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Election 1968 Results

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1968 presidential election in Illinois

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) in Illinois in 1968, 47.1% to 44.2%, a margin of 2.9 points and 134,960 votes.

Illinois voted 2.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.7.

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

Republicans led in 90 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Cook, cast 2,336,538 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.5 points. The closest was Fulton, where 40 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Richard Nixon won Republican 2,174,774 47.1%
Hubert Humphrey Democratic 2,039,814 44.2%
George Wallace American Independent 390,958 8.5%
All other candidates 14,203 0.3%
Total4,619,749

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,181,316 50.6% 960,493 41.1% 194,729 2,336,538 D+9.5
Du Page 48,492 25.9% 124,893 66.6% 14,111 187,496 R+40.7
Lake 43,409 35.6% 68,999 56.6% 9,495 121,903 R+21.0
Madison 46,384 45.9% 39,622 39.2% 15,123 101,129 D+6.7
St. Clair 50,726 50.3% 34,442 34.1% 15,706 100,874 D+16.1
Winnebago 36,702 40.4% 47,646 52.5% 6,391 90,739 R+12.1
Will 31,576 35.7% 43,630 49.3% 13,254 88,460 R+13.6
Kane 26,609 30.4% 54,144 61.9% 6,667 87,420 R+31.5
Peoria 30,937 41.7% 37,021 50.0% 6,147 74,105 R+8.2
Sangamon 29,542 40.5% 36,510 50.0% 6,944 72,996 R+9.5
Rock Island 34,506 49.2% 30,404 43.3% 5,230 70,140 D+5.8
La Salle 22,940 44.4% 26,054 50.5% 2,616 51,610 R+6.0
Macon 23,369 47.0% 21,027 42.3% 5,345 49,741 D+4.7
Champaign 18,425 37.9% 26,027 53.5% 4,196 48,648 R+15.6
Tazewell 20,712 42.8% 22,971 47.4% 4,739 48,422 R+4.7
Vermilion 16,238 37.4% 21,391 49.3% 5,795 43,424 R+11.9
McHenry 10,896 26.5% 27,245 66.2% 3,044 41,185 R+39.7
Kankakee 14,460 37.8% 20,025 52.4% 3,765 38,250 R+14.5
McLean 12,779 34.0% 22,284 59.2% 2,567 37,630 R+25.3
Adams 11,521 35.9% 17,444 54.3% 3,143 32,108 R+18.4
Knox 9,707 36.8% 14,216 53.9% 2,473 26,396 R+17.1
Whiteside 8,132 33.1% 15,177 61.9% 1,225 24,534 R+28.7
Williamson 9,660 41.0% 11,886 50.4% 2,042 23,588 R+9.4
Macoupin 10,750 46.0% 10,262 43.9% 2,356 23,368 D+2.1
De Kalb 6,974 30.3% 14,535 63.2% 1,490 22,999 R+32.9
Henry 8,455 37.2% 12,524 55.1% 1,752 22,731 R+17.9
Franklin 10,095 47.9% 9,036 42.9% 1,943 21,074 D+5.0
Fulton 9,622 46.9% 9,582 46.7% 1,305 20,509 D+0.2
Stephenson 7,040 35.3% 11,821 59.3% 1,067 19,928 R+24.0
Coles 7,337 37.1% 10,449 52.9% 1,980 19,766 R+15.7
Jackson 8,856 45.1% 9,134 46.5% 1,667 19,657 R+1.4
Bureau 6,304 33.7% 11,216 60.0% 1,183 18,703 R+26.3
Livingston 5,234 28.8% 11,963 65.9% 963 18,160 R+37.1
Christian 8,465 47.8% 7,486 42.3% 1,743 17,694 D+5.5
Marion 7,737 43.8% 8,134 46.1% 1,778 17,649 R+2.2
Ogle 4,399 24.9% 12,168 69.0% 1,074 17,641 R+44.0
Montgomery 7,318 44.8% 7,547 46.2% 1,474 16,339 R+1.4
Morgan 6,281 38.5% 8,902 54.5% 1,144 16,327 R+16.1
Iroquois 3,897 24.3% 10,885 67.9% 1,251 16,033 R+43.6
Jefferson 6,476 41.9% 7,367 47.6% 1,624 15,467 R+5.8
Lee 4,727 31.0% 9,598 62.9% 930 15,255 R+31.9
Randolph 5,953 39.0% 7,681 50.4% 1,616 15,250 R+11.3
Logan 4,552 31.9% 8,638 60.5% 1,099 14,289 R+28.6
Saline 5,985 43.2% 6,913 49.9% 951 13,849 R+6.7
McDonough 3,785 29.3% 8,496 65.7% 643 12,924 R+36.5
Woodford 4,005 31.4% 7,876 61.8% 866 12,747 R+30.4
Clinton 4,453 36.5% 6,561 53.8% 1,185 12,199 R+17.3
Effingham 4,496 37.6% 6,698 55.9% 778 11,972 R+18.4
Hancock 3,720 32.6% 6,866 60.2% 811 11,397 R+27.6
Edgar 3,565 32.0% 6,281 56.3% 1,305 11,151 R+24.4
Shelby 4,528 40.7% 5,487 49.3% 1,122 11,137 R+8.6
Grundy 3,407 30.7% 6,607 59.5% 1,091 11,105 R+28.8
Perry 4,449 40.5% 5,384 49.0% 1,150 10,983 R+8.5
Fayette 4,011 38.6% 5,449 52.4% 943 10,403 R+13.8
Kendall 2,228 21.8% 7,184 70.4% 786 10,198 R+48.6
Crawford 3,383 33.5% 5,870 58.1% 845 10,098 R+24.6
White 3,837 38.6% 5,351 53.8% 764 9,952 R+15.2
Pike 4,191 42.2% 5,035 50.7% 713 9,939 R+8.5
Warren 3,085 31.5% 5,877 60.0% 833 9,795 R+28.5
Boone 2,801 29.4% 5,936 62.3% 796 9,533 R+32.9
Jo Daviess 3,228 34.3% 5,563 59.1% 617 9,408 R+24.8
Wayne 2,993 32.2% 5,532 59.6% 759 9,284 R+27.3
Monroe 2,822 30.8% 5,086 55.5% 1,259 9,167 R+24.7
Lawrence 3,075 34.4% 4,883 54.6% 988 8,946 R+20.2
Mercer 3,143 36.5% 4,844 56.3% 613 8,600 R+19.8
Clark 2,813 32.8% 4,809 56.1% 953 8,575 R+23.3
Douglas 2,824 33.1% 5,058 59.2% 655 8,537 R+26.2
Union 3,603 43.0% 3,889 46.5% 880 8,372 R+3.4
Carroll 2,558 30.9% 5,275 63.7% 449 8,282 R+32.8
Richland 2,495 30.7% 4,781 58.8% 861 8,137 R+28.1
Jersey 3,350 41.2% 3,806 46.8% 974 8,130 R+5.6
Ford 2,216 27.7% 5,233 65.4% 555 8,004 R+37.7
Clay 2,878 36.0% 4,429 55.5% 679 7,986 R+19.4
Mason 3,365 42.8% 3,899 49.6% 589 7,853 R+6.8
De Witt 2,823 36.0% 4,247 54.2% 764 7,834 R+18.2
Greene 3,094 40.1% 3,944 51.2% 670 7,708 R+11.0
Washington 2,093 27.7% 4,793 63.3% 683 7,569 R+35.7
Cass 3,302 46.3% 3,411 47.8% 426 7,139 R+1.5
Piatt 2,447 34.7% 3,973 56.3% 639 7,059 R+21.6
Bond 2,516 36.2% 3,674 52.8% 763 6,953 R+16.7
Alexander 2,929 42.2% 2,540 36.6% 1,465 6,934 D+5.6
Marshall 2,455 36.8% 3,897 58.4% 325 6,677 R+21.6
Massac 1,934 30.0% 3,578 55.5% 934 6,446 R+25.5
Wabash 2,244 35.1% 3,529 55.2% 619 6,392 R+20.1
Moultrie 2,447 39.9% 3,094 50.5% 586 6,127 R+10.6
Jasper 2,012 35.4% 2,944 51.8% 730 5,686 R+16.4
Hamilton 1,951 35.4% 2,912 52.8% 650 5,513 R+17.4
Cumberland 1,828 36.4% 2,671 53.1% 529 5,028 R+16.8
Menard 1,640 32.8% 2,980 59.7% 375 4,995 R+26.8
Pulaski 2,076 44.8% 1,741 37.6% 815 4,632 D+7.2
Schuyler 1,475 32.1% 2,760 60.0% 365 4,600 R+27.9
Gallatin 1,980 47.3% 1,802 43.0% 408 4,190 D+4.2
Henderson 1,635 39.4% 2,224 53.6% 289 4,148 R+14.2
Edwards 1,095 26.5% 2,633 63.7% 407 4,135 R+37.2
Johnson 1,143 28.8% 2,406 60.5% 426 3,975 R+31.8
Stark 1,128 30.8% 2,292 62.5% 245 3,665 R+31.8
Scott 1,252 35.3% 1,971 55.6% 325 3,548 R+20.3
Brown 1,265 40.0% 1,629 51.5% 269 3,163 R+11.5
Calhoun 1,329 42.3% 1,542 49.1% 268 3,139 R+6.8
Hardin 1,199 41.6% 1,492 51.8% 192 2,883 R+10.2
Putnam 988 39.4% 1,351 53.9% 166 2,505 R+14.5
Pope 732 32.3% 1,307 57.6% 229 2,268 R+25.4

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.

Illinois in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+10.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+17.0
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+17.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+16.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+25.1
2004 John Kerry (D) D+10.3
2000 Al Gore (D) D+12.0
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.5
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+14.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.9
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+2.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+18.5
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.9
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.9
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+0.2
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+9.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.8
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.2
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+14.8
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+35.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+42.3
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+9.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.2
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.3
1900 William McKinley (R) R+8.4
1896 William McKinley (R) R+13.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+3.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+3.7
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+6.5
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+13.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+11.4