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Election 1968 Results

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1968 presidential election in Idaho

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) in Idaho in 1968, 56.8% to 30.7%, a margin of 26.1 points and 76,096 votes.

Idaho changed party: in 1964 it went Democratic, for Lyndon B. Johnson.

Republicans led in 39 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 5. The largest, Ada, cast 47,881 votes and went to the Republican by 39.0 points. The closest was Benewah, where 35 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard Nixon won	Republican	165,369	56.8%
Hubert Humphrey	Democratic	89,273	30.7%
George Wallace	American Independent	36,541	12.5%
Total		291,183

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	11,529 24.1%	30,185 63.0%	6,167	47,881	R+39.0
Canyon	5,717 23.9%	14,995 62.7%	3,186	23,898	R+38.8
Bannock	9,084 42.6%	10,234 48.0%	2,016	21,334	R+5.4
Bonneville	5,178 24.6%	13,582 64.5%	2,290	21,050	R+39.9
Twin Falls	4,001 21.8%	11,564 62.9%	2,808	18,373	R+41.2
Kootenai	6,207 42.0%	7,092 48.0%	1,472	14,771	R+6.0
Nez Perce	6,502 51.7%	5,019 39.9%	1,058	12,579	D+11.8
Bingham	2,988 27.8%	6,484 60.2%	1,293	10,765	R+32.5
Latah	3,782 41.4%	4,708 51.6%	636	9,126	R+10.1
Shoshone	3,850 50.7%	3,080 40.6%	657	7,587	D+10.1
Bonner	3,063 43.3%	3,240 45.7%	779	7,082	R+2.5
Cassia	1,350 20.7%	4,187 64.2%	988	6,525	R+43.5
Minidoka	1,332 23.6%	3,182 56.3%	1,140	5,654	R+32.7
Payette	1,216 24.5%	3,032 61.2%	708	4,956	R+36.6
Idaho	1,883 38.3%	2,317 47.2%	714	4,914	R+8.8
Jefferson	955 20.1%	2,927 61.5%	879	4,761	R+41.4
Jerome	976 21.2%	2,785 60.5%	841	4,602	R+39.3
Madison	904 20.6%	2,971 67.7%	513	4,388	R+47.1
Gooding	1,018 24.1%	2,349 55.6%	861	4,228	R+31.5
Gem	1,183 29.6%	2,314 57.9%	500	3,997	R+28.3
Fremont	961 24.5%	2,297 58.5%	667	3,925	R+34.0
Franklin	831 21.9%	2,509 66.1%	455	3,795	R+44.2
Elmore	1,230 32.6%	1,908 50.6%	631	3,769	R+18.0
Washington	1,033 29.5%	2,020 57.6%	451	3,504	R+28.2
Clearwater	1,838 53.0%	1,287 37.1%	343	3,468	D+15.9
Bear Lake	1,058 34.1%	1,866 60.2%	177	3,101	R+26.1
Caribou	727 26.1%	1,731 62.2%	327	2,785	R+36.1
Lemhi	547 21.4%	1,476 57.6%	539	2,562	R+36.3
Benewah	1,160 45.8%	1,125 44.4%	248	2,533	D+1.4
Blaine	815 32.8%	1,337 53.8%	332	2,484	R+21.0
Owyhee	562 24.2%	1,385 59.6%	376	2,323	R+35.4
Boundary	883 38.4%	1,084 47.2%	330	2,297	R+8.8
Power	582 28.7%	1,222 60.3%	224	2,028	R+31.6
Valley	534 26.7%	1,160 57.9%	308	2,002	R+31.3
Lewis	927 51.5%	697 38.7%	177	1,801	D+12.8
Oneida	465 27.6%	1,114 66.2%	105	1,684	R+38.5
Lincoln	350 22.7%	972 62.9%	223	1,545	R+40.3
Adams	360 25.2%	844 59.0%	227	1,431	R+33.8
Custer	385 27.1%	711 50.0%	327	1,423	R+22.9
Butte	521 38.4%	691 51.0%	144	1,356	R+12.5
Teton	376 31.4%	694 57.9%	128	1,198	R+26.5
Boise	205 25.3%	450 55.6%	154	809	R+30.3
Camas	118 24.5%	271 56.2%	93	482	R+31.7
Clark	87 21.4%	271 66.6%	49	407	R+45.2

Counties as they stood in 1968; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.8
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+31.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+31.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+25.4
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+38.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+39.5
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.5
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+13.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+26.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+46.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+22.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.2
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+26.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+1.8
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.6
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+29.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+20.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+29.3
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+30.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+31.3
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+10.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+1.1
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+16.9
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+40.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+3.9
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+56.8
1892	James B. Weaver (other)

1968 presidential election in Idaho

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