Richard Nixon carried Missouri R+1.1.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Missouri, 1968. The state ran 0.4 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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Missouri result

1,809,502 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

791,444

43.7%

Nixon (R)

811,932

44.9%

Wallace + others

206,126

11.4%

Margin

R+1.1

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1968 presidential election

Missouri, 1968

NixonR+1.1

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	44.9%	811,932
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	43.7%	791,444
George WallaceAmerican Independent	11.4%	206,126

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−25.2%	2,645	4,624	7,861
Andrew County	R	−24.2%	2,005	3,398	5,762
Atchison County	R	−10.6%	1,752	2,206	4,295
Audrain County	R	−1.8%	4,806	5,005	10,823
Barry County	R	−22.1%	3,398	5,537	9,693
Barton County	R	−20.8%	1,832	2,928	5,259
Bates County	R	−8.7%	3,370	4,087	8,258
Benton County	R	−32.8%	1,345	2,899	4,742
Bollinger County	R	−12.9%	1,693	2,283	4,559
Boone County	R	−0.6%	11,771	11,917	25,703
Buchanan County	R	−0.7%	15,860	16,101	34,713
Butler County	R	−14.5%	4,379	6,326	13,464
Caldwell County	R	−25.1%	1,490	2,631	4,551
Callaway County	R	−5.8%	3,738	4,277	9,291
Camden County	R	−33.0%	1,605	3,500	5,738
Cape Girardeau County	R	−18.9%	6,656	10,298	19,305
Carroll County	R	−17.8%	2,473	3,680	6,798
Carter County	R	−6.5%	738	861	1,888
Cass County	R	−6.9%	4,468	5,271	11,677
Cedar County	R	−37.5%	1,218	2,940	4,588
Chariton County	R	−0.6%	2,371	2,404	5,284
Christian County	R	−39.0%	1,586	4,019	6,238
Clark County	R	−15.8%	1,489	2,111	3,942
Clay County	R	−4.7%	17,547	19,643	44,162
Clinton County	R	−2.3%	2,525	2,659	5,803
Cole County	R	−29.6%	5,916	11,575	19,116
Cooper County	R	−17.7%	2,798	4,115	7,443
Crawford County	R	−22.2%	2,123	3,525	6,319
Dade County	R	−38.1%	917	2,250	3,497
Dallas County	R	−35.2%	1,237	2,835	4,537
Daviess County	R	−14.2%	1,676	2,288	4,298
DeKalb County	R	−17.1%	1,452	2,112	3,849
Dent County	R	−12.0%	1,810	2,369	4,648
Douglas County	R	−44.0%	978	2,836	4,226
Dunklin County	D	+5.7%	5,063	4,366	12,332
Franklin County	R	−11.7%	7,566	9,823	19,349
Gasconade County	R	−55.5%	1,131	4,400	5,895
Gentry County	R	−2.1%	2,189	2,286	4,691
Greene County	R	−22.0%	19,659	32,638	59,048
Grundy County	R	−22.1%	1,976	3,213	5,608
Harrison County	R	−27.0%	1,688	3,092	5,192
Henry County	R	−3.9%	3,514	3,824	8,020
Hickory County	R	−42.5%	537	1,484	2,230
Holt County	R	−22.6%	1,211	2,031	3,621
Howard County	D	+10.9%	2,333	1,825	4,665
Howell County	R	−29.2%	2,763	5,631	9,838
Iron County	D	+4.0%	1,755	1,600	3,846
Jackson County	D	+9.1%	112,154	91,086	232,220
Jasper County	R	−18.8%	10,987	16,794	30,962
Jefferson County	D	+4.9%	13,230	11,708	31,053
Johnson County	R	−14.5%	3,484	4,834	9,336
Knox County	R	−9.6%	1,257	1,562	3,169
Laclede County	R	−21.9%	2,958	4,860	8,670
Lafayette County	R	−15.5%	4,859	6,840	12,804
Lawrence County	R	−27.3%	3,710	6,834	11,442
Lewis County	D	+0.6%	2,067	2,038	4,642
Lincoln County	R	−0.6%	3,142	3,185	7,624
Linn County	D	+1.7%	3,933	3,795	8,241
Livingston County	R	−4.6%	3,467	3,827	7,812
Macon County	R	−4.2%	3,462	3,804	8,087
Madison County	R	−15.0%	1,521	2,164	4,300
Maries County	R	−8.4%	1,185	1,438	3,026
Marion County	D	+6.0%	5,416	4,732	11,369
McDonald County	R	−14.2%	2,188	3,025	5,894
Mercer County	R	−26.9%	783	1,406	2,314
Miller County	R	−39.6%	1,727	4,425	6,820
Mississippi County	D	+16.6%	2,303	1,421	5,299
Moniteau County	R	−27.8%	1,687	3,210	5,483
Monroe County	D	+30.7%	2,776	1,349	4,641
Montgomery County	R	−18.7%	1,891	2,903	5,417
Morgan County	R	−24.8%	1,649	2,906	5,059
New Madrid County	D	+19.8%	4,195	2,317	9,496
Newton County	R	−16.4%	5,064	7,343	13,888
Nodaway County	R	−2.5%	4,494	4,736	9,845
Oregon County	D	+14.4%	1,726	1,213	3,564
Osage County	R	−31.1%	1,540	3,107	5,041
Ozark County	R	−47.3%	606	1,967	2,877
Pemiscot County	O	+6.3%	2,681	2,191	7,822
Perry County	R	−30.3%	1,958	3,858	6,278
Pettis County	R	−2.8%	6,334	6,738	14,621
Phelps County	R	−11.6%	4,211	5,577	11,783
Pike County	D	+1.7%	3,192	3,072	7,067
Platte County	R	−1.5%	4,665	4,836	11,316
Polk County	R	−28.5%	2,170	4,145	6,929
Pulaski County	R	−4.5%	2,303	2,555	5,576
Putnam County	R	−33.0%	952	1,971	3,092
Ralls County	D	+20.4%	1,900	1,175	3,553
Randolph County	D	+13.2%	4,810	3,582	9,285
Ray County	D	+13.2%	3,541	2,587	7,206
Reynolds County	D	+13.4%	1,245	898	2,581
Ripley County	R	−13.0%	1,440	1,973	4,090
Saline County	R	−0.5%	4,646	4,698	10,048
Schuyler County	R	−13.3%	969	1,291	2,428
Scotland County	R	−6.9%	1,340	1,554	3,104
Scott County	D	+4.3%	4,313	3,856	10,643
Shannon County	D	+6.2%	1,216	1,048	2,710
Shelby County	D	+8.6%	2,045	1,693	4,096
St. Charles County	R	−10.7%	10,374	13,533	29,659
St. Clair County	R	−18.5%	1,496	2,271	4,178
St. Francois County	R	−7.1%	6,379	7,492	15,738
St. Louis city	D	+38.4%	143,010	58,252	220,914
St. Louis County	R	−3.8%	165,786	180,355	385,375
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+6.3%	2,225	1,937	4,602
Stoddard County	R	−8.7%	3,150	3,919	8,820
Stone County	R	−44.8%	1,004	3,006	4,465
Sullivan County	R	−9.5%	1,907	2,332	4,464
Taney County	R	−42.1%	1,219	3,289	4,922
Texas County	R	−11.1%	3,117	4,022	8,120
Vernon County	R	−0.4%	3,557	3,590	7,930
Warren County	R	−38.3%	1,033	2,669	4,267
Washington County	R	−6.1%	2,292	2,641	5,709
Wayne County	R	−9.8%	1,714	2,156	4,511
Webster County	R	−21.7%	2,547	4,118	7,237
Worth County	R	−3.7%	853	924	1,903
Wright County	R	−41.5%	1,337	3,576	5,400