% | 3,871 | 16.35% | 23,675 |
| Tama | 4,955 | 53.55% | 3,767 | 40.71% | 494 | 5.34% | 28 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.10% | 1,188 | 12.84% | 9,253 |
| Taylor | 2,765 | 59.64% | 1,501 | 32.38% | 368 | 7.94% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,264 | 27.26% | 4,636 |
| Union | 3,365 | 57.05% | 2,137 | 36.23% | 374 | 6.34% | 13 | 0.22% | 9 | 0.15% | 1,228 | 20.82% | 5,898 |
| Van Buren | 2,294 | 59.29% | 1,331 | 34.40% | 237 | 6.13% | 1 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.16% | 963 | 24.89% | 3,869 |
| Wapello | 7,825 | 41.96% | 9,375 | 50.28% | 1,355 | 7.27% | 65 | 0.35% | 27 | 0.14% | -1,550 | -8.32% | 18,647 |
| Warren | 5,619 | 50.30% | 4,613 | 41.29% | 919 | 8.23% | 3 | 0.03% | 17 | 0.15% | 1,006 | 9.01% | 11,171 |
| Washington | 4,899 | 61.68% | 2,679 | 33.73% | 349 | 4.39% | 1 | 0.01% | 15 | 0.19% | 2,220 | 27.95% | 7,943 |
| Wayne | 2,553 | 55.83% | 1,723 | 37.68% | 283 | 6.19% | 11 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.07% | 830 | 18.15% | 4,573 |
| Webster | 9,349 | 48.96% | 8,572 | 44.89% | 1,026 | 5.37% | 90 | 0.47% | 60 | 0.31% | 777 | 4.07% | 19,097 |
| Winnebago | 3,543 | 59.51% | 2,163 | 36.33% | 246 | 4.13% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,380 | 23.18% | 5,954 |
| Winneshiek | 5,600 | 60.09% | 3,364 | 36.10% | 344 | 3.69% | 3 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.09% | 2,236 | 23.99% | 9,319 |
| Woodbury | 21,159 | 50.62% | 18,281 | 43.73% | 2,153 | 5.15% | 140 | 0.33% | 70 | 0.17% | 2,878 | 6.89% | 41,803 |
| Worth | 2,383 | 53.91% | 1,815 | 41.06% | 214 | 4.84% | 5 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.07% | 568 | 12.85% | 4,420 |
| Wright | 4,299 | 56.95% | 2,969 | 39.33% | 248 | 3.29% | 16 | 0.21% | 17 | 0.23% | 1,330 | 17.62% | 7,549 |
| Totals | 619,106 | 53.01% | 476,699 | 40.82% | 66,422 | 5.69% | 3,377 | 0.29% | 2,327 | 0.20% | 142,407 | 12.19% | 1,167,931 |
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