Richard Nixon carried Oregon R+6.0.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Oregon, 1968. The state ran 5.4 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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Oregon result

819,622 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

358,866

43.8%

Nixon (R)

408,433

49.8%

Wallace + others

52,323

6.4%

Margin

R+6.0

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1968 presidential election

Oregon, 1968

NixonR+6.0

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	49.8%	408,433
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	43.8%	358,866
George WallaceAmerican Independent	6.4%	52,323

D+60

R+60

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

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Oregon's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Oregon's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−26.4%
1896	−2.1%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−47.6%
1908	−22.1%
1912	+9.0%
1916	−2.6%
1920	−26.7%
1924	−26.8%
1928	−30.0%
1932	+21.1%
1936	+34.8%
1940	+8.1%
1944	+4.8%
1948	−3.4%
1952	−21.6%
1956	−10.5%
1960	−5.2%
1964	+27.8%
1968	−6.0%
1972	−10.1%
1976	−0.2%
1980	−9.7%
1984	−12.2%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+10.0%
1996	+8.1%
2000	+0.4%
2004	+4.2%
2008	+16.3%
2012	+12.1%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+16.1%
2024	+14.3%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Baker County	R	−13.5%	2,464	3,311	6,255
Benton County	R	−26.9%	6,538	11,654	19,016
Clackamas County	R	−6.9%	27,939	32,363	63,961
Clatsop County	D	+3.4%	6,243	5,810	12,738
Columbia County	D	+16.8%	6,064	4,208	11,047
Coos County	D	+12.7%	10,884	8,230	20,890
Crook County	R	−3.2%	1,611	1,727	3,607
Curry County	R	−8.2%	1,934	2,323	4,729
Deschutes County	R	−6.6%	4,859	5,599	11,230
Douglas County	R	−16.2%	9,186	13,410	26,092
Gilliam County	R	−16.3%	436	619	1,120
Grant County	R	−24.8%	934	1,632	2,814
Harney County	R	−20.3%	1,036	1,617	2,858
Hood River County	R	−4.0%	2,385	2,597	5,317
Jackson County	R	−19.7%	12,714	19,577	34,842
Jefferson County	R	−16.9%	1,160	1,669	3,020
Josephine County	R	−28.0%	4,351	8,456	14,671
Klamath County	R	−23.4%	5,629	9,604	17,017
Lake County	R	−32.3%	730	1,538	2,505
Lane County	R	−6.3%	34,521	39,563	80,549
Lincoln County	R	−0.2%	5,009	5,031	10,699
Linn County	R	−10.6%	10,032	12,604	24,284
Malheur County	R	−41.0%	2,021	5,447	8,360
Marion County	R	−14.6%	22,327	30,417	55,502
Morrow County	R	−13.8%	797	1,068	1,967
Multnomah County	D	+7.3%	124,651	106,831	243,518
Polk County	R	−16.2%	4,961	6,997	12,571
Sherman County	R	−24.1%	384	646	1,089
Tillamook County	D	+4.8%	3,609	3,261	7,291
Umatilla County	R	−15.7%	6,402	8,975	16,379
Union County	R	−5.0%	3,409	3,796	7,747
Wallowa County	R	−19.0%	1,006	1,527	2,742
Wasco County	D	+0.9%	3,918	3,842	8,306
Washington County	R	−18.7%	22,943	34,105	59,842
Wheeler County	R	−19.8%	292	443	762
Yamhill County	R	−17.1%	5,487	7,936	14,285