Richard Nixon carried Utah R+19.4.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Utah, 1968. The state ran 18.7 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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Utah result

422,568 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

156,665

37.1%

Nixon (R)

238,728

56.5%

Wallace + others

27,175

6.4%

Margin

R+19.4

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1968 presidential election

Utah, 1968

NixonR+19.4

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	56.5%	238,728
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	37.1%	156,665
George WallaceAmerican Independent	6.4%	27,175

D+60

R+60

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

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Utah's presidential margins

1896–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Utah's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1896	+65.4%
1900	−2.3%
1904	−28.6%
1908	−17.0%
1912	−4.9%
1916	+21.0%
1920	−17.1%
1924	−19.3%
1928	−7.7%
1932	+15.5%
1936	+39.5%
1940	+24.7%
1944	+21.0%
1948	+9.0%
1952	−17.9%
1956	−29.1%
1960	−9.6%
1964	+9.4%
1968	−19.4%
1972	−41.2%
1976	−28.8%
1980	−52.2%
1984	−49.8%
1988	−34.2%
1992	−18.7%
1996	−21.1%
2000	−40.5%
2004	−45.5%
2008	−28.2%
2012	−47.9%
2016	−17.9%
2020	−20.2%
2024	−21.6%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Beaver County	R	−10.0%	795	989	1,944
Box Elder County	R	−39.2%	3,093	7,680	11,688
Cache County	R	−43.8%	4,327	11,906	17,303
Carbon County	D	+23.8%	4,344	2,618	7,239
Daggett County	R	−18.9%	97	152	291
Davis County	R	−29.4%	10,624	20,658	34,087
Duchesne County	R	−30.9%	858	1,733	2,834
Emery County	R	−8.5%	1,019	1,223	2,403
Garfield County	R	−48.4%	314	1,033	1,487
Grand County	R	−30.9%	707	1,435	2,357
Iron County	R	−43.5%	1,157	3,337	5,011
Juab County	R	−13.2%	907	1,201	2,226
Kane County	R	−58.8%	147	814	1,135
Millard County	R	−38.4%	971	2,318	3,509
Morgan County	R	−27.5%	551	1,020	1,703
Piute County	R	−38.2%	167	411	638
Rich County	R	−45.8%	183	525	747
Salt Lake County	R	−13.1%	77,247	101,942	188,663
San Juan County	R	−30.5%	680	1,393	2,335
Sanpete County	R	−30.3%	1,696	3,304	5,312
Sevier County	R	−42.6%	1,167	3,190	4,744
Summit County	R	−28.7%	961	1,782	2,857
Tooele County	D	+10.0%	4,250	3,422	8,267
Uintah County	R	−40.9%	1,145	3,034	4,622
Utah County	R	−25.4%	16,629	29,226	49,528
Wasatch County	R	−25.3%	941	1,611	2,643
Washington County	R	−45.0%	975	3,226	5,000
Wayne County	R	−32.3%	248	511	813
Weber County	R	−12.8%	20,465	27,034	51,182