Missouri — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionMissouri · PresidentNixonR+1.1
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 44.9% | 811,932 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 43.7% | 791,444 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 11.4% | 206,126 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
115 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Missouri cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (115 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, MO | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Andrew County, MO | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Atchison County, MO | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Audrain County, MO | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Barry County, MO | Republican | R+22.1 |
| Barton County, MO | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Bates County, MO | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Benton County, MO | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Bollinger County, MO | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Boone County, MO | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Buchanan County, MO | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Butler County, MO | Republican | R+14.5 |
| Caldwell County, MO | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Callaway County, MO | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Camden County, MO | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Cape Girardeau County, MO | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Carroll County, MO | Republican | R+17.8 |
| Carter County, MO | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Cass County, MO | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Cedar County, MO | Republican | R+37.5 |
| Chariton County, MO | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Christian County, MO | Republican | R+39.0 |
| Clark County, MO | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Clay County, MO | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Clinton County, MO | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Cole County, MO | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Cooper County, MO | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Crawford County, MO | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Dade County, MO | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Dallas County, MO | Republican | R+35.2 |
| Daviess County, MO | Republican | R+14.2 |
| DeKalb County, MO | Republican | R+17.1 |
| Dent County, MO | Republican | R+12.0 |
| Douglas County, MO | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Dunklin County, MO | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Franklin County, MO | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Gasconade County, MO | Republican | R+55.5 |
| Gentry County, MO | Republican | R+2.1 |
| Greene County, MO | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Grundy County, MO | Republican | R+22.1 |
| Harrison County, MO | Republican | R+27.0 |
| Henry County, MO | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Hickory County, MO | Republican | R+42.5 |
| Holt County, MO | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Howard County, MO | Democratic | D+10.9 |
| Howell County, MO | Republican | R+29.2 |
| Iron County, MO | Democratic | D+4.0 |
| Jackson County, MO | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Jasper County, MO | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Jefferson County, MO | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Johnson County, MO | Republican | R+14.5 |
| Knox County, MO | Republican | R+9.6 |
| Laclede County, MO | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Lafayette County, MO | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Lawrence County, MO | Republican | R+27.3 |
| Lewis County, MO | Democratic | D+0.6 |
| Lincoln County, MO | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Linn County, MO | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| Livingston County, MO | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Macon County, MO | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Madison County, MO | Republican | R+15.0 |
| Maries County, MO | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Marion County, MO | Democratic | D+6.0 |
| McDonald County, MO | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Mercer County, MO | Republican | R+26.9 |
| Miller County, MO | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Mississippi County, MO | Democratic | D+16.6 |
| Moniteau County, MO | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Monroe County, MO | Democratic | D+30.7 |
| Montgomery County, MO | Republican | R+18.7 |
| Morgan County, MO | Republican | R+24.8 |
| New Madrid County, MO | Democratic | D+19.8 |
| Newton County, MO | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Nodaway County, MO | Republican | R+2.5 |
| Oregon County, MO | Democratic | D+14.4 |
| Osage County, MO | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Ozark County, MO | Republican | R+47.3 |
| Pemiscot County, MO | Other / independent | D+6.3 |
| Perry County, MO | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Pettis County, MO | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Phelps County, MO | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Pike County, MO | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| Platte County, MO | Republican | R+1.5 |
| Polk County, MO | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Pulaski County, MO | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Putnam County, MO | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Ralls County, MO | Democratic | D+20.4 |
| Randolph County, MO | Democratic | D+13.2 |
| Ray County, MO | Democratic | D+13.2 |
| Reynolds County, MO | Democratic | D+13.4 |
| Ripley County, MO | Republican | R+13.0 |
| Saline County, MO | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Schuyler County, MO | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Scotland County, MO | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Scott County, MO | Democratic | D+4.3 |
| Shannon County, MO | Democratic | D+6.2 |
| Shelby County, MO | Democratic | D+8.6 |
| St. Charles County, MO | Republican | R+10.7 |
| St. Clair County, MO | Republican | R+18.5 |
| St. Francois County, MO | Republican | R+7.1 |
| St. Louis city, MO | Democratic | D+38.4 |
| St. Louis County, MO | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Ste. Genevieve County, MO | Democratic | D+6.3 |
| Stoddard County, MO | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Stone County, MO | Republican | R+44.8 |
| Sullivan County, MO | Republican | R+9.5 |
| Taney County, MO | Republican | R+42.1 |
| Texas County, MO | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Vernon County, MO | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Warren County, MO | Republican | R+38.3 |
| Washington County, MO | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Wayne County, MO | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Webster County, MO | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Worth County, MO | Republican | R+3.7 |
| Wright County, MO | Republican | R+41.5 |
Missouri results by county
115 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | Richard Nixon+1,979 | 4,62458.8% | 2,64533.6% | 5927.5% | 7,861 |
| Andrew County | Richard Nixon+1,393 | 3,39859.0% | 2,00534.8% | 3596.2% | 5,762 |
| Atchison County | Richard Nixon+454 | 2,20651.4% | 1,75240.8% | 3377.8% | 4,295 |
| Audrain County | Richard Nixon+199 | 5,00546.2% | 4,80644.4% | 1,0129.4% | 10,823 |
| Barry County | Richard Nixon+2,139 | 5,53757.1% | 3,39835.1% | 7587.8% | 9,693 |
| Barton County | Richard Nixon+1,096 | 2,92855.7% | 1,83234.8% | 4999.5% | 5,259 |
| Bates County | Richard Nixon+717 | 4,08749.5% | 3,37040.8% | 8019.7% | 8,258 |
| Benton County | Richard Nixon+1,554 | 2,89961.1% | 1,34528.4% | 49810.5% | 4,742 |
| Bollinger County | Richard Nixon+590 | 2,28350.1% | 1,69337.1% | 58312.8% | 4,559 |
| Boone County | Richard Nixon+146 | 11,91746.4% | 11,77145.8% | 2,0157.8% | 25,703 |
| Buchanan County | Richard Nixon+241 | 16,10146.4% | 15,86045.7% | 2,7527.9% | 34,713 |
| Butler County | Richard Nixon+1,947 | 6,32647.0% | 4,37932.5% | 2,75920.5% | 13,464 |
| Caldwell County | Richard Nixon+1,141 | 2,63157.8% | 1,49032.7% | 4309.4% | 4,551 |
| Callaway County | Richard Nixon+539 | 4,27746.0% | 3,73840.2% | 1,27613.7% | 9,291 |
| Camden County | Richard Nixon+1,895 | 3,50061.0% | 1,60528.0% | 63311.0% | 5,738 |
| Cape Girardeau County | Richard Nixon+3,642 | 10,29853.3% | 6,65634.5% | 2,35112.2% | 19,305 |
| Carroll County | Richard Nixon+1,207 | 3,68054.1% | 2,47336.4% | 6459.5% | 6,798 |
| Carter County | Richard Nixon+123 | 86145.6% | 73839.1% | 28915.3% | 1,888 |
| Cass County | Richard Nixon+803 | 5,27145.1% | 4,46838.3% | 1,93816.6% | 11,677 |
| Cedar County | Richard Nixon+1,722 | 2,94064.1% | 1,21826.5% | 4309.4% | 4,588 |
| Chariton County | Richard Nixon+33 | 2,40445.5% | 2,37144.9% | 5099.6% | 5,284 |
| Christian County | Richard Nixon+2,433 | 4,01964.4% | 1,58625.4% | 63310.1% | 6,238 |
| Clark County | Richard Nixon+622 | 2,11153.6% | 1,48937.8% | 3428.7% | 3,942 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+2,096 | 19,64344.5% | 17,54739.7% | 6,97215.8% | 44,162 |
| Clinton County | Richard Nixon+134 | 2,65945.8% | 2,52543.5% | 61910.7% | 5,803 |
| Cole County | Richard Nixon+5,659 | 11,57560.6% | 5,91630.9% | 1,6258.5% | 19,116 |
| Cooper County | Richard Nixon+1,317 | 4,11555.3% | 2,79837.6% | 5307.1% | 7,443 |
| Crawford County | Richard Nixon+1,402 | 3,52555.8% | 2,12333.6% | 67110.6% | 6,319 |
| Dade County | Richard Nixon+1,333 | 2,25064.3% | 91726.2% | 3309.4% | 3,497 |
| Dallas County | Richard Nixon+1,598 | 2,83562.5% | 1,23727.3% | 46510.2% | 4,537 |
| Daviess County | Richard Nixon+612 | 2,28853.2% | 1,67639.0% | 3347.8% | 4,298 |
| DeKalb County | Richard Nixon+660 | 2,11254.9% | 1,45237.7% | 2857.4% | 3,849 |
| Dent County | Richard Nixon+559 | 2,36951.0% | 1,81038.9% | 46910.1% | 4,648 |
| Douglas County | Richard Nixon+1,858 | 2,83667.1% | 97823.1% | 4129.7% | 4,226 |
| Dunklin County | Hubert Humphrey+697 | 4,36635.4% | 5,06341.1% | 2,90323.5% | 12,332 |
| Franklin County | Richard Nixon+2,257 | 9,82350.8% | 7,56639.1% | 1,96010.1% | 19,349 |
| Gasconade County | Richard Nixon+3,269 | 4,40074.6% | 1,13119.2% | 3646.2% | 5,895 |
| Gentry County | Richard Nixon+97 | 2,28648.7% | 2,18946.7% | 2164.6% | 4,691 |
| Greene County | Richard Nixon+12,979 | 32,63855.3% | 19,65933.3% | 6,75111.4% | 59,048 |
| Grundy County | Richard Nixon+1,237 | 3,21357.3% | 1,97635.2% | 4197.5% | 5,608 |
| Harrison County | Richard Nixon+1,404 | 3,09259.6% | 1,68832.5% | 4127.9% | 5,192 |
| Henry County | Richard Nixon+310 | 3,82447.7% | 3,51443.8% | 6828.5% | 8,020 |
| Hickory County | Richard Nixon+947 | 1,48466.5% | 53724.1% | 2099.4% | 2,230 |
| Holt County | Richard Nixon+820 | 2,03156.1% | 1,21133.4% | 37910.5% | 3,621 |
| Howard County | Hubert Humphrey+508 | 1,82539.1% | 2,33350.0% | 50710.9% | 4,665 |
| Howell County | Richard Nixon+2,868 | 5,63157.2% | 2,76328.1% | 1,44414.7% | 9,838 |
| Iron County | Hubert Humphrey+155 | 1,60041.6% | 1,75545.6% | 49112.8% | 3,846 |
| Jackson County | Hubert Humphrey+21,068 | 91,08639.2% | 112,15448.3% | 28,98012.5% | 232,220 |
| Jasper County | Richard Nixon+5,807 | 16,79454.2% | 10,98735.5% | 3,18110.3% | 30,962 |
| Jefferson County | Hubert Humphrey+1,522 | 11,70837.7% | 13,23042.6% | 6,11519.7% | 31,053 |
| Johnson County | Richard Nixon+1,350 | 4,83451.8% | 3,48437.3% | 1,01810.9% | 9,336 |
| Knox County | Richard Nixon+305 | 1,56249.3% | 1,25739.7% | 35011.0% | 3,169 |
| Laclede County | Richard Nixon+1,902 | 4,86056.1% | 2,95834.1% | 8529.8% | 8,670 |
| Lafayette County | Richard Nixon+1,981 | 6,84053.4% | 4,85937.9% | 1,1058.6% | 12,804 |
| Lawrence County | Richard Nixon+3,124 | 6,83459.7% | 3,71032.4% | 8987.8% | 11,442 |
| Lewis County | Hubert Humphrey+29 | 2,03843.9% | 2,06744.5% | 53711.6% | 4,642 |
| Lincoln County | Richard Nixon+43 | 3,18541.8% | 3,14241.2% | 1,29717.0% | 7,624 |
| Linn County | Hubert Humphrey+138 | 3,79546.1% | 3,93347.7% | 5136.2% | 8,241 |
| Livingston County | Richard Nixon+360 | 3,82749.0% | 3,46744.4% | 5186.6% | 7,812 |
| Macon County | Richard Nixon+342 | 3,80447.0% | 3,46242.8% | 82110.2% | 8,087 |
| Madison County | Richard Nixon+643 | 2,16450.3% | 1,52135.4% | 61514.3% | 4,300 |
| Maries County | Richard Nixon+253 | 1,43847.5% | 1,18539.2% | 40313.3% | 3,026 |
| Marion County | Hubert Humphrey+684 | 4,73241.6% | 5,41647.6% | 1,22110.7% | 11,369 |
| McDonald County | Richard Nixon+837 | 3,02551.3% | 2,18837.1% | 68111.6% | 5,894 |
| Mercer County | Richard Nixon+623 | 1,40660.8% | 78333.8% | 1255.4% | 2,314 |
| Miller County | Richard Nixon+2,698 | 4,42564.9% | 1,72725.3% | 6689.8% | 6,820 |
| Mississippi County | Hubert Humphrey+728 | 1,42126.8% | 2,30343.5% | 1,57529.7% | 5,299 |
| Moniteau County | Richard Nixon+1,523 | 3,21058.5% | 1,68730.8% | 58610.7% | 5,483 |
| Monroe County | Hubert Humphrey+1,427 | 1,34929.1% | 2,77659.8% | 51611.1% | 4,641 |
| Montgomery County | Richard Nixon+1,012 | 2,90353.6% | 1,89134.9% | 62311.5% | 5,417 |
| Morgan County | Richard Nixon+1,257 | 2,90657.4% | 1,64932.6% | 50410.0% | 5,059 |
| New Madrid County | Hubert Humphrey+1,211 | 2,31724.4% | 4,19544.2% | 2,98431.4% | 9,496 |
| Newton County | Richard Nixon+2,279 | 7,34352.9% | 5,06436.5% | 1,48110.7% | 13,888 |
| Nodaway County | Richard Nixon+242 | 4,73648.1% | 4,49445.6% | 6156.2% | 9,845 |
| Oregon County | Hubert Humphrey+513 | 1,21334.0% | 1,72648.4% | 62517.5% | 3,564 |
| Osage County | Richard Nixon+1,567 | 3,10761.6% | 1,54030.5% | 3947.8% | 5,041 |
| Ozark County | Richard Nixon+1,361 | 1,96768.4% | 60621.1% | 30410.6% | 2,877 |
| Pemiscot County | Other+269 | 2,19128.0% | 2,68134.3% | 2,95037.7% | 7,822 |
| Perry County | Richard Nixon+1,900 | 3,85861.5% | 1,95831.2% | 4627.4% | 6,278 |
| Pettis County | Richard Nixon+404 | 6,73846.1% | 6,33443.3% | 1,54910.6% | 14,621 |
| Phelps County | Richard Nixon+1,366 | 5,57747.3% | 4,21135.7% | 1,99516.9% | 11,783 |
| Pike County | Hubert Humphrey+120 | 3,07243.5% | 3,19245.2% | 80311.4% | 7,067 |
| Platte County | Richard Nixon+171 | 4,83642.7% | 4,66541.2% | 1,81516.0% | 11,316 |
| Polk County | Richard Nixon+1,975 | 4,14559.8% | 2,17031.3% | 6148.9% | 6,929 |
| Pulaski County | Richard Nixon+252 | 2,55545.8% | 2,30341.3% | 71812.9% | 5,576 |
| Putnam County | Richard Nixon+1,019 | 1,97163.7% | 95230.8% | 1695.5% | 3,092 |
| Ralls County | Hubert Humphrey+725 | 1,17533.1% | 1,90053.5% | 47813.5% | 3,553 |
| Randolph County | Hubert Humphrey+1,228 | 3,58238.6% | 4,81051.8% | 8939.6% | 9,285 |
| Ray County | Hubert Humphrey+954 | 2,58735.9% | 3,54149.1% | 1,07815.0% | 7,206 |
| Reynolds County | Hubert Humphrey+347 | 89834.8% | 1,24548.2% | 43817.0% | 2,581 |
| Ripley County | Richard Nixon+533 | 1,97348.2% | 1,44035.2% | 67716.6% | 4,090 |
| Saline County | Richard Nixon+52 | 4,69846.8% | 4,64646.2% | 7047.0% | 10,048 |
| Schuyler County | Richard Nixon+322 | 1,29153.2% | 96939.9% | 1686.9% | 2,428 |
| Scotland County | Richard Nixon+214 | 1,55450.1% | 1,34043.2% | 2106.8% | 3,104 |
| Scott County | Hubert Humphrey+457 | 3,85636.2% | 4,31340.5% | 2,47423.2% | 10,643 |
| Shannon County | Hubert Humphrey+168 | 1,04838.7% | 1,21644.9% | 44616.5% | 2,710 |
| Shelby County | Hubert Humphrey+352 | 1,69341.3% | 2,04549.9% | 3588.7% | 4,096 |
| St. Charles County | Richard Nixon+3,159 | 13,53345.6% | 10,37435.0% | 5,75219.4% | 29,659 |
| St. Clair County | Richard Nixon+775 | 2,27154.4% | 1,49635.8% | 4119.8% | 4,178 |
| St. Francois County | Richard Nixon+1,113 | 7,49247.6% | 6,37940.5% | 1,86711.9% | 15,738 |
| St. Louis city | Hubert Humphrey+84,758 | 58,25226.4% | 143,01064.7% | 19,6528.9% | 220,914 |
| St. Louis County | Richard Nixon+14,569 | 180,35546.8% | 165,78643.0% | 39,23410.2% | 385,375 |
| Ste. Genevieve County | Hubert Humphrey+288 | 1,93742.1% | 2,22548.3% | 4409.6% | 4,602 |
| Stoddard County | Richard Nixon+769 | 3,91944.4% | 3,15035.7% | 1,75119.9% | 8,820 |
| Stone County | Richard Nixon+2,002 | 3,00667.3% | 1,00422.5% | 45510.2% | 4,465 |
| Sullivan County | Richard Nixon+425 | 2,33252.2% | 1,90742.7% | 2255.0% | 4,464 |
| Taney County | Richard Nixon+2,070 | 3,28966.8% | 1,21924.8% | 4148.4% | 4,922 |
| Texas County | Richard Nixon+905 | 4,02249.5% | 3,11738.4% | 98112.1% | 8,120 |
| Vernon County | Richard Nixon+33 | 3,59045.3% | 3,55744.9% | 7839.9% | 7,930 |
| Warren County | Richard Nixon+1,636 | 2,66962.5% | 1,03324.2% | 56513.2% | 4,267 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+349 | 2,64146.3% | 2,29240.1% | 77613.6% | 5,709 |
| Wayne County | Richard Nixon+442 | 2,15647.8% | 1,71438.0% | 64114.2% | 4,511 |
| Webster County | Richard Nixon+1,571 | 4,11856.9% | 2,54735.2% | 5727.9% | 7,237 |
| Worth County | Richard Nixon+71 | 92448.6% | 85344.8% | 1266.6% | 1,903 |
| Wright County | Richard Nixon+2,239 | 3,57666.2% | 1,33724.8% | 4879.0% | 5,400 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Missouri's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| 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% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.