Richard Nixon carried Idaho R+26.1.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Idaho, 1968. The state ran 25.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+0.7 nationally).

Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)

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Idaho result

291,183 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

89,273

30.7%

Nixon (R)

165,369

56.8%

Wallace + others

36,541

12.5%

Margin

R+26.1

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1968 presidential election

Idaho, 1968

NixonR+26.1

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	56.8%	165,369
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	30.7%	89,273
George WallaceAmerican Independent	12.5%	36,541

D+60

R+60

44 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Idaho's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Idaho's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−44.2%
1896	+56.8%
1900	+3.8%
1904	−40.4%
1908	−16.9%
1912	+1.1%
1916	+10.9%
1920	−31.3%
1924	−30.8%
1928	−29.3%
1932	+20.4%
1936	+29.8%
1940	+9.1%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−31.0%
1956	−22.4%
1960	−7.6%
1964	+1.8%
1968	−26.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−22.8%
1980	−41.3%
1984	−46.0%
1988	−26.1%
1992	−13.6%
1996	−18.5%
2000	−39.5%
2004	−38.1%
2008	−25.4%
2012	−31.9%
2016	−31.8%
2020	−30.8%
2024	−36.5%

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County results — 1968

44 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Ada County	R	−39.0%	11,529	30,185	47,881
Adams County	R	−33.8%	360	844	1,431
Bannock County	R	−5.4%	9,084	10,234	21,334
Bear Lake County	R	−26.1%	1,058	1,866	3,101
Benewah County	D	+1.4%	1,160	1,125	2,533
Bingham County	R	−32.5%	2,988	6,484	10,765
Blaine County	R	−21.0%	815	1,337	2,484
Boise County	R	−30.3%	205	450	809
Bonner County	R	−2.5%	3,063	3,240	7,082
Bonneville County	R	−39.9%	5,178	13,582	21,050
Boundary County	R	−8.8%	883	1,084	2,297
Butte County	R	−12.5%	521	691	1,356
Camas County	R	−31.7%	118	271	482
Canyon County	R	−38.8%	5,717	14,995	23,898
Caribou County	R	−36.1%	727	1,731	2,785
Cassia County	R	−43.5%	1,350	4,187	6,525
Clark County	R	−45.2%	87	271	407
Clearwater County	D	+15.9%	1,838	1,287	3,468
Custer County	R	−22.9%	385	711	1,423
Elmore County	R	−18.0%	1,230	1,908	3,769
Franklin County	R	−44.2%	831	2,509	3,795
Fremont County	R	−34.0%	961	2,297	3,925
Gem County	R	−28.3%	1,183	2,314	3,997
Gooding County	R	−31.5%	1,018	2,349	4,228
Idaho County	R	−8.8%	1,883	2,317	4,914
Jefferson County	R	−41.4%	955	2,927	4,761
Jerome County	R	−39.3%	976	2,785	4,602
Kootenai County	R	−6.0%	6,207	7,092	14,771
Latah County	R	−10.1%	3,782	4,708	9,126
Lemhi County	R	−36.3%	547	1,476	2,562
Lewis County	D	+12.8%	927	697	1,801
Lincoln County	R	−40.3%	350	972	1,545
Madison County	R	−47.1%	904	2,971	4,388
Minidoka County	R	−32.7%	1,332	3,182	5,654
Nez Perce County	D	+11.8%	6,502	5,019	12,579
Oneida County	R	−38.5%	465	1,114	1,684
Owyhee County	R	−35.4%	562	1,385	2,323
Payette County	R	−36.6%	1,216	3,032	4,956
Power County	R	−31.6%	582	1,222	2,028
Shoshone County	D	+10.1%	3,850	3,080	7,587
Teton County	R	−26.5%	376	694	1,198
Twin Falls County	R	−41.2%	4,001	11,564	18,373
Valley County	R	−31.3%	534	1,160	2,002
Washington County	R	−28.2%	1,033	2,020	3,504