Minnesota — 1968 presidential election
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Akashicstate1968 presidential electionMinnesota · PresidentHumphreyD+12.5
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Hubert Humphrey ✓Democratic | 54.0% | 857,738 |
|---|---|---|
| Richard NixonRepublican | 41.5% | 658,643 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.5% | 72,125 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
87 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Minnesota cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (87 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County, MN | Democratic | D+14.8 |
| Anoka County, MN | Democratic | D+28.5 |
| Becker County, MN | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Beltrami County, MN | Democratic | D+11.7 |
| Benton County, MN | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Big Stone County, MN | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Blue Earth County, MN | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Brown County, MN | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Carlton County, MN | Democratic | D+45.9 |
| Carver County, MN | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Cass County, MN | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Chippewa County, MN | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Chisago County, MN | Democratic | D+13.7 |
| Clay County, MN | Democratic | D+0.5 |
| Clearwater County, MN | Democratic | D+21.4 |
| Cook County, MN | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Cottonwood County, MN | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Crow Wing County, MN | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Dakota County, MN | Democratic | D+18.3 |
| Dodge County, MN | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Douglas County, MN | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Faribault County, MN | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Fillmore County, MN | Republican | R+22.1 |
| Freeborn County, MN | Democratic | D+8.2 |
| Goodhue County, MN | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Grant County, MN | Democratic | D+1.3 |
| Hennepin County, MN | Democratic | D+12.3 |
| Houston County, MN | Republican | R+22.7 |
| Hubbard County, MN | Republican | R+16.2 |
| Isanti County, MN | Democratic | D+15.9 |
| Itasca County, MN | Democratic | D+34.6 |
| Jackson County, MN | Democratic | D+9.3 |
| Kanabec County, MN | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Kandiyohi County, MN | Democratic | D+19.1 |
| Kittson County, MN | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Koochiching County, MN | Democratic | D+36.4 |
| Lac qui Parle County, MN | Democratic | D+4.5 |
| Lake County, MN | Democratic | D+49.5 |
| Lake of the Woods County, MN | Democratic | D+17.2 |
| Le Sueur County, MN | Democratic | D+9.4 |
| Lincoln County, MN | Democratic | D+9.4 |
| Lyon County, MN | Democratic | D+9.9 |
| Mahnomen County, MN | Democratic | D+23.6 |
| Marshall County, MN | Democratic | D+13.3 |
| Martin County, MN | Republican | R+23.8 |
| McLeod County, MN | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Meeker County, MN | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Mille Lacs County, MN | Democratic | D+7.3 |
| Morrison County, MN | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Mower County, MN | Democratic | D+16.9 |
| Murray County, MN | Republican | R+4.1 |
| Nicollet County, MN | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Nobles County, MN | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Norman County, MN | Democratic | D+16.9 |
| Olmsted County, MN | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Otter Tail County, MN | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Pennington County, MN | Democratic | D+13.7 |
| Pine County, MN | Democratic | D+20.4 |
| Pipestone County, MN | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Polk County, MN | Democratic | D+15.2 |
| Pope County, MN | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Ramsey County, MN | Democratic | D+29.9 |
| Red Lake County, MN | Democratic | D+32.3 |
| Redwood County, MN | Republican | R+15.7 |
| Renville County, MN | Republican | R+2.9 |
| Rice County, MN | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Rock County, MN | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Roseau County, MN | Democratic | D+11.9 |
| Scott County, MN | Democratic | D+17.1 |
| Sherburne County, MN | Democratic | D+11.3 |
| Sibley County, MN | Republican | R+23.9 |
| St. Louis County, MN | Democratic | D+45.5 |
| Stearns County, MN | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| Steele County, MN | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Stevens County, MN | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Swift County, MN | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Todd County, MN | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Traverse County, MN | Democratic | D+12.7 |
| Wabasha County, MN | Republican | R+8.0 |
| Wadena County, MN | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Waseca County, MN | Republican | R+16.2 |
| Washington County, MN | Democratic | D+19.1 |
| Watonwan County, MN | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Wilkin County, MN | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Winona County, MN | Democratic | D+3.6 |
| Wright County, MN | Democratic | D+15.7 |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN | Democratic | D+7.5 |
Minnesota results by county
87 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County | Hubert Humphrey+840 | 3,09454.7% | 2,25439.8% | 3095.5% | 5,657 |
| Anoka County | Hubert Humphrey+14,298 | 30,65661.1% | 16,35832.6% | 3,1206.2% | 50,134 |
| Becker County | Hubert Humphrey+147 | 4,87547.8% | 4,72846.4% | 5935.8% | 10,196 |
| Beltrami County | Hubert Humphrey+1,122 | 5,03452.6% | 3,91240.9% | 6196.5% | 9,565 |
| Benton County | Hubert Humphrey+552 | 4,02250.2% | 3,47043.3% | 5246.5% | 8,016 |
| Big Stone County | Hubert Humphrey+474 | 2,11953.7% | 1,64541.7% | 1824.6% | 3,946 |
| Blue Earth County | Richard Nixon+317 | 9,25447.4% | 9,57149.0% | 7123.6% | 19,537 |
| Brown County | Richard Nixon+2,454 | 4,58537.1% | 7,03957.0% | 7265.9% | 12,350 |
| Carlton County | Hubert Humphrey+5,522 | 8,53871.0% | 3,01625.1% | 4643.9% | 12,018 |
| Carver County | Richard Nixon+2,059 | 4,59039.0% | 6,64956.4% | 5414.6% | 11,780 |
| Cass County | Richard Nixon+319 | 3,56944.9% | 3,88848.9% | 4936.2% | 7,950 |
| Chippewa County | Hubert Humphrey+506 | 3,70151.8% | 3,19544.7% | 2513.5% | 7,147 |
| Chisago County | Hubert Humphrey+1,049 | 4,10253.6% | 3,05339.9% | 4966.5% | 7,651 |
| Clay County | Hubert Humphrey+77 | 7,98748.2% | 7,91047.8% | 6634.0% | 16,560 |
| Clearwater County | Hubert Humphrey+762 | 2,04657.5% | 1,28436.1% | 2316.5% | 3,561 |
| Cook County | Richard Nixon+76 | 77744.9% | 85349.3% | 995.7% | 1,729 |
| Cottonwood County | Richard Nixon+1,004 | 3,04641.2% | 4,05054.8% | 2954.0% | 7,391 |
| Crow Wing County | Hubert Humphrey+724 | 7,41150.1% | 6,68745.2% | 6974.7% | 14,795 |
| Dakota County | Hubert Humphrey+9,126 | 28,41656.9% | 19,29038.7% | 2,2024.4% | 49,908 |
| Dodge County | Richard Nixon+627 | 2,43742.7% | 3,06453.7% | 2083.6% | 5,709 |
| Douglas County | Richard Nixon+638 | 4,82644.5% | 5,46450.4% | 5495.1% | 10,839 |
| Faribault County | Richard Nixon+1,327 | 4,33541.7% | 5,66254.5% | 3873.7% | 10,384 |
| Fillmore County | Richard Nixon+2,339 | 3,91836.9% | 6,25759.0% | 4324.1% | 10,607 |
| Freeborn County | Hubert Humphrey+1,356 | 8,67152.4% | 7,31544.2% | 5773.5% | 16,563 |
| Goodhue County | Richard Nixon+1,063 | 7,22045.2% | 8,28351.9% | 4612.9% | 15,964 |
| Grant County | Hubert Humphrey+53 | 1,98248.4% | 1,92947.1% | 1844.5% | 4,095 |
| Hennepin County | Hubert Humphrey+50,076 | 220,07854.1% | 170,00241.8% | 16,9444.2% | 407,024 |
| Houston County | Richard Nixon+1,747 | 2,70335.2% | 4,45057.9% | 5286.9% | 7,681 |
| Hubbard County | Richard Nixon+800 | 1,92038.8% | 2,72054.9% | 3106.3% | 4,950 |
| Isanti County | Hubert Humphrey+1,010 | 3,43954.3% | 2,42938.3% | 4697.4% | 6,337 |
| Itasca County | Hubert Humphrey+5,614 | 10,51264.9% | 4,89830.2% | 7964.9% | 16,206 |
| Jackson County | Hubert Humphrey+629 | 3,51552.0% | 2,88642.7% | 3655.4% | 6,766 |
| Kanabec County | Hubert Humphrey+307 | 2,15450.7% | 1,84743.5% | 2475.8% | 4,248 |
| Kandiyohi County | Hubert Humphrey+2,553 | 7,63957.0% | 5,08638.0% | 6755.0% | 13,400 |
| Kittson County | Hubert Humphrey+458 | 1,89453.9% | 1,43640.9% | 1835.2% | 3,513 |
| Koochiching County | Hubert Humphrey+2,593 | 4,69766.0% | 2,10429.6% | 3154.4% | 7,116 |
| Lac qui Parle County | Hubert Humphrey+265 | 2,93750.4% | 2,67245.8% | 2193.8% | 5,828 |
| Lake County | Hubert Humphrey+2,915 | 4,26672.4% | 1,35122.9% | 2744.7% | 5,891 |
| Lake of the Woods County | Hubert Humphrey+268 | 87556.2% | 60739.0% | 764.9% | 1,558 |
| Le Sueur County | Hubert Humphrey+905 | 5,09453.2% | 4,18943.7% | 2983.1% | 9,581 |
| Lincoln County | Hubert Humphrey+377 | 2,10952.3% | 1,73243.0% | 1894.7% | 4,030 |
| Lyon County | Hubert Humphrey+986 | 5,31753.4% | 4,33143.5% | 3183.2% | 9,966 |
| Mahnomen County | Hubert Humphrey+615 | 1,50857.9% | 89334.3% | 2047.8% | 2,605 |
| Marshall County | Hubert Humphrey+794 | 3,16153.1% | 2,36739.7% | 4287.2% | 5,956 |
| Martin County | Richard Nixon+2,844 | 4,27135.7% | 7,11559.4% | 5874.9% | 11,973 |
| McLeod County | Richard Nixon+1,758 | 4,86140.3% | 6,61954.9% | 5844.8% | 12,064 |
| Meeker County | Hubert Humphrey+169 | 4,21348.4% | 4,04446.5% | 4475.1% | 8,704 |
| Mille Lacs County | Hubert Humphrey+504 | 3,49450.7% | 2,99043.4% | 4065.9% | 6,890 |
| Morrison County | Hubert Humphrey+1,600 | 6,11154.3% | 4,51140.1% | 6345.6% | 11,256 |
| Mower County | Hubert Humphrey+3,286 | 11,02256.6% | 7,73639.7% | 7283.7% | 19,486 |
| Murray County | Richard Nixon+244 | 2,66245.2% | 2,90649.4% | 3205.4% | 5,888 |
| Nicollet County | Richard Nixon+427 | 4,24446.0% | 4,67150.6% | 3193.5% | 9,234 |
| Nobles County | Hubert Humphrey+720 | 5,17151.2% | 4,45144.0% | 4854.8% | 10,107 |
| Norman County | Hubert Humphrey+847 | 2,82856.4% | 1,98139.5% | 2034.1% | 5,012 |
| Olmsted County | Richard Nixon+3,875 | 13,41742.1% | 17,29254.3% | 1,1313.6% | 31,840 |
| Otter Tail County | Richard Nixon+5,083 | 7,40035.7% | 12,48360.3% | 8184.0% | 20,701 |
| Pennington County | Hubert Humphrey+751 | 2,99854.9% | 2,24741.1% | 2204.0% | 5,465 |
| Pine County | Hubert Humphrey+1,453 | 4,04456.8% | 2,59136.4% | 4826.8% | 7,117 |
| Pipestone County | Richard Nixon+1,007 | 2,23438.9% | 3,24156.5% | 2634.6% | 5,738 |
| Polk County | Hubert Humphrey+2,306 | 8,38055.2% | 6,07440.0% | 7154.7% | 15,169 |
| Pope County | Hubert Humphrey+88 | 2,59248.3% | 2,50446.6% | 2725.1% | 5,368 |
| Ramsey County | Hubert Humphrey+58,500 | 122,56862.6% | 64,06832.7% | 9,0204.6% | 195,656 |
| Red Lake County | Hubert Humphrey+749 | 1,46763.3% | 71831.0% | 1335.7% | 2,318 |
| Redwood County | Richard Nixon+1,454 | 3,68039.6% | 5,13455.3% | 4715.1% | 9,285 |
| Renville County | Richard Nixon+286 | 4,53545.8% | 4,82148.7% | 5505.6% | 9,906 |
| Rice County | Hubert Humphrey+748 | 7,78550.8% | 7,03745.9% | 4973.2% | 15,319 |
| Rock County | Richard Nixon+972 | 2,08438.8% | 3,05656.9% | 2344.4% | 5,374 |
| Roseau County | Hubert Humphrey+601 | 2,64952.6% | 2,04840.7% | 3386.7% | 5,035 |
| Scott County | Hubert Humphrey+2,024 | 6,65656.2% | 4,63239.1% | 5494.6% | 11,837 |
| Sherburne County | Hubert Humphrey+744 | 3,48152.8% | 2,73741.5% | 3755.7% | 6,593 |
| Sibley County | Richard Nixon+1,710 | 2,54035.5% | 4,25059.4% | 3645.1% | 7,154 |
| St. Louis County | Hubert Humphrey+46,286 | 72,26771.0% | 25,98125.5% | 3,5493.5% | 101,797 |
| Stearns County | Hubert Humphrey+568 | 15,99047.6% | 15,42245.9% | 2,1686.5% | 33,580 |
| Steele County | Richard Nixon+1,562 | 4,63141.4% | 6,19355.3% | 3663.3% | 11,190 |
| Stevens County | Richard Nixon+313 | 2,24744.4% | 2,56050.6% | 2555.0% | 5,062 |
| Swift County | Hubert Humphrey+1,240 | 3,71657.6% | 2,47638.4% | 2594.0% | 6,451 |
| Todd County | Richard Nixon+891 | 3,99242.2% | 4,88351.6% | 5856.2% | 9,460 |
| Traverse County | Hubert Humphrey+392 | 1,66954.1% | 1,27741.4% | 1384.5% | 3,084 |
| Wabasha County | Richard Nixon+629 | 3,45243.8% | 4,08151.7% | 3534.5% | 7,886 |
| Wadena County | Richard Nixon+714 | 2,19840.8% | 2,91254.1% | 2765.1% | 5,386 |
| Waseca County | Richard Nixon+1,235 | 3,05740.2% | 4,29256.4% | 2563.4% | 7,605 |
| Washington County | Hubert Humphrey+5,528 | 16,44956.8% | 10,92137.7% | 1,5845.5% | 28,954 |
| Watonwan County | Richard Nixon+745 | 2,70142.0% | 3,44653.6% | 2864.4% | 6,433 |
| Wilkin County | Richard Nixon+91 | 1,94646.7% | 2,03748.9% | 1824.4% | 4,165 |
| Winona County | Hubert Humphrey+629 | 8,62749.5% | 7,99845.9% | 8184.7% | 17,443 |
| Wright County | Hubert Humphrey+2,472 | 8,79355.8% | 6,32140.1% | 6394.1% | 15,753 |
| Yellow Medicine County | Hubert Humphrey+527 | 3,58750.8% | 3,06043.3% | 4135.8% | 7,060 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Minnesota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −8.3% |
| 1896 | −15.7% |
| 1900 | −24.5% |
| 1904 | −55.1% |
| 1908 | −26.2% |
| 1912 | +12.6% |
| 1916 | −0.1% |
| 1920 | −51.2% |
| 1924 | −44.4% |
| 1928 | −16.9% |
| 1932 | +23.6% |
| 1936 | +30.8% |
| 1940 | +3.8% |
| 1944 | +5.5% |
| 1948 | +17.3% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −7.6% |
| 1960 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | +27.8% |
| 1968 | +12.5% |
| 1972 | −5.5% |
| 1976 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | +3.9% |
| 1984 | +0.2% |
| 1988 | +7.0% |
| 1992 | +11.6% |
| 1996 | +16.1% |
| 2000 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | +10.2% |
| 2012 | +7.7% |
| 2016 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | +4.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.