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Election 1968 Results

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1968 presidential election in Wisconsin

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1968, 47.9% to 44.3%, a margin of 3.6 points and 61,193 votes.

Wisconsin voted 2.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.7.

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

Republicans led in 57 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 15. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 402,575 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.4 points. The closest was Burnett, where 46 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 809,997 47.9%
Hubert Humphrey Democratic 748,804 44.3%
George Wallace American Independent 127,835 7.6%
All other candidates 4,902 0.3%
Total1,691,538

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 206,027 51.2% 160,022 39.7% 36,526 402,575 D+11.4
Dane 59,951 57.1% 39,917 38.1% 5,036 104,904 D+19.1
Waukesha 31,947 36.9% 47,557 54.9% 7,081 86,585 R+18.0
Racine 27,045 43.2% 28,028 44.7% 7,566 62,639 R+1.6
Brown 21,615 38.5% 30,133 53.7% 4,417 56,165 R+15.2
Rock 20,567 41.5% 25,229 50.9% 3,755 49,551 R+9.4
Winnebago 18,605 39.5% 25,361 53.8% 3,173 47,139 R+14.3
Outagamie 14,224 33.6% 25,080 59.3% 3,023 42,327 R+25.6
Kenosha 21,427 50.8% 17,089 40.5% 3,642 42,158 D+10.3
Sheboygan 20,170 50.9% 17,764 44.8% 1,700 39,634 D+6.1
Marathon 18,063 47.4% 16,907 44.4% 3,145 38,115 D+3.0
Fond Du Lac 12,563 38.4% 18,184 55.5% 1,996 32,743 R+17.2
La Crosse 11,570 37.0% 17,433 55.7% 2,277 31,280 R+18.7
Manitowoc 15,298 49.9% 13,562 44.2% 1,820 30,680 D+5.7
Dodge 8,948 34.7% 14,909 57.9% 1,906 25,763 R+23.1
Eau Claire 12,302 48.6% 11,799 46.6% 1,198 25,299 D+2.0
Wood 10,921 44.7% 11,795 48.3% 1,729 24,445 R+3.6
Walworth 7,505 30.8% 15,040 61.8% 1,783 24,328 R+31.0
Jefferson 8,716 38.4% 12,478 54.9% 1,532 22,726 R+16.6
Washington 8,104 35.8% 12,439 54.9% 2,118 22,661 R+19.1
Ozaukee 7,246 34.6% 12,155 58.0% 1,541 20,942 R+23.4
Douglas 12,506 65.4% 5,656 29.6% 969 19,131 D+35.8
Grant 5,414 31.4% 10,789 62.5% 1,061 17,264 R+31.1
Portage 10,014 58.4% 6,180 36.0% 964 17,158 D+22.3
Columbia 6,698 40.7% 8,633 52.5% 1,116 16,447 R+11.8
Chippewa 7,335 44.7% 7,772 47.4% 1,300 16,407 R+2.7
Sauk 6,406 39.8% 8,608 53.5% 1,064 16,078 R+13.7
Waupaca 3,978 25.2% 10,606 67.1% 1,223 15,807 R+41.9
Marinette 6,415 43.4% 7,134 48.2% 1,248 14,797 R+4.9
St. Croix 6,807 48.1% 6,595 46.6% 755 14,157 D+1.5
Barron 5,183 38.1% 7,526 55.4% 880 13,589 R+17.2
Shawano 3,602 27.2% 8,444 63.8% 1,199 13,245 R+36.6
Clark 4,601 37.2% 6,325 51.2% 1,432 12,358 R+14.0
Monroe 4,012 33.4% 6,938 57.7% 1,074 12,024 R+24.3
Polk 5,179 45.3% 5,583 48.8% 680 11,442 R+3.5
Green 3,501 32.8% 6,502 61.0% 661 10,664 R+28.1
Oconto 3,737 35.4% 5,680 53.7% 1,152 10,569 R+18.4
Vernon 3,666 34.7% 5,824 55.2% 1,070 10,560 R+20.4
Dunn 4,392 41.7% 5,415 51.4% 723 10,530 R+9.7
Oneida 4,435 42.4% 5,077 48.5% 955 10,467 R+6.1
Pierce 4,783 46.7% 4,990 48.7% 467 10,240 R+2.0
Calumet 3,609 35.4% 5,792 56.7% 808 10,209 R+21.4
Trempealeau 3,971 41.4% 4,861 50.7% 761 9,593 R+9.3
Lincoln 3,858 41.4% 4,793 51.4% 679 9,330 R+10.0
Door 2,728 30.6% 5,647 63.3% 549 8,924 R+32.7
Kewaunee 2,622 33.6% 4,467 57.2% 715 7,804 R+23.6
Green Lake 2,299 29.9% 4,893 63.7% 495 7,687 R+33.7
Langlade 3,064 40.8% 3,712 49.4% 737 7,513 R+8.6
Lafayette 2,853 38.4% 4,084 55.0% 488 7,425 R+16.6
Iowa 2,897 39.0% 4,005 54.0% 520 7,422 R+14.9
Ashland 4,147 58.0% 2,557 35.7% 451 7,155 D+22.2
Juneau 2,595 36.3% 3,828 53.6% 725 7,148 R+17.2
Richland 2,288 33.0% 4,141 59.8% 500 6,929 R+26.7
Taylor 2,910 42.0% 3,043 44.0% 970 6,923 R+1.9
Price 2,794 42.8% 3,096 47.4% 638 6,528 R+4.6
Waushara 1,652 25.8% 4,187 65.4% 568 6,407 R+39.6
Crawford 2,391 39.0% 3,316 54.1% 428 6,135 R+15.1
Jackson 2,293 38.2% 3,172 52.8% 537 6,002 R+14.6
Rusk 2,559 42.9% 2,666 44.7% 738 5,963 R+1.8
Vilas 1,798 31.3% 3,339 58.1% 611 5,748 R+26.8
Bayfield 3,036 53.2% 2,333 40.9% 334 5,703 D+12.3
Buffalo 2,112 38.3% 2,992 54.2% 416 5,520 R+15.9
Washburn 2,273 44.6% 2,425 47.6% 394 5,092 R+3.0
Sawyer 1,830 38.6% 2,475 52.2% 440 4,745 R+13.6
Burnett 2,010 44.8% 2,056 45.8% 422 4,488 R+1.0
Marquette 1,228 31.6% 2,374 61.2% 280 3,882 R+29.5
Adams 1,614 42.8% 1,691 44.8% 469 3,774 R+2.0
Iron 1,913 57.6% 1,137 34.3% 269 3,319 D+23.4
Forest 1,470 46.7% 1,264 40.1% 415 3,149 D+6.5
Pepin 1,263 42.3% 1,493 49.9% 233 2,989 R+7.7
Florence 718 42.3% 821 48.3% 160 1,699 R+6.1
Menominee 531 71.8% 179 24.2% 30 740 D+47.6

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5