Richard Nixon carried Illinois R+2.9.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Illinois, 1968. The state ran 2.2 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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Illinois result

4,619,749 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

2,039,814

44.2%

Nixon (R)

2,174,774

47.1%

Wallace + others

405,161

8.8%

Margin

R+2.9

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1968 presidential election

Illinois, 1968

NixonR+2.9

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	47.1%	2,174,774
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	44.2%	2,039,814
George WallaceAmerican Independent	8.8%	405,161

D+60

R+60

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

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−18.4%	11,521	17,444	32,108
Alexander County	D	+5.6%	2,929	2,540	6,934
Bond County	R	−16.7%	2,516	3,674	6,953
Boone County	R	−32.9%	2,801	5,936	9,533
Brown County	R	−11.5%	1,265	1,629	3,163
Bureau County	R	−26.3%	6,304	11,216	18,703
Calhoun County	R	−6.8%	1,329	1,542	3,139
Carroll County	R	−32.8%	2,558	5,275	8,282
Cass County	R	−1.5%	3,302	3,411	7,139
Champaign County	R	−15.6%	18,425	26,027	48,648
Christian County	D	+5.5%	8,465	7,486	17,694
Clark County	R	−23.3%	2,813	4,809	8,575
Clay County	R	−19.4%	2,878	4,429	7,986
Clinton County	R	−17.3%	4,453	6,561	12,199
Coles County	R	−15.7%	7,337	10,449	19,766
Cook County	D	+9.5%	1,181,316	960,493	2,336,538
Crawford County	R	−24.6%	3,383	5,870	10,098
Cumberland County	R	−16.8%	1,828	2,671	5,028
De Witt County	R	−18.2%	2,823	4,247	7,834
DeKalb County	R	−32.9%	6,974	14,535	22,999
Douglas County	R	−26.2%	2,824	5,058	8,537
DuPage County	R	−40.7%	48,492	124,893	187,496
Edgar County	R	−24.4%	3,565	6,281	11,151
Edwards County	R	−37.2%	1,095	2,633	4,135
Effingham County	R	−18.4%	4,496	6,698	11,972
Fayette County	R	−13.8%	4,011	5,449	10,403
Ford County	R	−37.7%	2,216	5,233	8,004
Franklin County	D	+5.0%	10,095	9,036	21,074
Fulton County	D	+0.2%	9,622	9,582	20,509
Gallatin County	D	+4.2%	1,980	1,802	4,190
Greene County	R	−11.0%	3,094	3,944	7,708
Grundy County	R	−28.8%	3,407	6,607	11,105
Hamilton County	R	−17.4%	1,951	2,912	5,513
Hancock County	R	−27.6%	3,720	6,866	11,397
Hardin County	R	−10.2%	1,199	1,492	2,883
Henderson County	R	−14.2%	1,635	2,224	4,148
Henry County	R	−17.9%	8,455	12,524	22,731
Iroquois County	R	−43.6%	3,897	10,885	16,033
Jackson County	R	−1.4%	8,856	9,134	19,657
Jasper County	R	−16.4%	2,012	2,944	5,686
Jefferson County	R	−5.8%	6,476	7,367	15,467
Jersey County	R	−5.6%	3,350	3,806	8,130
Jo Daviess County	R	−24.8%	3,228	5,563	9,408
Johnson County	R	−31.8%	1,143	2,406	3,975
Kane County	R	−31.5%	26,609	54,144	87,420
Kankakee County	R	−14.5%	14,460	20,025	38,250
Kendall County	R	−48.6%	2,228	7,184	10,198
Knox County	R	−17.1%	9,707	14,216	26,396
Lake County	R	−21.0%	43,409	68,999	121,903
LaSalle County	R	−6.0%	22,940	26,054	51,610
Lawrence County	R	−20.2%	3,075	4,883	8,946
Lee County	R	−31.9%	4,727	9,598	15,255
Livingston County	R	−37.1%	5,234	11,963	18,160
Logan County	R	−28.6%	4,552	8,638	14,289
Macon County	D	+4.7%	23,369	21,027	49,741
Macoupin County	D	+2.1%	10,750	10,262	23,368
Madison County	D	+6.7%	46,384	39,622	101,129
Marion County	R	−2.2%	7,737	8,134	17,649
Marshall County	R	−21.6%	2,455	3,897	6,677
Mason County	R	−6.8%	3,365	3,899	7,853
Massac County	R	−25.5%	1,934	3,578	6,446
McDonough County	R	−36.5%	3,785	8,496	12,924
McHenry County	R	−39.7%	10,896	27,245	41,185
McLean County	R	−25.3%	12,779	22,284	37,630
Menard County	R	−26.8%	1,640	2,980	4,995
Mercer County	R	−19.8%	3,143	4,844	8,600
Monroe County	R	−24.7%	2,822	5,086	9,167
Montgomery County	R	−1.4%	7,318	7,547	16,339
Morgan County	R	−16.1%	6,281	8,902	16,327
Moultrie County	R	−10.6%	2,447	3,094	6,127
Ogle County	R	−44.0%	4,399	12,168	17,641
Peoria County	R	−8.2%	30,937	37,021	74,105
Perry County	R	−8.5%	4,449	5,384	10,983
Piatt County	R	−21.6%	2,447	3,973	7,059
Pike County	R	−8.5%	4,191	5,035	9,939
Pope County	R	−25.4%	732	1,307	2,268
Pulaski County	D	+7.2%	2,076	1,741	4,632
Putnam County	R	−14.5%	988	1,351	2,505
Randolph County	R	−11.3%	5,953	7,681	15,250
Richland County	R	−28.1%	2,495	4,781	8,137
Rock Island County	D	+5.8%	34,506	30,404	70,140
Saline County	R	−6.7%	5,985	6,913	13,849
Sangamon County	R	−9.5%	29,542	36,510	72,996
Schuyler County	R	−27.9%	1,475	2,760	4,600
Scott County	R	−20.3%	1,252	1,971	3,548
Shelby County	R	−8.6%	4,528	5,487	11,137
St. Clair County	D	+16.1%	50,726	34,442	100,874
Stark County	R	−31.8%	1,128	2,292	3,665
Stephenson County	R	−24.0%	7,040	11,821	19,928
Tazewell County	R	−4.7%	20,712	22,971	48,422
Union County	R	−3.4%	3,603	3,889	8,372
Vermilion County	R	−11.9%	16,238	21,391	43,424
Wabash County	R	−20.1%	2,244	3,529	6,392
Warren County	R	−28.5%	3,085	5,877	9,795
Washington County	R	−35.7%	2,093	4,793	7,569
Wayne County	R	−27.3%	2,993	5,532	9,284
White County	R	−15.2%	3,837	5,351	9,952
Whiteside County	R	−28.7%	8,132	15,177	24,534
Will County	R	−13.6%	31,576	43,630	88,460
Williamson County	R	−9.4%	9,660	11,886	23,588
Winnebago County	R	−12.1%	36,702	47,646	90,739
Woodford County	R	−30.4%	4,005	7,876	12,747