Hubert Humphrey carried Minnesota D+12.5.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Minnesota, 1968. The state ran 13.2 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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Minnesota result

1,588,506 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

857,738

54.0%

Nixon (R)

658,643

41.5%

Wallace + others

72,125

4.5%

Margin

D+12.5

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1968 presidential election

Minnesota, 1968

HumphreyD+12.5

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Hubert Humphrey ✓Democratic	54.0%	857,738
Richard NixonRepublican	41.5%	658,643
George WallaceAmerican Independent	4.5%	72,125

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+14.8%	3,094	2,254	5,657
Anoka County	D	+28.5%	30,656	16,358	50,134
Becker County	D	+1.4%	4,875	4,728	10,196
Beltrami County	D	+11.7%	5,034	3,912	9,565
Benton County	D	+6.9%	4,022	3,470	8,016
Big Stone County	D	+12.0%	2,119	1,645	3,946
Blue Earth County	R	−1.6%	9,254	9,571	19,537
Brown County	R	−19.9%	4,585	7,039	12,350
Carlton County	D	+45.9%	8,538	3,016	12,018
Carver County	R	−17.5%	4,590	6,649	11,780
Cass County	R	−4.0%	3,569	3,888	7,950
Chippewa County	D	+7.1%	3,701	3,195	7,147
Chisago County	D	+13.7%	4,102	3,053	7,651
Clay County	D	+0.5%	7,987	7,910	16,560
Clearwater County	D	+21.4%	2,046	1,284	3,561
Cook County	R	−4.4%	777	853	1,729
Cottonwood County	R	−13.6%	3,046	4,050	7,391
Crow Wing County	D	+4.9%	7,411	6,687	14,795
Dakota County	D	+18.3%	28,416	19,290	49,908
Dodge County	R	−11.0%	2,437	3,064	5,709
Douglas County	R	−5.9%	4,826	5,464	10,839
Faribault County	R	−12.8%	4,335	5,662	10,384
Fillmore County	R	−22.1%	3,918	6,257	10,607
Freeborn County	D	+8.2%	8,671	7,315	16,563
Goodhue County	R	−6.7%	7,220	8,283	15,964
Grant County	D	+1.3%	1,982	1,929	4,095
Hennepin County	D	+12.3%	220,078	170,002	407,024
Houston County	R	−22.7%	2,703	4,450	7,681
Hubbard County	R	−16.2%	1,920	2,720	4,950
Isanti County	D	+15.9%	3,439	2,429	6,337
Itasca County	D	+34.6%	10,512	4,898	16,206
Jackson County	D	+9.3%	3,515	2,886	6,766
Kanabec County	D	+7.2%	2,154	1,847	4,248
Kandiyohi County	D	+19.1%	7,639	5,086	13,400
Kittson County	D	+13.0%	1,894	1,436	3,513
Koochiching County	D	+36.4%	4,697	2,104	7,116
Lac qui Parle County	D	+4.5%	2,937	2,672	5,828
Lake County	D	+49.5%	4,266	1,351	5,891
Lake of the Woods County	D	+17.2%	875	607	1,558
Le Sueur County	D	+9.4%	5,094	4,189	9,581
Lincoln County	D	+9.4%	2,109	1,732	4,030
Lyon County	D	+9.9%	5,317	4,331	9,966
Mahnomen County	D	+23.6%	1,508	893	2,605
Marshall County	D	+13.3%	3,161	2,367	5,956
Martin County	R	−23.8%	4,271	7,115	11,973
McLeod County	R	−14.6%	4,861	6,619	12,064
Meeker County	D	+1.9%	4,213	4,044	8,704
Mille Lacs County	D	+7.3%	3,494	2,990	6,890
Morrison County	D	+14.2%	6,111	4,511	11,256
Mower County	D	+16.9%	11,022	7,736	19,486
Murray County	R	−4.1%	2,662	2,906	5,888
Nicollet County	R	−4.6%	4,244	4,671	9,234
Nobles County	D	+7.1%	5,171	4,451	10,107
Norman County	D	+16.9%	2,828	1,981	5,012
Olmsted County	R	−12.2%	13,417	17,292	31,840
Otter Tail County	R	−24.6%	7,400	12,483	20,701
Pennington County	D	+13.7%	2,998	2,247	5,465
Pine County	D	+20.4%	4,044	2,591	7,117
Pipestone County	R	−17.5%	2,234	3,241	5,738
Polk County	D	+15.2%	8,380	6,074	15,169
Pope County	D	+1.6%	2,592	2,504	5,368
Ramsey County	D	+29.9%	122,568	64,068	195,656
Red Lake County	D	+32.3%	1,467	718	2,318
Redwood County	R	−15.7%	3,680	5,134	9,285
Renville County	R	−2.9%	4,535	4,821	9,906
Rice County	D	+4.9%	7,785	7,037	15,319
Rock County	R	−18.1%	2,084	3,056	5,374
Roseau County	D	+11.9%	2,649	2,048	5,035
Scott County	D	+17.1%	6,656	4,632	11,837
Sherburne County	D	+11.3%	3,481	2,737	6,593
Sibley County	R	−23.9%	2,540	4,250	7,154
St. Louis County	D	+45.5%	72,267	25,981	101,797
Stearns County	D	+1.7%	15,990	15,422	33,580
Steele County	R	−14.0%	4,631	6,193	11,190
Stevens County	R	−6.2%	2,247	2,560	5,062
Swift County	D	+19.2%	3,716	2,476	6,451
Todd County	R	−9.4%	3,992	4,883	9,460
Traverse County	D	+12.7%	1,669	1,277	3,084
Wabasha County	R	−8.0%	3,452	4,081	7,886
Wadena County	R	−13.3%	2,198	2,912	5,386
Waseca County	R	−16.2%	3,057	4,292	7,605
Washington County	D	+19.1%	16,449	10,921	28,954
Watonwan County	R	−11.6%	2,701	3,446	6,433
Wilkin County	R	−2.2%	1,946	2,037	4,165
Winona County	D	+3.6%	8,627	7,998	17,443
Wright County	D	+15.7%	8,793	6,321	15,753
Yellow Medicine County	D	+7.5%	3,587	3,060	7,060