Richard Nixon carried Indiana R+12.3.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Indiana, 1968. The state ran 11.6 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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Indiana result

2,123,597 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

806,659

38.0%

Nixon (R)

1,067,885

50.3%

Wallace + others

249,053

11.7%

Margin

R+12.3

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1968 presidential election

Indiana, 1968

NixonR+12.3

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	50.3%	1,067,885
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	38.0%	806,659
George WallaceAmerican Independent	11.7%	249,053

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−9.8%	4,667	5,774	11,259
Allen County	R	−17.3%	40,411	59,211	108,954
Bartholomew County	R	−21.9%	8,268	13,628	24,424
Benton County	R	−26.4%	1,854	3,326	5,586
Blackford County	R	−2.4%	2,898	3,052	6,504
Boone County	R	−28.2%	4,118	7,905	13,407
Brown County	R	−14.6%	1,327	1,881	3,807
Carroll County	R	−23.2%	2,816	4,796	8,535
Cass County	R	−12.6%	7,142	9,441	18,318
Clark County	D	+4.4%	11,493	10,305	26,886
Clay County	R	−15.8%	3,956	5,743	11,298
Clinton County	R	−15.1%	5,714	7,929	14,707
Crawford County	R	−13.9%	1,536	2,132	4,280
Daviess County	R	−23.9%	4,071	7,036	12,393
Dearborn County	R	−10.7%	4,842	6,208	12,760
Decatur County	R	−19.0%	3,602	5,474	9,833
DeKalb County	R	−21.3%	4,790	7,650	13,438
Delaware County	R	−8.1%	19,532	23,554	49,523
Dubois County	D	+6.3%	6,725	5,865	13,563
Elkhart County	R	−24.3%	14,222	24,484	42,289
Fayette County	R	−6.5%	4,549	5,286	11,266
Floyd County	D	+4.0%	10,671	9,714	23,701
Fountain County	R	−19.4%	3,237	5,110	9,637
Franklin County	R	−16.3%	2,386	3,468	6,634
Fulton County	R	−30.5%	2,561	5,145	8,474
Gibson County	R	−5.4%	6,777	7,645	15,957
Grant County	R	−17.0%	10,938	16,170	30,826
Greene County	R	−7.6%	5,493	6,525	13,491
Hamilton County	R	−45.9%	4,586	14,250	21,069
Hancock County	R	−27.0%	3,902	7,516	13,366
Harrison County	R	−7.0%	3,725	4,410	9,731
Hendricks County	R	−35.4%	5,155	12,597	21,032
Henry County	R	−16.2%	8,045	11,626	22,097
Howard County	R	−15.5%	11,026	15,905	31,566
Huntington County	R	−16.7%	6,238	9,002	16,523
Jackson County	R	−17.3%	5,140	7,710	14,821
Jasper County	R	−33.9%	2,201	4,996	8,252
Jay County	R	−10.9%	4,290	5,460	10,705
Jefferson County	R	−9.4%	4,635	5,731	11,623
Jennings County	R	−16.4%	2,996	4,416	8,640
Johnson County	R	−29.1%	5,946	12,089	21,111
Knox County	R	−6.0%	7,297	8,369	17,818
Kosciusko County	R	−36.9%	5,342	12,633	19,744
LaGrange County	R	−30.3%	1,691	3,328	5,408
Lake County	D	+10.3%	99,897	77,911	213,574
LaPorte County	R	−11.1%	15,780	20,295	40,783
Lawrence County	R	−21.4%	5,349	8,830	16,248
Madison County	R	−8.2%	23,886	28,726	59,368
Marion County	R	−15.0%	115,715	162,503	310,922
Marshall County	R	−23.8%	5,385	9,290	16,394
Martin County	R	−3.6%	2,315	2,512	5,435
Miami County	R	−16.7%	5,019	7,295	13,655
Monroe County	R	−10.9%	10,789	13,752	27,080
Montgomery County	R	−28.6%	4,752	9,085	15,175
Morgan County	R	−30.4%	4,042	8,944	16,130
Newton County	R	−33.2%	1,453	3,145	5,093
Noble County	R	−12.4%	5,075	6,699	13,046
Ohio County	R	−2.7%	991	1,053	2,287
Orange County	R	−20.5%	2,918	4,666	8,512
Owen County	R	−17.2%	1,932	2,898	5,618
Parke County	R	−17.8%	2,472	3,738	7,124
Perry County	D	+1.4%	4,343	4,211	9,108
Pike County	R	−2.0%	2,953	3,087	6,802
Porter County	R	−25.8%	8,914	17,328	32,582
Posey County	R	−11.4%	3,889	5,045	10,150
Pulaski County	R	−21.0%	2,071	3,361	6,133
Putnam County	R	−19.1%	3,692	5,873	11,410
Randolph County	R	−25.9%	3,962	7,238	12,667
Ripley County	R	−15.4%	3,787	5,389	10,399
Rush County	R	−28.1%	2,636	5,004	8,421
Scott County	D	+2.0%	2,796	2,671	6,267
Shelby County	R	−19.5%	5,417	8,574	16,226
Spencer County	R	−9.3%	3,767	4,603	8,993
St. Joseph County	D	+0.3%	47,414	47,114	106,864
Starke County	R	−9.6%	3,208	4,011	8,365
Steuben County	R	−32.7%	2,268	4,762	7,618
Sullivan County	D	+1.9%	4,453	4,266	9,874
Switzerland County	R	−1.4%	1,466	1,515	3,438
Tippecanoe County	R	−24.0%	14,528	24,352	40,968
Tipton County	R	−20.8%	2,646	4,270	7,802
Union County	R	−25.5%	920	1,691	3,019
Vanderburgh County	R	−8.9%	31,326	38,231	77,577
Vermillion County	D	+2.8%	3,845	3,607	8,637
Vigo County	R	−1.0%	20,328	20,814	46,664
Wabash County	R	−28.5%	4,598	8,611	14,101
Warren County	R	−25.3%	1,375	2,475	4,342
Warrick County	R	−7.9%	4,784	5,742	12,081
Washington County	R	−11.9%	2,936	3,891	8,004
Wayne County	R	−20.6%	10,686	17,335	32,308
Wells County	R	−15.2%	3,827	5,361	10,101
White County	R	−24.6%	3,395	5,932	10,305
Whitley County	R	−17.2%	3,848	5,684	10,671