Richard Nixon carried Ohio R+2.3.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Ohio, 1968. The state ran 1.6 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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Ohio result

3,959,698 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

1,700,586

42.9%

Nixon (R)

1,791,014

45.2%

Wallace + others

468,098

11.8%

Margin

R+2.3

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1968 presidential election

Ohio, 1968

NixonR+2.3

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	45.2%	1,791,014
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	42.9%	1,700,586
George WallaceAmerican Independent	11.8%	468,098

D+60

R+60

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

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Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−0.1%
1896	−4.8%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−25.4%
1908	−6.2%
1912	+14.1%
1916	+7.7%
1920	−19.9%
1924	−34.6%
1928	−30.4%
1932	+2.8%
1936	+20.6%
1940	+4.4%
1944	−0.4%
1948	+0.2%
1952	−13.5%
1956	−22.2%
1960	−6.6%
1964	+25.9%
1968	−2.3%
1972	−21.6%
1976	+0.3%
1980	−10.6%
1984	−18.8%
1988	−10.9%
1992	+1.8%
1996	+6.4%
2000	−3.5%
2004	−2.1%
2008	+4.6%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−8.0%
2020	−8.0%
2024	−11.1%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−16.7%	2,685	3,973	7,708
Allen County	R	−31.6%	10,994	23,124	38,349
Ashland County	R	−33.5%	4,526	9,745	15,594
Ashtabula County	R	−0.9%	16,738	17,058	36,555
Athens County	R	−3.0%	7,351	7,837	16,400
Auglaize County	R	−23.2%	5,550	9,368	16,447
Belmont County	D	+29.3%	22,056	11,512	36,046
Brown County	R	−10.3%	3,610	4,700	10,617
Butler County	R	−16.7%	23,649	35,962	73,802
Carroll County	R	−17.1%	3,119	4,634	8,846
Champaign County	R	−20.4%	4,264	6,863	12,750
Clark County	D	+0.5%	24,029	23,748	54,491
Clermont County	R	−20.2%	8,859	15,299	31,849
Clinton County	R	−29.6%	2,982	6,265	11,077
Columbiana County	R	−1.3%	19,382	19,947	43,170
Coshocton County	R	−16.6%	5,013	7,256	13,539
Crawford County	R	−24.6%	6,737	11,898	21,008
Cuyahoga County	D	+18.5%	363,540	238,791	673,839
Darke County	R	−17.5%	7,371	10,926	20,315
Defiance County	R	−11.9%	5,686	7,348	13,959
Delaware County	R	−31.8%	4,056	9,029	15,644
Erie County	R	−6.1%	11,388	13,023	26,849
Fairfield County	R	−18.5%	9,533	14,810	28,467
Fayette County	R	−23.1%	2,966	5,339	10,269
Franklin County	R	−16.6%	101,240	148,933	287,624
Fulton County	R	−36.7%	3,338	7,817	12,188
Gallia County	R	−28.0%	2,660	5,134	8,836
Geauga County	R	−17.6%	7,825	11,857	22,908
Greene County	R	−6.2%	15,178	17,589	38,775
Guernsey County	R	−10.3%	5,815	7,336	14,837
Hamilton County	R	−13.3%	135,057	183,611	365,483
Hancock County	R	−33.0%	6,918	15,032	24,609
Hardin County	R	−21.5%	4,180	6,963	12,937
Harrison County	D	+0.8%	3,594	3,532	7,700
Henry County	R	−33.7%	3,256	6,970	11,026
Highland County	R	−21.2%	3,828	6,489	12,525
Hocking County	R	−3.4%	3,701	3,998	8,702
Holmes County	R	−25.3%	1,898	3,350	5,729
Huron County	R	−16.6%	6,515	9,456	17,714
Jackson County	R	−16.9%	4,021	5,870	10,968
Jefferson County	D	+23.2%	21,917	12,949	38,615
Knox County	R	−20.3%	5,725	9,072	16,492
Lake County	R	−0.8%	27,932	28,450	65,559
Lawrence County	R	−5.3%	8,671	9,782	20,923
Licking County	R	−11.3%	15,021	19,542	39,970
Logan County	R	−23.3%	4,889	8,362	14,899
Lorain County	D	+9.8%	42,642	34,252	85,727
Lucas County	D	+12.3%	91,346	69,403	178,037
Madison County	R	−30.1%	2,780	5,882	10,293
Mahoning County	D	+20.6%	68,433	42,948	123,578
Marion County	R	−17.6%	8,611	12,887	24,271
Medina County	R	−18.2%	9,194	14,089	26,933
Meigs County	R	−21.7%	2,921	4,759	8,455
Mercer County	D	+3.4%	6,801	6,313	14,209
Miami County	R	−11.2%	13,228	16,997	33,577
Monroe County	D	+6.6%	3,105	2,686	6,354
Montgomery County	D	+5.5%	96,082	84,766	207,120
Morgan County	R	−23.6%	1,789	3,030	5,269
Morrow County	R	−28.3%	2,405	4,898	8,812
Muskingum County	R	−6.8%	13,089	15,260	31,705
Noble County	R	−18.0%	1,726	2,615	4,928
Ottawa County	R	−5.5%	6,319	7,149	15,115
Paulding County	R	−17.8%	2,703	4,074	7,685
Perry County	R	−0.0%	4,811	4,815	10,710
Pickaway County	R	−25.1%	3,536	6,690	12,564
Pike County	D	+2.4%	3,445	3,247	8,115
Portage County	D	+3.5%	16,348	15,064	36,505
Preble County	R	−21.9%	3,817	6,544	12,434
Putnam County	R	−30.2%	3,530	7,188	12,105
Richland County	R	−19.4%	14,988	23,484	43,787
Ross County	R	−19.8%	6,873	11,284	22,246
Sandusky County	R	−14.1%	8,581	11,696	22,025
Scioto County	R	−4.6%	13,836	15,310	32,317
Seneca County	R	−13.3%	8,970	12,040	23,020
Shelby County	R	−5.1%	6,479	7,248	15,226
Stark County	R	−7.5%	57,675	68,414	142,888
Summit County	D	+8.3%	100,068	82,649	208,941
Trumbull County	D	+8.8%	40,365	33,076	82,760
Tuscarawas County	D	+4.7%	15,617	14,102	32,461
Union County	R	−38.9%	2,431	6,415	10,238
Van Wert County	R	−25.7%	4,360	7,835	13,527
Vinton County	R	−14.4%	1,608	2,219	4,242
Warren County	R	−22.7%	6,756	12,663	26,014
Washington County	R	−24.3%	6,922	11,888	20,408
Wayne County	R	−24.1%	8,891	15,151	25,970
Williams County	R	−26.7%	4,456	8,059	13,485
Wood County	R	−17.5%	10,867	16,111	29,939
Wyandot County	R	−25.8%	2,919	5,265	9,094