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| Elections in Iowa |
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The 1968 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose nine [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Iowa was won by the Republican candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon, with 53.01 percent of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate, former Senator and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with 40.82 percent. American Independent Party candidate George 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 until Michael Dukakis in 1988, after which it leaned Democrat until 2016, although George W. Bush narrowly won the state over John Kerry in 2004.
Results
| 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
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
See also
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "IA US President Race, November 05, 1968". Our Campaigns.
