Indiana — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentNixonR+12.3
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 50.3% | 1,067,885 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 38.0% | 806,659 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 11.7% | 249,053 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 13 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Blackford County, IN | Republican | R+2.4 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Brown County, IN | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Cass County, IN | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Clark County, IN | Democratic | D+4.4 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+15.1 |
| Crawford County, IN | Republican | R+13.9 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+19.0 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Delaware County, IN | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Dubois County, IN | Democratic | D+6.3 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+24.3 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Floyd County, IN | Democratic | D+4.0 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Franklin County, IN | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+30.5 |
| Gibson County, IN | Republican | R+5.4 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+45.9 |
| Hancock County, IN | Republican | R+27.0 |
| Harrison County, IN | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+35.4 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+16.2 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Jackson County, IN | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+33.9 |
| Jay County, IN | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Johnson County, IN | Republican | R+29.1 |
| Knox County, IN | Republican | R+6.0 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+36.9 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Lake County, IN | Democratic | D+10.3 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Madison County, IN | Republican | R+8.2 |
| Marion County, IN | Republican | R+15.0 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Martin County, IN | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Monroe County, IN | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+30.4 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+33.2 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Ohio County, IN | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+17.8 |
| Perry County, IN | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Pike County, IN | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Porter County, IN | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Posey County, IN | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Putnam County, IN | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+25.9 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Scott County, IN | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Shelby County, IN | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Spencer County, IN | Republican | R+9.3 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Democratic | D+0.3 |
| Starke County, IN | Republican | R+9.6 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Republican | R+1.4 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Democratic | D+2.8 |
| Vigo County, IN | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Washington County, IN | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Wells County, IN | Republican | R+15.2 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+17.2 |
Indiana results by county
92 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+1,107 | 5,77451.3% | 4,66741.5% | 8187.3% | 11,259 |
| Allen County | Richard Nixon+18,800 | 59,21154.3% | 40,41137.1% | 9,3328.6% | 108,954 |
| Bartholomew County | Richard Nixon+5,360 | 13,62855.8% | 8,26833.9% | 2,52810.4% | 24,424 |
| Benton County | Richard Nixon+1,472 | 3,32659.5% | 1,85433.2% | 4067.3% | 5,586 |
| Blackford County | Richard Nixon+154 | 3,05246.9% | 2,89844.6% | 5548.5% | 6,504 |
| Boone County | Richard Nixon+3,787 | 7,90559.0% | 4,11830.7% | 1,38410.3% | 13,407 |
| Brown County | Richard Nixon+554 | 1,88149.4% | 1,32734.9% | 59915.7% | 3,807 |
| Carroll County | Richard Nixon+1,980 | 4,79656.2% | 2,81633.0% | 92310.8% | 8,535 |
| Cass County | Richard Nixon+2,299 | 9,44151.5% | 7,14239.0% | 1,7359.5% | 18,318 |
| Clark County | Hubert Humphrey+1,188 | 10,30538.3% | 11,49342.7% | 5,08818.9% | 26,886 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+1,787 | 5,74350.8% | 3,95635.0% | 1,59914.2% | 11,298 |
| Clinton County | Richard Nixon+2,215 | 7,92953.9% | 5,71438.9% | 1,0647.2% | 14,707 |
| Crawford County | Richard Nixon+596 | 2,13249.8% | 1,53635.9% | 61214.3% | 4,280 |
| Daviess County | Richard Nixon+2,965 | 7,03656.8% | 4,07132.8% | 1,28610.4% | 12,393 |
| Dearborn County | Richard Nixon+1,366 | 6,20848.7% | 4,84237.9% | 1,71013.4% | 12,760 |
| Decatur County | Richard Nixon+1,872 | 5,47455.7% | 3,60236.6% | 7577.7% | 9,833 |
| DeKalb County | Richard Nixon+2,860 | 7,65056.9% | 4,79035.6% | 9987.4% | 13,438 |
| Delaware County | Richard Nixon+4,022 | 23,55447.6% | 19,53239.4% | 6,43713.0% | 49,523 |
| Dubois County | Hubert Humphrey+860 | 5,86543.2% | 6,72549.6% | 9737.2% | 13,563 |
| Elkhart County | Richard Nixon+10,262 | 24,48457.9% | 14,22233.6% | 3,5838.5% | 42,289 |
| Fayette County | Richard Nixon+737 | 5,28646.9% | 4,54940.4% | 1,43112.7% | 11,266 |
| Floyd County | Hubert Humphrey+957 | 9,71441.0% | 10,67145.0% | 3,31614.0% | 23,701 |
| Fountain County | Richard Nixon+1,873 | 5,11053.0% | 3,23733.6% | 1,29013.4% | 9,637 |
| Franklin County | Richard Nixon+1,082 | 3,46852.3% | 2,38636.0% | 78011.8% | 6,634 |
| Fulton County | Richard Nixon+2,584 | 5,14560.7% | 2,56130.2% | 7689.1% | 8,474 |
| Gibson County | Richard Nixon+868 | 7,64547.9% | 6,77742.5% | 1,5359.6% | 15,957 |
| Grant County | Richard Nixon+5,232 | 16,17052.5% | 10,93835.5% | 3,71812.1% | 30,826 |
| Greene County | Richard Nixon+1,032 | 6,52548.4% | 5,49340.7% | 1,47310.9% | 13,491 |
| Hamilton County | Richard Nixon+9,664 | 14,25067.6% | 4,58621.8% | 2,23310.6% | 21,069 |
| Hancock County | Richard Nixon+3,614 | 7,51656.2% | 3,90229.2% | 1,94814.6% | 13,366 |
| Harrison County | Richard Nixon+685 | 4,41045.3% | 3,72538.3% | 1,59616.4% | 9,731 |
| Hendricks County | Richard Nixon+7,442 | 12,59759.9% | 5,15524.5% | 3,28015.6% | 21,032 |
| Henry County | Richard Nixon+3,581 | 11,62652.6% | 8,04536.4% | 2,42611.0% | 22,097 |
| Howard County | Richard Nixon+4,879 | 15,90550.4% | 11,02634.9% | 4,63514.7% | 31,566 |
| Huntington County | Richard Nixon+2,764 | 9,00254.5% | 6,23837.8% | 1,2837.8% | 16,523 |
| Jackson County | Richard Nixon+2,570 | 7,71052.0% | 5,14034.7% | 1,97113.3% | 14,821 |
| Jasper County | Richard Nixon+2,795 | 4,99660.5% | 2,20126.7% | 1,05512.8% | 8,252 |
| Jay County | Richard Nixon+1,170 | 5,46051.0% | 4,29040.1% | 9558.9% | 10,705 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+1,096 | 5,73149.3% | 4,63539.9% | 1,25710.8% | 11,623 |
| Jennings County | Richard Nixon+1,420 | 4,41651.1% | 2,99634.7% | 1,22814.2% | 8,640 |
| Johnson County | Richard Nixon+6,143 | 12,08957.3% | 5,94628.2% | 3,07614.6% | 21,111 |
| Knox County | Richard Nixon+1,072 | 8,36947.0% | 7,29741.0% | 2,15212.1% | 17,818 |
| Kosciusko County | Richard Nixon+7,291 | 12,63364.0% | 5,34227.1% | 1,7699.0% | 19,744 |
| LaGrange County | Richard Nixon+1,637 | 3,32861.5% | 1,69131.3% | 3897.2% | 5,408 |
| Lake County | Hubert Humphrey+21,986 | 77,91136.5% | 99,89746.8% | 35,76616.7% | 213,574 |
| LaPorte County | Richard Nixon+4,515 | 20,29549.8% | 15,78038.7% | 4,70811.5% | 40,783 |
| Lawrence County | Richard Nixon+3,481 | 8,83054.3% | 5,34932.9% | 2,06912.7% | 16,248 |
| Madison County | Richard Nixon+4,840 | 28,72648.4% | 23,88640.2% | 6,75611.4% | 59,368 |
| Marion County | Richard Nixon+46,788 | 162,50352.3% | 115,71537.2% | 32,70410.5% | 310,922 |
| Marshall County | Richard Nixon+3,905 | 9,29056.7% | 5,38532.8% | 1,71910.5% | 16,394 |
| Martin County | Richard Nixon+197 | 2,51246.2% | 2,31542.6% | 60811.2% | 5,435 |
| Miami County | Richard Nixon+2,276 | 7,29553.4% | 5,01936.8% | 1,3419.8% | 13,655 |
| Monroe County | Richard Nixon+2,963 | 13,75250.8% | 10,78939.8% | 2,5399.4% | 27,080 |
| Montgomery County | Richard Nixon+4,333 | 9,08559.9% | 4,75231.3% | 1,3388.8% | 15,175 |
| Morgan County | Richard Nixon+4,902 | 8,94455.4% | 4,04225.1% | 3,14419.5% | 16,130 |
| Newton County | Richard Nixon+1,692 | 3,14561.8% | 1,45328.5% | 4959.7% | 5,093 |
| Noble County | Richard Nixon+1,624 | 6,69951.3% | 5,07538.9% | 1,2729.8% | 13,046 |
| Ohio County | Richard Nixon+62 | 1,05346.0% | 99143.3% | 24310.6% | 2,287 |
| Orange County | Richard Nixon+1,748 | 4,66654.8% | 2,91834.3% | 92810.9% | 8,512 |
| Owen County | Richard Nixon+966 | 2,89851.6% | 1,93234.4% | 78814.0% | 5,618 |
| Parke County | Richard Nixon+1,266 | 3,73852.5% | 2,47234.7% | 91412.8% | 7,124 |
| Perry County | Hubert Humphrey+132 | 4,21146.2% | 4,34347.7% | 5546.1% | 9,108 |
| Pike County | Richard Nixon+134 | 3,08745.4% | 2,95343.4% | 76211.2% | 6,802 |
| Porter County | Richard Nixon+8,414 | 17,32853.2% | 8,91427.4% | 6,34019.5% | 32,582 |
| Posey County | Richard Nixon+1,156 | 5,04549.7% | 3,88938.3% | 1,21612.0% | 10,150 |
| Pulaski County | Richard Nixon+1,290 | 3,36154.8% | 2,07133.8% | 70111.4% | 6,133 |
| Putnam County | Richard Nixon+2,181 | 5,87351.5% | 3,69232.4% | 1,84516.2% | 11,410 |
| Randolph County | Richard Nixon+3,276 | 7,23857.1% | 3,96231.3% | 1,46711.6% | 12,667 |
| Ripley County | Richard Nixon+1,602 | 5,38951.8% | 3,78736.4% | 1,22311.8% | 10,399 |
| Rush County | Richard Nixon+2,368 | 5,00459.4% | 2,63631.3% | 7819.3% | 8,421 |
| Scott County | Hubert Humphrey+125 | 2,67142.6% | 2,79644.6% | 80012.8% | 6,267 |
| Shelby County | Richard Nixon+3,157 | 8,57452.8% | 5,41733.4% | 2,23513.8% | 16,226 |
| Spencer County | Richard Nixon+836 | 4,60351.2% | 3,76741.9% | 6236.9% | 8,993 |
| St. Joseph County | Hubert Humphrey+300 | 47,11444.1% | 47,41444.4% | 12,33611.5% | 106,864 |
| Starke County | Richard Nixon+803 | 4,01147.9% | 3,20838.4% | 1,14613.7% | 8,365 |
| Steuben County | Richard Nixon+2,494 | 4,76262.5% | 2,26829.8% | 5887.7% | 7,618 |
| Sullivan County | Hubert Humphrey+187 | 4,26643.2% | 4,45345.1% | 1,15511.7% | 9,874 |
| Switzerland County | Richard Nixon+49 | 1,51544.1% | 1,46642.6% | 45713.3% | 3,438 |
| Tippecanoe County | Richard Nixon+9,824 | 24,35259.4% | 14,52835.5% | 2,0885.1% | 40,968 |
| Tipton County | Richard Nixon+1,624 | 4,27054.7% | 2,64633.9% | 88611.4% | 7,802 |
| Union County | Richard Nixon+771 | 1,69156.0% | 92030.5% | 40813.5% | 3,019 |
| Vanderburgh County | Richard Nixon+6,905 | 38,23149.3% | 31,32640.4% | 8,02010.3% | 77,577 |
| Vermillion County | Hubert Humphrey+238 | 3,60741.8% | 3,84544.5% | 1,18513.7% | 8,637 |
| Vigo County | Richard Nixon+486 | 20,81444.6% | 20,32843.6% | 5,52211.8% | 46,664 |
| Wabash County | Richard Nixon+4,013 | 8,61161.1% | 4,59832.6% | 8926.3% | 14,101 |
| Warren County | Richard Nixon+1,100 | 2,47557.0% | 1,37531.7% | 49211.3% | 4,342 |
| Warrick County | Richard Nixon+958 | 5,74247.5% | 4,78439.6% | 1,55512.9% | 12,081 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+955 | 3,89148.6% | 2,93636.7% | 1,17714.7% | 8,004 |
| Wayne County | Richard Nixon+6,649 | 17,33553.7% | 10,68633.1% | 4,28713.3% | 32,308 |
| Wells County | Richard Nixon+1,534 | 5,36153.1% | 3,82737.9% | 9139.0% | 10,101 |
| White County | Richard Nixon+2,537 | 5,93257.6% | 3,39532.9% | 9789.5% | 10,305 |
| Whitley County | Richard Nixon+1,836 | 5,68453.3% | 3,84836.1% | 1,13910.7% | 10,671 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.