Election 1968 Results
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1968 presidential election in Indiana
Richard Nixon (Republican) beat Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) in Indiana in 1968, 50.3% to 38.0%, a margin of 12.3 points and 261,226 votes.
Indiana changed party: in 1964 it went Democratic, for Lyndon B. Johnson.
Republicans led in 83 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Marion, cast 310,886 votes and went to the Republican by 15.0 points. The closest was Switzerland, where 49 votes separated the two parties.
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 | 1,067,885 | 50.3% |
| Hubert Humphrey | Democratic | 806,659 | 38.0% |
| George Wallace | American Independent | 243,108 | 11.4% |
| All other candidates | 5,945 | 0.3% | |
| Total | 2,123,597 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | 115,715 37.2% | 162,503 52.3% | 32,668 | 310,886 | R+15.0 |
| Lake | 99,897 46.8% | 77,911 36.5% | 35,766 | 213,574 | D+10.3 |
| Allen | 40,411 37.1% | 59,211 54.3% | 9,332 | 108,954 | R+17.3 |
| St. Joseph | 47,414 44.4% | 47,114 44.1% | 12,336 | 106,864 | D+0.3 |
| Vanderburgh | 31,326 40.4% | 38,231 49.3% | 8,020 | 77,577 | R+8.9 |
| Madison | 23,886 40.2% | 28,726 48.4% | 6,756 | 59,368 | R+8.2 |
| Delaware | 19,532 39.4% | 23,554 47.6% | 6,437 | 49,523 | R+8.1 |
| Vigo | 20,328 43.6% | 20,814 44.6% | 5,522 | 46,664 | R+1.0 |
| Elkhart | 14,222 33.6% | 24,484 57.9% | 3,583 | 42,289 | R+24.3 |
| Tippecanoe | 14,528 35.5% | 24,352 59.4% | 2,088 | 40,968 | R+24.0 |
| La Porte | 15,780 38.7% | 20,295 49.8% | 4,708 | 40,783 | R+11.1 |
| Porter | 8,914 27.4% | 17,328 53.2% | 6,340 | 32,582 | R+25.8 |
| Wayne | 10,686 33.1% | 17,335 53.7% | 4,287 | 32,308 | R+20.6 |
| Howard | 11,026 34.9% | 15,905 50.4% | 4,635 | 31,566 | R+15.5 |
| Grant | 10,938 35.5% | 16,170 52.5% | 3,718 | 30,826 | R+17.0 |
| Monroe | 10,789 39.8% | 13,752 50.8% | 2,539 | 27,080 | R+10.9 |
| Clark | 11,493 42.7% | 10,305 38.3% | 5,088 | 26,886 | D+4.4 |
| Bartholomew | 8,268 33.9% | 13,628 55.8% | 2,528 | 24,424 | R+21.9 |
| Floyd | 10,671 45.0% | 9,714 41.0% | 3,316 | 23,701 | D+4.0 |
| Henry | 8,045 36.4% | 11,626 52.6% | 2,426 | 22,097 | R+16.2 |
| Johnson | 5,946 28.2% | 12,089 57.3% | 3,076 | 21,111 | R+29.1 |
| Hamilton | 4,586 21.8% | 14,250 67.6% | 2,233 | 21,069 | R+45.9 |
| Hendricks | 5,155 24.5% | 12,597 59.9% | 3,280 | 21,032 | R+35.4 |
| Kosciusko | 5,342 27.1% | 12,633 64.0% | 1,769 | 19,744 | R+36.9 |
| Cass | 7,142 39.0% | 9,441 51.5% | 1,735 | 18,318 | R+12.6 |
| Knox | 7,297 41.0% | 8,369 47.0% | 2,152 | 17,818 | R+6.0 |
| Huntington | 6,238 37.8% | 9,002 54.5% | 1,283 | 16,523 | R+16.7 |
| Marshall | 5,385 32.8% | 9,290 56.7% | 1,719 | 16,394 | R+23.8 |
| Lawrence | 5,349 32.9% | 8,830 54.3% | 2,069 | 16,248 | R+21.4 |
| Shelby | 5,417 33.4% | 8,574 52.8% | 2,235 | 16,226 | R+19.5 |
| Morgan | 4,042 25.1% | 8,944 55.4% | 3,144 | 16,130 | R+30.4 |
| Gibson | 6,777 42.5% | 7,645 47.9% | 1,535 | 15,957 | R+5.4 |
| Montgomery | 4,752 31.3% | 9,085 59.9% | 1,338 | 15,175 | R+28.6 |
| Jackson | 5,140 34.7% | 7,710 52.0% | 1,971 | 14,821 | R+17.3 |
| Clinton | 5,714 38.9% | 7,929 53.9% | 1,064 | 14,707 | R+15.1 |
| Wabash | 4,598 32.6% | 8,611 61.1% | 892 | 14,101 | R+28.5 |
| Miami | 5,019 36.8% | 7,295 53.4% | 1,341 | 13,655 | R+16.7 |
| Dubois | 6,725 49.6% | 5,865 43.2% | 973 | 13,563 | D+6.3 |
| Greene | 5,493 40.7% | 6,525 48.4% | 1,473 | 13,491 | R+7.6 |
| De Kalb | 4,790 35.6% | 7,650 56.9% | 998 | 13,438 | R+21.3 |
| Boone | 4,118 30.7% | 7,905 59.0% | 1,384 | 13,407 | R+28.2 |
| Hancock | 3,902 29.2% | 7,516 56.2% | 1,948 | 13,366 | R+27.0 |
| Noble | 5,075 38.9% | 6,699 51.3% | 1,272 | 13,046 | R+12.4 |
| Dearborn | 4,842 37.9% | 6,208 48.7% | 1,710 | 12,760 | R+10.7 |
| Randolph | 3,962 31.3% | 7,238 57.1% | 1,467 | 12,667 | R+25.9 |
| Daviess | 4,071 32.8% | 7,036 56.8% | 1,286 | 12,393 | R+23.9 |
| Warrick | 4,784 39.6% | 5,742 47.5% | 1,555 | 12,081 | R+7.9 |
| Jefferson | 4,635 39.9% | 5,731 49.3% | 1,257 | 11,623 | R+9.4 |
| Putnam | 3,692 32.4% | 5,873 51.5% | 1,845 | 11,410 | R+19.1 |
| Clay | 3,956 35.0% | 5,743 50.8% | 1,599 | 11,298 | R+15.8 |
| Fayette | 4,549 40.4% | 5,286 46.9% | 1,431 | 11,266 | R+6.5 |
| Adams | 4,667 41.5% | 5,774 51.3% | 818 | 11,259 | R+9.8 |
| Jay | 4,290 40.1% | 5,460 51.0% | 955 | 10,705 | R+10.9 |
| Whitley | 3,848 36.1% | 5,684 53.3% | 1,139 | 10,671 | R+17.2 |
| Ripley | 3,787 36.4% | 5,389 51.8% | 1,223 | 10,399 | R+15.4 |
| White | 3,395 32.9% | 5,932 57.6% | 978 | 10,305 | R+24.6 |
| Posey | 3,889 38.3% | 5,045 49.7% | 1,216 | 10,150 | R+11.4 |
| Wells | 3,827 37.9% | 5,361 53.1% | 913 | 10,101 | R+15.2 |
| Sullivan | 4,453 45.1% | 4,266 43.2% | 1,155 | 9,874 | D+1.9 |
| Decatur | 3,602 36.6% | 5,474 55.7% | 757 | 9,833 | R+19.0 |
| Harrison | 3,725 38.3% | 4,410 45.3% | 1,596 | 9,731 | R+7.0 |
| Fountain | 3,237 33.6% | 5,110 53.0% | 1,290 | 9,637 | R+19.4 |
| Perry | 4,343 47.7% | 4,211 46.2% | 554 | 9,108 | D+1.4 |
| Spencer | 3,767 41.9% | 4,603 51.2% | 623 | 8,993 | R+9.3 |
| Jennings | 2,996 34.7% | 4,416 51.1% | 1,228 | 8,640 | R+16.4 |
| Vermillion | 3,845 44.5% | 3,607 41.8% | 1,185 | 8,637 | D+2.8 |
| Carroll | 2,816 33.0% | 4,796 56.2% | 923 | 8,535 | R+23.2 |
| Orange | 2,918 34.3% | 4,666 54.8% | 928 | 8,512 | R+20.5 |
| Fulton | 2,561 30.2% | 5,145 60.7% | 768 | 8,474 | R+30.5 |
| Rush | 2,636 31.3% | 5,004 59.4% | 781 | 8,421 | R+28.1 |
| Starke | 3,208 38.4% | 4,011 47.9% | 1,146 | 8,365 | R+9.6 |
| Jasper | 2,201 26.7% | 4,996 60.5% | 1,055 | 8,252 | R+33.9 |
| Washington | 2,936 36.7% | 3,891 48.6% | 1,177 | 8,004 | R+11.9 |
| Tipton | 2,646 33.9% | 4,270 54.7% | 886 | 7,802 | R+20.8 |
| Steuben | 2,268 29.8% | 4,762 62.5% | 588 | 7,618 | R+32.7 |
| Parke | 2,472 34.7% | 3,738 52.5% | 914 | 7,124 | R+17.8 |
| Pike | 2,953 43.4% | 3,087 45.4% | 762 | 6,802 | R+2.0 |
| Franklin | 2,386 36.0% | 3,468 52.3% | 780 | 6,634 | R+16.3 |
| Blackford | 2,898 44.6% | 3,052 46.9% | 554 | 6,504 | R+2.4 |
| Scott | 2,796 44.6% | 2,671 42.6% | 800 | 6,267 | D+2.0 |
| Pulaski | 2,071 33.8% | 3,361 54.8% | 701 | 6,133 | R+21.0 |
| Owen | 1,932 34.4% | 2,898 51.6% | 788 | 5,618 | R+17.2 |
| Benton | 1,854 33.2% | 3,326 59.5% | 406 | 5,586 | R+26.4 |
| Martin | 2,315 42.6% | 2,512 46.2% | 608 | 5,435 | R+3.6 |
| Lagrange | 1,691 31.3% | 3,328 61.5% | 389 | 5,408 | R+30.3 |
| Newton | 1,453 28.5% | 3,145 61.8% | 495 | 5,093 | R+33.2 |
| Warren | 1,375 31.7% | 2,475 57.0% | 492 | 4,342 | R+25.3 |
| Crawford | 1,536 35.9% | 2,132 49.8% | 612 | 4,280 | R+13.9 |
| Brown | 1,327 34.9% | 1,881 49.4% | 599 | 3,807 | R+14.6 |
| Switzerland | 1,466 42.6% | 1,515 44.1% | 457 | 3,438 | R+1.4 |
| Union | 920 30.5% | 1,691 56.0% | 408 | 3,019 | R+25.5 |
| Ohio | 991 43.3% | 1,053 46.0% | 243 | 2,287 | R+2.7 |
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.
Indiana in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+19.0 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+16.1 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+19.2 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+10.2 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+1.0 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+20.7 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+15.6 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+5.6 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+6.1 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+20.2 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+24.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+18.4 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+7.6 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+32.8 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+12.3 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+12.4 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+10.4 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+20.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+17.1 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+0.8 |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+5.7 |
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie (R) | R+1.4 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+14.7 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+11.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+20.1 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+16.6 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+14.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+1.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+20.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+1.5 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+13.8 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+2.9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+0.4 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+1.4 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+6.4 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+2.8 |