Hubert Humphrey carried Michigan D+6.7.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Michigan, 1968. The state ran 7.4 points more Democratic than the nation (R+0.7 nationally).

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

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Michigan result

3,306,250 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

1,593,082

48.2%

Nixon (R)

1,370,665

41.5%

Wallace + others

342,503

10.4%

Margin

D+6.7

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1968 presidential election

Michigan, 1968

HumphreyD+6.7

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Hubert Humphrey ✓Democratic	48.2%	1,593,082
Richard NixonRepublican	41.5%	1,370,665
George WallaceAmerican Independent	10.4%	342,503

D+60

R+60

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

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Michigan's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Michigan's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−4.5%
1896	−10.3%
1900	−19.2%
1904	−43.8%
1908	−29.5%
1912	−0.2%
1916	−8.3%
1920	−50.6%
1924	−62.2%
1928	−41.4%
1932	+7.9%
1936	+17.6%
1940	−0.3%
1944	+1.0%
1948	−1.7%
1952	−11.5%
1956	−11.5%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+33.6%
1968	+6.7%
1972	−14.4%
1976	−5.4%
1980	−6.5%
1984	−19.0%
1988	−7.9%
1992	+7.4%
1996	+13.2%
2000	+5.1%
2004	+3.4%
2008	+16.5%
2012	+9.5%
2016	−0.2%
2020	+2.8%
2024	−1.4%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alcona County	R	−28.4%	958	1,852	3,152
Alger County	D	+14.8%	1,927	1,406	3,512
Allegan County	R	−30.6%	7,276	14,769	24,483
Alpena County	R	−8.2%	4,788	5,717	11,261
Antrim County	R	−25.9%	1,690	3,002	5,068
Arenac County	R	−12.9%	1,573	2,089	3,989
Baraga County	D	+5.2%	1,680	1,508	3,318
Barry County	R	−21.3%	5,206	8,492	15,400
Bay County	D	+6.2%	21,410	18,779	42,567
Benzie County	R	−28.2%	1,147	2,138	3,510
Berrien County	R	−17.3%	21,266	32,136	62,916
Branch County	R	−20.2%	4,518	7,071	12,654
Calhoun County	R	−6.5%	22,633	26,181	54,960
Cass County	R	−9.3%	5,616	6,996	14,906
Charlevoix County	R	−18.6%	2,446	3,696	6,703
Cheboygan County	R	−8.4%	2,840	3,422	6,899
Chippewa County	R	−11.9%	4,132	5,359	10,297
Clare County	R	−24.1%	1,909	3,315	5,831
Clinton County	R	−23.3%	5,548	9,416	16,585
Crawford County	R	−18.3%	845	1,266	2,300
Delta County	D	+13.9%	7,821	5,829	14,364
Dickinson County	D	+7.2%	5,726	4,920	11,194
Eaton County	R	−23.5%	8,347	14,184	24,826
Emmet County	R	−23.8%	2,624	4,405	7,488
Genesee County	D	+6.8%	75,174	63,948	164,013
Gladwin County	R	−23.3%	1,668	2,840	5,022
Gogebic County	D	+16.3%	5,839	4,140	10,426
Grand Traverse County	R	−29.0%	4,741	8,960	14,567
Gratiot County	R	−32.5%	4,040	8,404	13,408
Hillsdale County	R	−35.0%	3,803	8,506	13,444
Houghton County	D	+2.5%	6,988	6,639	14,143
Huron County	R	−37.9%	3,607	8,743	13,552
Ingham County	R	−10.4%	37,362	46,805	90,953
Ionia County	R	−16.1%	6,055	8,625	15,968
Iosco County	R	−20.9%	2,533	4,068	7,340
Iron County	D	+10.8%	4,130	3,292	7,772
Isabella County	R	−21.5%	4,450	7,111	12,396
Jackson County	R	−18.6%	18,205	27,828	51,857
Kalamazoo County	R	−18.1%	26,437	39,796	73,832
Kalkaska County	R	−19.6%	753	1,190	2,233
Kent County	R	−15.0%	61,891	85,810	159,850
Keweenaw County	D	+6.4%	602	525	1,194
Lake County	D	+13.9%	1,482	1,094	2,798
Lapeer County	R	−22.7%	5,199	8,866	16,163
Leelanau County	R	−26.5%	1,562	2,798	4,659
Lenawee County	R	−19.7%	10,552	16,280	29,147
Livingston County	R	−15.2%	7,052	10,034	19,670
Luce County	R	−21.4%	855	1,351	2,316
Mackinac County	R	−16.5%	1,751	2,507	4,577
Macomb County	D	+24.8%	114,552	63,139	207,577
Manistee County	R	−4.0%	3,671	4,007	8,306
Marquette County	D	+10.7%	11,199	8,960	20,995
Mason County	R	−16.8%	3,660	5,311	9,831
Mecosta County	R	−27.5%	2,738	5,053	8,426
Menominee County	D	+2.8%	4,877	4,599	10,108
Midland County	R	−29.2%	7,428	14,329	23,658
Missaukee County	R	−44.7%	736	2,161	3,191
Monroe County	D	+8.2%	18,921	15,685	39,572
Montcalm County	R	−20.3%	5,303	8,329	14,902
Montmorency County	R	−19.9%	810	1,279	2,351
Muskegon County	R	−6.4%	24,492	28,233	58,683
Newaygo County	R	−29.5%	3,369	6,626	11,048
Oakland County	R	−0.6%	154,630	156,538	345,458
Oceana County	R	−25.3%	2,152	3,911	6,957
Ogemaw County	R	−19.0%	1,647	2,526	4,630
Ontonagon County	D	+3.4%	2,462	2,290	5,009
Osceola County	R	−37.8%	1,509	3,705	5,810
Oscoda County	R	−30.4%	563	1,124	1,844
Otsego County	R	−5.5%	1,661	1,871	3,793
Ottawa County	R	−42.4%	12,431	33,356	49,342
Presque Isle County	R	−5.0%	2,300	2,565	5,251
Roscommon County	R	−21.1%	1,639	2,635	4,713
Saginaw County	R	−7.5%	32,266	38,070	77,423
Sanilac County	R	−42.9%	3,193	9,273	14,168
Schoolcraft County	D	+3.2%	1,869	1,745	3,844
Shiawassee County	R	−12.6%	8,619	11,465	22,532
St. Clair County	R	−11.3%	16,251	21,084	42,669
St. Joseph County	R	−28.5%	5,413	10,445	17,645
Tuscola County	R	−33.2%	4,698	10,205	16,610
Van Buren County	R	−16.4%	7,304	10,676	20,607
Washtenaw County	R	−4.3%	33,073	36,432	77,814
Wayne County	D	+37.1%	654,157	270,566	1,034,260
Wexford County	R	−19.8%	2,832	4,364	7,740