Hubert Humphrey carried Washington D+2.1.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Washington, 1968. The state ran 2.8 points more Democratic than the nation (R+0.7 nationally).

Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)

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Washington result

1,304,281 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

616,037

47.2%

Nixon (R)

588,510

45.1%

Wallace + others

99,734

7.6%

Margin

D+2.1

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1968 presidential election

Washington, 1968

HumphreyD+2.1

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Hubert Humphrey ✓Democratic	47.2%	616,037
Richard NixonRepublican	45.1%	588,510
George WallaceAmerican Independent	7.6%	99,734

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−31.4%	1,270	2,572	4,141
Asotin County	D	+7.1%	2,693	2,307	5,434
Benton County	R	−13.2%	10,878	14,659	28,579
Chelan County	R	−13.4%	6,787	9,093	17,230
Clallam County	D	+7.8%	7,030	5,921	14,234
Clark County	D	+9.4%	23,046	18,858	44,474
Columbia County	R	−21.7%	754	1,221	2,152
Cowlitz County	D	+9.8%	13,363	10,842	25,750
Douglas County	R	−7.1%	2,764	3,234	6,665
Ferry County	R	−0.9%	596	608	1,387
Franklin County	R	−2.0%	4,038	4,234	9,575
Garfield County	R	−15.1%	602	841	1,586
Grant County	R	−8.6%	5,773	7,007	14,367
Grays Harbor County	D	+25.4%	13,480	7,720	22,684
Island County	R	−10.5%	3,238	4,077	8,000
Jefferson County	D	+9.4%	2,251	1,827	4,505
King County	D	+1.1%	223,469	218,457	474,935
Kitsap County	D	+19.5%	22,273	14,520	39,815
Kittitas County	R	−3.3%	3,921	4,212	8,729
Klickitat County	D	+1.9%	2,454	2,355	5,173
Lewis County	R	−1.8%	8,444	8,779	18,668
Lincoln County	R	−25.2%	1,721	2,994	5,053
Mason County	D	+13.3%	4,540	3,397	8,590
Okanogan County	R	−1.1%	4,379	4,490	9,935
Pacific County	D	+18.9%	3,740	2,491	6,605
Pend Oreille County	D	+8.6%	1,350	1,117	2,714
Pierce County	D	+15.6%	72,670	51,436	135,718
San Juan County	R	−24.4%	685	1,164	1,963
Skagit County	D	+0.8%	10,529	10,354	22,594
Skamania County	D	+10.6%	1,221	968	2,380
Snohomish County	D	+8.9%	44,019	36,252	87,424
Spokane County	R	−2.9%	49,423	52,650	110,594
Stevens County	R	−6.6%	2,948	3,435	7,345
Thurston County	D	+1.6%	14,228	13,742	30,499
Wahkiakum County	D	+15.4%	899	641	1,675
Walla Walla County	R	−24.8%	5,841	10,042	16,923
Whatcom County	R	−2.2%	14,003	14,695	31,199
Whitman County	R	−18.8%	5,218	7,810	13,789
Yakima County	R	−15.6%	19,499	27,488	51,198