Richard Nixon carried Montana R+9.0.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Montana, 1968. The state ran 8.3 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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Montana result

274,404 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

114,117

41.6%

Nixon (R)

138,835

50.6%

Wallace + others

21,452

7.8%

Margin

R+9.0

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1968 presidential election

Montana, 1968

NixonR+9.0

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	50.6%	138,835
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	41.6%	114,117
George WallaceAmerican Independent	7.8%	21,452

D+60

R+60

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

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Montana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Montana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−2.9%
1896	+60.2%
1900	+18.5%
1904	−20.4%
1908	−4.4%
1912	+11.8%
1916	+19.3%
1920	−29.1%
1924	−23.1%
1928	−17.9%
1932	+22.7%
1936	+41.7%
1940	+18.6%
1944	+9.4%
1948	+9.9%
1952	−19.3%
1956	−14.3%
1960	−2.5%
1964	+18.4%
1968	−9.0%
1972	−20.1%
1976	−7.4%
1980	−24.4%
1984	−22.3%
1988	−5.9%
1992	+2.5%
1996	−2.9%
2000	−25.1%
2004	−20.5%
2008	−2.4%
2012	−13.6%
2016	−20.2%
2020	−16.4%
2024	−19.9%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Beaverhead County	R	−33.6%	853	1,896	3,106
Big Horn County	R	−14.2%	1,319	1,789	3,321
Blaine County	R	−3.5%	1,198	1,291	2,655
Broadwater County	R	−18.8%	439	671	1,236
Carbon County	R	−17.3%	1,353	1,972	3,587
Carter County	R	−35.4%	269	624	1,003
Cascade County	D	+7.2%	13,507	11,588	26,803
Chouteau County	R	−15.2%	1,216	1,695	3,159
Custer County	R	−22.0%	1,760	2,831	4,876
Daniels County	R	−8.7%	688	826	1,584
Dawson County	R	−20.9%	1,695	2,650	4,568
Deer Lodge County	D	+43.7%	4,208	1,554	6,074
Fallon County	R	−32.8%	477	990	1,565
Fergus County	R	−21.4%	2,070	3,367	6,057
Flathead County	R	−14.0%	5,253	7,215	14,000
Gallatin County	R	−30.2%	3,818	7,433	11,978
Garfield County	R	−41.7%	190	542	844
Glacier County	D	+2.2%	1,723	1,643	3,671
Golden Valley County	R	−25.0%	194	332	553
Granite County	R	−9.8%	502	626	1,263
Hill County	D	+6.2%	3,386	2,970	6,669
Jefferson County	D	+1.2%	820	798	1,771
Judith Basin County	R	−13.1%	606	804	1,516
Lake County	R	−23.4%	1,956	3,358	5,999
Lewis and Clark County	R	−18.4%	5,379	7,979	14,115
Liberty County	R	−24.5%	390	670	1,144
Lincoln County	D	+5.5%	2,677	2,355	5,807
Madison County	R	−24.3%	734	1,289	2,286
McCone County	R	−10.2%	589	733	1,405
Meagher County	R	−37.7%	218	543	863
Mineral County	D	+8.0%	576	483	1,169
Missoula County	R	−6.6%	8,398	9,745	20,292
Musselshell County	R	−8.5%	795	953	1,863
Park County	R	−23.4%	1,815	3,063	5,340
Petroleum County	R	−33.7%	98	211	335
Phillips County	R	−9.6%	1,100	1,353	2,632
Pondera County	R	−13.2%	1,149	1,530	2,888
Powder River County	R	−41.0%	258	699	1,076
Powell County	R	−3.5%	1,206	1,301	2,739
Prairie County	R	−39.0%	270	635	937
Ravalli County	R	−18.5%	2,080	3,183	5,977
Richland County	R	−24.5%	1,399	2,381	4,016
Roosevelt County	R	−4.5%	1,771	1,947	3,885
Rosebud County	R	−22.7%	711	1,190	2,109
Sanders County	R	−7.2%	1,242	1,459	2,996
Sheridan County	D	+3.7%	1,275	1,180	2,576
Silver Bow County	D	+36.4%	12,626	5,488	19,617
Stillwater County	R	−30.5%	676	1,347	2,201
Sweet Grass County	R	−47.4%	336	1,043	1,490
Teton County	R	−15.1%	1,228	1,697	3,109
Toole County	R	−13.3%	1,048	1,407	2,708
Treasure County	R	−20.9%	188	298	527
Valley County	R	−7.9%	1,926	2,290	4,632
Wheatland County	R	−11.4%	525	673	1,300
Wibaux County	R	−14.5%	252	347	655
Yellowstone County	R	−24.3%	11,682	19,898	33,857