1968 United States presidential election in Idaho

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1968 United States presidential election in Idaho
Flag of Idaho.svg
  1964 November 5, 1968 [1] 1972  
  Nixon 30-0316a (cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey in New York, 1968 (3x4 crop).jpg George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg
Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Home state New York [a] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay
Electoral vote400
Popular vote165,36989,27336,541
Percentage56.79%30.66%12.55%

Idaho Presidential Election Results 1968.svg
County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose four [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Idaho was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (RNew York), with 56.79% of the popular vote, against former Senator and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey (DMinnesota), with 30.66% of the popular vote. Alabama Governor George Wallace, who ran as a member of the American Independent Party, performed quite well, finishing with 12.55% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

With 56.79% of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Nixon's second strongest state in the 1968 election after Nebraska. [5]

Results

1968 United States presidential election in Idaho
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Nixon 165,369 56.79%
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 89,27330.66%
American Independent George Wallace 36,54112.55%
Total votes291,183 100.00%

Results by county

CountyRichard Nixon
Republican
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic
George Wallace
American Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Ada 30,18563.04%11,52924.08%6,16712.88%18,65638.96%47,881
Adams 84458.98%36025.16%22715.86%48433.82%1,431
Bannock 10,23447.97%9,08442.58%2,0169.45%1,1505.39%21,334
Bear Lake 1,86660.17%1,05834.12%1775.71%80826.05%3,101
Benewah 1,12544.41%1,16045.80%2489.79%-35-1.39%2,533
Bingham 6,48460.23%2,98827.76%1,29312.01%3,49632.47%10,765
Blaine 1,33753.82%81532.81%33213.37%52221.01%2,484
Boise 45055.62%20525.34%15419.04%24530.28%809
Bonner 3,24045.75%3,06343.25%77911.00%1772.50%7,082
Bonneville 13,58264.52%5,17824.60%2,29010.88%8,40439.92%21,050
Boundary 1,08447.19%88338.44%33014.37%2018.75%2,297
Butte 69150.96%52138.42%14410.62%17012.54%1,356
Camas 27156.22%11824.48%9319.29%15331.74%482
Canyon 14,99562.75%5,71723.92%3,18613.33%9,27838.83%23,898
Caribou 1,73162.15%72726.10%32711.74%1,00436.05%2,785
Cassia 4,18764.17%1,35020.69%98815.14%2,83743.48%6,525
Clark 27166.58%8721.38%4912.04%18445.20%407
Clearwater 1,28737.11%1,83853.00%3439.89%-551-15.89%3,468
Custer 71149.96%38527.06%32722.98%32622.90%1,423
Elmore 1,90850.62%1,23032.63%63116.74%67817.99%3,769
Franklin 2,50966.11%83121.90%45511.99%1,67844.21%3,795
Fremont 2,29758.52%96124.48%66716.99%1,33634.04%3,925
Gem 2,31457.89%1,18329.60%50012.51%1,13128.29%3,997
Gooding 2,34955.56%1,01824.08%86120.36%1,33131.48%4,228
Idaho 2,31747.15%1,88338.32%71414.53%4348.83%4,914
Jefferson 2,92761.48%95520.06%87918.46%1,97241.42%4,761
Jerome 2,78560.52%97621.21%84118.27%1,80939.31%4,602
Kootenai 7,09248.01%6,20742.02%1,4729.97%8855.99%14,771
Latah 4,70851.59%3,78241.44%6366.97%92610.15%9,126
Lemhi 1,47657.61%54721.35%53921.04%92936.26%2,562
Lewis 69738.70%92751.47%1779.83%-230-12.77%1,801
Lincoln 97262.91%35022.65%22314.43%62240.26%1,545
Madison 2,97167.71%90420.60%51311.69%2,06747.11%4,388
Minidoka 3,18256.28%1,33223.56%1,14020.16%1,85032.72%5,654
Nez Perce 5,01939.90%6,50251.69%1,0588.41%-1,483-11.79%12,579
Oneida 1,11466.15%46527.61%1056.24%64938.54%1,684
Owyhee 1,38559.62%56224.19%37616.19%82335.43%2,323
Payette 3,03261.18%1,21624.54%70814.29%1,81636.64%4,956
Power 1,22260.26%58228.70%22411.05%64031.56%2,028
Shoshone 3,08040.60%3,85050.74%6578.66%-770-10.14%7,587
Teton 69457.93%37631.39%12810.68%31826.54%1,198
Twin Falls 11,56462.94%4,00121.78%2,80815.28%7,56341.16%18,373
Valley 1,16057.94%53426.67%30815.38%62631.27%2,002
Washington 2,02057.65%1,03329.48%45112.87%98728.17%3,504
Totals165,36956.79%89,27330.66%36,54112.55%76,09626.13%291,183

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. 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

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  2. "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)" . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  3. "1968 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho" . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1968" . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  5. "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.