1968 United States presidential election in Iowa
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The1968 United States presidential election in Iowatook 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 forpresidentandvice president.
Iowawas won by the Republican candidate, formerVice PresidentRichard Nixon,with 53.01 percent of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate, formerSenatorandincumbentVice PresidentHubert Humphrey,with 40.82 percent.American Independent PartycandidateGeorge Wallaceperformed 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 Dukakisin1988,after which it leaned Democrat until 2016, althoughGeorge W. Bushnarrowly won the state overJohn Kerryin2004.
Results[edit]
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% |
Results by county[edit]
County[5] | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic |
George Corley Wallace American Independent |
Frederick W. 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 | 26.82% | 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 | 31.00% | 7,110 |
Appanoose | 3,497 | 49.58% | 3,005 | 42.61% | 540 | 7.66% | 4 | 0.06% | 7 | 0.10% | 492 | 6.98% | 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 | 9.07% | 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 | 28.15% | 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 | 22.12% | 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 | 2.62% | 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 | 19.28% | 6,151 |
Dubuque | 14,197 | 40.72% | 18,664 | 53.54% | 1,701 | 4.88% | 188 | 0.54% | 113 | 0.32% | -4,467 | -12.81% | 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 | 24.27% | 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 | 17.43% | 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 | 21.76% | 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 | 8.82% | 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 | 1.58% | 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 | 48.52% | 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 | 36.39% | 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 | 21.52% | 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 | 2.16% | 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 | -8.31% | 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 | 6.88% | 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 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]
- Adair
- Adams
- Appanoose
- Audubon
- Benton
- Black Hawk
- Boone
- Bremer
- Buchanan
- Buena Vista
- Calhoun
- Cerro Gordo
- Cedar
- Cherokee
- Chickasaw
- Clarke
- Clay
- Clayton
- Clinton
- Crawford
- Decatur
- Dallas
- Decatur
- Delaware
- Dickinson
- Emmet
- Fayette
- Floyd
- Franklin
- Fremont
- Greene
- Guthrie
- Hamilton
- Hancock
- Hardin
- Harrison
- Henry
- Howard
- Humboldt
- Ida
- Iowa
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Jones
- Keokuk
- Kossuth
- Lee
- Linn
- Lousia
- Lucas
- Madison
- Mahaska
- Marion
- Marshall
- Mills
- Mitchell
- Monona
- Montgomery
- Muscatine
- Osceola
- Palo Alto
- Plymouth
- Pocahontas
- Pottawattamie
- Poweshiek
- Ringgold
- Sac
- Scott
- Shelby
- Story
- Tama
- Taylor
- Union
- Van Buren
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Webster
- Winnebago
- Winneshiek
- Woodbury
- Worth
- Wright
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^Although 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.
References[edit]
- ^"United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica".RetrievedMay 25,2017.
- ^"1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)".RetrievedMay 25,2017.
- ^"1968 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa".RetrievedMay 25,2017.
- ^"The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968".RetrievedMay 25,2017.
- ^"IA US President Race, November 05, 1968".Our Campaigns.