Wisconsin — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionWisconsin · PresidentNixonR+3.6
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 48.0% | 809,997 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 44.3% | 748,804 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 7.7% | 130,395 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
72 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Wisconsin cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (72 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, WI | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Ashland County, WI | Democratic | D+22.2 |
| Barron County, WI | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Bayfield County, WI | Democratic | D+12.3 |
| Brown County, WI | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Buffalo County, WI | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Burnett County, WI | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Calumet County, WI | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Chippewa County, WI | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Clark County, WI | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Columbia County, WI | Republican | R+11.8 |
| Crawford County, WI | Republican | R+15.1 |
| Dane County, WI | Democratic | D+19.3 |
| Dodge County, WI | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Door County, WI | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Douglas County, WI | Democratic | D+35.8 |
| Dunn County, WI | Republican | R+9.7 |
| Eau Claire County, WI | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Florence County, WI | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Fond du Lac County, WI | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Forest County, WI | Democratic | D+6.5 |
| Grant County, WI | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Green County, WI | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Green Lake County, WI | Republican | R+33.8 |
| Iowa County, WI | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Iron County, WI | Democratic | D+23.4 |
| Jackson County, WI | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Jefferson County, WI | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Juneau County, WI | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Kenosha County, WI | Democratic | D+10.3 |
| Kewaunee County, WI | Republican | R+23.6 |
| La Crosse County, WI | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Lafayette County, WI | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Langlade County, WI | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Lincoln County, WI | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Manitowoc County, WI | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Marathon County, WI | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Marinette County, WI | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Marquette County, WI | Republican | R+29.5 |
| Menominee County, WI | Democratic | D+47.6 |
| Milwaukee County, WI | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Monroe County, WI | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Oconto County, WI | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Oneida County, WI | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Outagamie County, WI | Republican | R+25.7 |
| Ozaukee County, WI | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Pepin County, WI | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Pierce County, WI | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Polk County, WI | Republican | R+3.5 |
| Portage County, WI | Democratic | D+22.4 |
| Price County, WI | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Racine County, WI | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Richland County, WI | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Rock County, WI | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Rusk County, WI | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Sauk County, WI | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Sawyer County, WI | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Shawano County, WI | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Sheboygan County, WI | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| St. Croix County, WI | Democratic | D+1.5 |
| Taylor County, WI | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Trempealeau County, WI | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Vernon County, WI | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Vilas County, WI | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Walworth County, WI | Republican | R+31.0 |
| Washburn County, WI | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Washington County, WI | Republican | R+19.2 |
| Waukesha County, WI | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Waupaca County, WI | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Waushara County, WI | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Winnebago County, WI | Republican | R+14.3 |
| Wood County, WI | Republican | R+3.6 |
Wisconsin results by county
72 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Richard Nixon+77 | 1,69144.8% | 1,61442.8% | 46912.4% | 3,774 |
| Ashland County | Hubert Humphrey+1,590 | 2,55735.7% | 4,14758.0% | 4516.3% | 7,155 |
| Barron County | Richard Nixon+2,343 | 7,52655.4% | 5,18338.1% | 8806.5% | 13,589 |
| Bayfield County | Hubert Humphrey+703 | 2,33340.9% | 3,03653.2% | 3335.8% | 5,702 |
| Brown County | Richard Nixon+8,518 | 30,13353.7% | 21,61538.5% | 4,3957.8% | 56,143 |
| Buffalo County | Richard Nixon+880 | 2,99254.2% | 2,11238.3% | 4157.5% | 5,519 |
| Burnett County | Richard Nixon+46 | 2,05645.8% | 2,01044.8% | 4229.4% | 4,488 |
| Calumet County | Richard Nixon+2,183 | 5,79256.8% | 3,60935.4% | 8027.9% | 10,203 |
| Chippewa County | Richard Nixon+437 | 7,77247.4% | 7,33544.7% | 1,2967.9% | 16,403 |
| Clark County | Richard Nixon+1,724 | 6,32551.2% | 4,60137.2% | 1,42811.6% | 12,354 |
| Columbia County | Richard Nixon+1,935 | 8,63352.6% | 6,69840.8% | 1,0836.6% | 16,414 |
| Crawford County | Richard Nixon+925 | 3,31654.1% | 2,39139.0% | 4236.9% | 6,130 |
| Dane County | Hubert Humphrey+20,034 | 39,91738.4% | 59,95157.6% | 4,1934.0% | 104,061 |
| Dodge County | Richard Nixon+5,961 | 14,90957.9% | 8,94834.7% | 1,9017.4% | 25,758 |
| Door County | Richard Nixon+2,919 | 5,64763.3% | 2,72830.6% | 5416.1% | 8,916 |
| Douglas County | Hubert Humphrey+6,850 | 5,65629.6% | 12,50665.4% | 9535.0% | 19,115 |
| Dunn County | Richard Nixon+1,023 | 5,41551.4% | 4,39241.7% | 7196.8% | 10,526 |
| Eau Claire County | Hubert Humphrey+503 | 11,79946.7% | 12,30248.6% | 1,1864.7% | 25,287 |
| Florence County | Richard Nixon+103 | 82148.3% | 71842.3% | 1609.4% | 1,699 |
| Fond du Lac County | Richard Nixon+5,621 | 18,18455.6% | 12,56338.4% | 1,9626.0% | 32,709 |
| Forest County | Hubert Humphrey+206 | 1,26440.1% | 1,47046.7% | 41513.2% | 3,149 |
| Grant County | Richard Nixon+5,375 | 10,78962.5% | 5,41431.4% | 1,0616.1% | 17,264 |
| Green County | Richard Nixon+3,001 | 6,50261.0% | 3,50132.9% | 6516.1% | 10,654 |
| Green Lake County | Richard Nixon+2,594 | 4,89363.7% | 2,29929.9% | 4916.4% | 7,683 |
| Iowa County | Richard Nixon+1,108 | 4,00554.0% | 2,89739.1% | 5116.9% | 7,413 |
| Iron County | Hubert Humphrey+776 | 1,13734.3% | 1,91357.7% | 2658.0% | 3,315 |
| Jackson County | Richard Nixon+879 | 3,17252.9% | 2,29338.2% | 5348.9% | 5,999 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+3,762 | 12,47855.0% | 8,71638.4% | 1,5046.6% | 22,698 |
| Juneau County | Richard Nixon+1,233 | 3,82853.6% | 2,59536.3% | 71910.1% | 7,142 |
| Kenosha County | Hubert Humphrey+4,338 | 17,08940.6% | 21,42750.9% | 3,6108.6% | 42,126 |
| Kewaunee County | Richard Nixon+1,845 | 4,46757.3% | 2,62233.6% | 7139.1% | 7,802 |
| La Crosse County | Richard Nixon+5,863 | 17,43355.8% | 11,57037.0% | 2,2647.2% | 31,267 |
| Lafayette County | Richard Nixon+1,231 | 4,08455.1% | 2,85338.5% | 4756.4% | 7,412 |
| Langlade County | Richard Nixon+648 | 3,71249.4% | 3,06440.8% | 7329.7% | 7,508 |
| Lincoln County | Richard Nixon+935 | 4,79351.4% | 3,85841.4% | 6797.3% | 9,330 |
| Manitowoc County | Hubert Humphrey+1,736 | 13,56244.2% | 15,29849.9% | 1,8015.9% | 30,661 |
| Marathon County | Hubert Humphrey+1,156 | 16,90744.4% | 18,06347.4% | 3,1118.2% | 38,081 |
| Marinette County | Richard Nixon+719 | 7,13448.2% | 6,41543.4% | 1,2418.4% | 14,790 |
| Marquette County | Richard Nixon+1,146 | 2,37461.2% | 1,22831.6% | 2807.2% | 3,882 |
| Menominee County | Hubert Humphrey+352 | 17924.2% | 53171.8% | 304.1% | 740 |
| Milwaukee County | Hubert Humphrey+46,005 | 160,02239.8% | 206,02751.3% | 35,8878.9% | 401,936 |
| Monroe County | Richard Nixon+2,926 | 6,93857.7% | 4,01233.4% | 1,0658.9% | 12,015 |
| Oconto County | Richard Nixon+1,943 | 5,68053.7% | 3,73735.4% | 1,15210.9% | 10,569 |
| Oneida County | Richard Nixon+642 | 5,07748.5% | 4,43542.4% | 9469.0% | 10,458 |
| Outagamie County | Richard Nixon+10,856 | 25,08059.3% | 14,22433.6% | 2,9977.1% | 42,301 |
| Ozaukee County | Richard Nixon+4,909 | 12,15558.1% | 7,24634.6% | 1,5187.3% | 20,919 |
| Pepin County | Richard Nixon+230 | 1,49350.0% | 1,26342.3% | 2317.7% | 2,987 |
| Pierce County | Richard Nixon+207 | 4,99048.8% | 4,78346.7% | 4614.5% | 10,234 |
| Polk County | Richard Nixon+404 | 5,58348.8% | 5,17945.3% | 6715.9% | 11,433 |
| Portage County | Hubert Humphrey+3,834 | 6,18036.1% | 10,01458.5% | 9275.4% | 17,121 |
| Price County | Richard Nixon+302 | 3,09647.4% | 2,79442.8% | 6369.7% | 6,526 |
| Racine County | Richard Nixon+983 | 28,02844.8% | 27,04543.2% | 7,51312.0% | 62,586 |
| Richland County | Richard Nixon+1,853 | 4,14159.8% | 2,28833.1% | 4937.1% | 6,922 |
| Rock County | Richard Nixon+4,662 | 25,22951.0% | 20,56741.6% | 3,6977.5% | 49,493 |
| Rusk County | Richard Nixon+107 | 2,66644.7% | 2,55942.9% | 73412.3% | 5,959 |
| Sauk County | Richard Nixon+2,202 | 8,60853.6% | 6,40639.9% | 1,0346.4% | 16,048 |
| Sawyer County | Richard Nixon+645 | 2,47552.2% | 1,83038.6% | 4399.3% | 4,744 |
| Shawano County | Richard Nixon+4,842 | 8,44463.8% | 3,60227.2% | 1,1999.1% | 13,245 |
| Sheboygan County | Hubert Humphrey+2,406 | 17,76444.9% | 20,17050.9% | 1,6684.2% | 39,602 |
| St. Croix County | Hubert Humphrey+212 | 6,59546.6% | 6,80748.1% | 7465.3% | 14,148 |
| Taylor County | Richard Nixon+133 | 3,04344.0% | 2,91042.0% | 96914.0% | 6,922 |
| Trempealeau County | Richard Nixon+890 | 4,86150.7% | 3,97141.4% | 7577.9% | 9,589 |
| Vernon County | Richard Nixon+2,158 | 5,82455.2% | 3,66634.7% | 1,06510.1% | 10,555 |
| Vilas County | Richard Nixon+1,541 | 3,33958.1% | 1,79831.3% | 60810.6% | 5,745 |
| Walworth County | Richard Nixon+7,535 | 15,04061.9% | 7,50530.9% | 1,7707.3% | 24,315 |
| Washburn County | Richard Nixon+152 | 2,42547.6% | 2,27344.6% | 3937.7% | 5,091 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+4,335 | 12,43955.0% | 8,10435.8% | 2,0889.2% | 22,631 |
| Waukesha County | Richard Nixon+15,610 | 47,55755.0% | 31,94736.9% | 7,0008.1% | 86,504 |
| Waupaca County | Richard Nixon+6,628 | 10,60667.1% | 3,97825.2% | 1,2157.7% | 15,799 |
| Waushara County | Richard Nixon+2,535 | 4,18765.4% | 1,65225.8% | 5688.9% | 6,407 |
| Winnebago County | Richard Nixon+6,756 | 25,36153.8% | 18,60539.5% | 3,1386.7% | 47,104 |
| Wood County | Richard Nixon+874 | 11,79548.3% | 10,92144.7% | 1,7117.0% | 24,427 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Wisconsin's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.7% |
| 1896 | −22.9% |
| 1900 | −24.1% |
| 1904 | −35.2% |
| 1908 | −17.8% |
| 1912 | +8.4% |
| 1916 | −6.6% |
| 1920 | −54.9% |
| 1924 | −29.0% |
| 1928 | −9.2% |
| 1932 | +32.3% |
| 1936 | +33.5% |
| 1940 | +1.8% |
| 1944 | −1.8% |
| 1948 | +4.4% |
| 1952 | −22.2% |
| 1956 | −23.7% |
| 1960 | −3.7% |
| 1964 | +24.3% |
| 1968 | −3.6% |
| 1972 | −9.7% |
| 1976 | +1.7% |
| 1980 | −4.7% |
| 1984 | −9.2% |
| 1988 | +3.6% |
| 1992 | +4.4% |
| 1996 | +10.3% |
| 2000 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | +13.9% |
| 2012 | +6.9% |
| 2016 | −0.8% |
| 2020 | +0.6% |
| 2024 | −0.9% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.