1968 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

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Election Name:	1968 United States presidential election in Iowa
Country:	Iowa
Flag Image:	Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1964 United States presidential election in Iowa
Previous Year:	1964
Next Election:	1972 United States presidential election in Iowa
Next Year:	1972
Election Date:	November 5, 1968^[1]
Image1:	Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Richard Nixon
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Spiro Agnew
Electoral Vote1:	9
Popular Vote1:	619,106
Percentage1:	53.01%
Nominee2:	Hubert Humphrey
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Minnesota
Running Mate2:	Edmund Muskie
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	476,699
Percentage2:	40.82%
Nominee3:	George Wallace
Image3:	George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg
Party3:	American Independent Party
Colour3:	ff9955
Home State3:	Alabama
Running Mate3:	S. Marvin Griffin
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	66,422
Percentage3:	5.69%
Map Size:	312px
President
Before Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Richard Nixon
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1968 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose nine^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by the Republican candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon, with 53.01 percent of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate, former Senator and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with 40.82 percent. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace performed decently, finishing with 5.69 percent of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}

Nixon's victory was the first of five consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Iowa would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Michael Dukakis in 1988, after which it leaned Democrat until 2016, although George W. Bush narrowly won the state over John Kerry in 2004.

Results

Results by county

County^[5]	Richard Nixon Republican		Hubert Humphrey Democratic		George Wallace American Independent		Fred Halstead Nominated By Petition		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		2,789		60.82%		1,559		33.99%		234		5.10%		1		0.02%		3		0.07%		1,230		26.83%		4,586
	Adams		1,868		59.72%		993		31.75%		260		8.31%		6		0.19%		1		0.03%		875		27.97%		3,128
	Allamakee		4,449		62.57%		2,245		31.58%		407		5.72%		6		0.08%		3		0.04%		2,204		30.99%		7,110
	Appanoose		3,497		49.58%		3,005		42.61%		540		7.66%		4		0.06%		7		0.10%		492		6.97%		7,053
	Audubon		2,592		57.55%		1,710		37.97%		198		4.40%		3		0.07%		1		0.02%		882		19.58%		4,504
	Benton		5,016		52.06%		3,944		40.93%		602		6.25%		48		0.50%		25		0.26%		1,072		11.13%		9,635
	Black Hawk		25,594		51.65%		21,097		42.57%		2,621		5.29%		121		0.24%		121		0.24%		4,497		9.08%		49,554
	Boone		5,260		47.40%		5,219		47.03%		562		5.06%		35		0.32%		20		0.18%		41		0.37%		11,096
	Bremer		5,604		65.75%		2,481		29.11%		423		4.96%		2		0.02%		13		0.15%		3,123		36.64%		8,523
	Buchanan		4,541		52.35%		3,670		42.31%		454		5.23%		3		0.03%		6		0.07%		871		10.04%		8,674
	Buena Vista		5,599		61.87%		3,051		33.71%		386		4.27%		4		0.04%		10		0.11%		2,548		28.16%		9,050
	Butler		4,651		70.59%		1,673		25.39%		252		3.82%		5		0.08%		8		0.12%		2,978		45.20%		6,589
	Calhoun		3,715		57.53%		2,361		36.56%		335		5.19%		32		0.50%		15		0.23%		1,354		20.97%		6,458
	Carroll		3,927		42.68%		4,809		52.26%		412		4.48%		41		0.45%		13		0.14%		-882		-9.58%		9,202
	Cass		5,223		67.30%		2,136		27.52%		369		4.75%		14		0.18%		19		0.24%		3,087		39.78%		7,761
	Cedar		4,494		59.02%		2,675		35.13%		438		5.75%		1		0.01%		6		0.08%		1,819		23.89%		7,614
	Cerro Gordo		10,661		52.49%		8,554		42.12%		1,036		5.10%		22		0.11%		37		0.18%		2,107		10.37%		20,310
	Cherokee		4,436		59.18%		2,705		36.09%		340		4.54%		3		0.04%		12		0.16%		1,731		23.09%		7,496
	Chickasaw		3,510		51.89%		2,966		43.85%		286		4.23%		1		0.01%		1		0.01%		544		8.04%		6,764
	Clarke		2,059		51.48%		1,655		41.38%		286		7.15%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		404		10.10%		4,000
	Clay		4,325		56.70%		2,840		37.23%		369		4.84%		83		1.09%		11		0.14%		1,485		19.47%		7,628
	Clayton		5,132		57.81%		3,168		35.68%		541		6.09%		19		0.21%		18		0.20%		1,964		22.13%		8,878
	Clinton		11,513		51.92%		9,515		42.91%		1,059		4.78%		45		0.20%		43		0.19%		1,998		9.01%		22,175
	Crawford		4,287		55.36%		2,851		36.82%		539		6.96%		43		0.56%		24		0.31%		1,436		18.54%		7,744
	Dallas		5,549		49.16%		5,062		44.85%		640		5.67%		21		0.19%		15		0.13%		487		4.31%		11,287
	Davis		2,016		47.12%		1,904		44.51%		355		8.30%		3		0.07%		0		0.00%		112		2.61%		4,278
	Decatur		2,261		49.28%		2,057		44.83%		262		5.71%		5		0.11%		3		0.07%		204		4.45%		4,588
	Delaware		4,650		59.39%		2,760		35.25%		412		5.26%		3		0.04%		4		0.05%		1,890		24.14%		7,829
	Des Moines		8,452		42.30%		10,164		50.87%		1,318		6.60%		7		0.04%		38		0.19%		-1,712		-8.57%		19,979
	Dickinson		3,472		56.45%		2,286		37.16%		281		4.57%		99		1.61%		13		0.21%		1,186		19.29%		6,151
	Dubuque		14,197		40.72%		18,664		53.54%		1,701		4.88%		188		0.54%		113		0.32%		-4,467		-12.82%		34,863
	Emmet		3,444		58.90%		2,163		36.99%		230		3.93%		8		0.14%		2		0.03%		1,281		21.91%		5,847
	Fayette		6,935		59.34%		4,098		35.06%		636		5.44%		8		0.07%		10		0.09%		2,837		24.28%		11,687
	Floyd		4,792		58.60%		2,971		36.33%		390		4.77%		11		0.13%		14		0.17%		1,821		22.27%		8,178
	Franklin		3,604		63.48%		1,777		31.30%		240		4.23%		45		0.79%		11		0.19%		1,827		32.18%		5,677
	Fremont		2,385		55.85%		1,484		34.75%		396		9.27%		3		0.07%		2		0.05%		901		21.10%		4,270
	Greene		3,208		55.93%		2,208		38.49%		269		4.69%		34		0.59%		17		0.30%		1,000		17.44%		5,736
	Grundy		4,866		71.14%		1,675		24.49%		290		4.24%		5		0.07%		4		0.06%		3,191		46.65%		6,840
	Guthrie		3,346		58.18%		2,063		35.87%		335		5.83%		4		0.07%		3		0.05%		1,283		22.31%		5,751
	Hamilton		4,607		57.58%		3,058		38.22%		301		3.76%		7		0.09%		28		0.35%		1,549		19.36%		8,001
	Hancock		3,544		59.57%		2,131		35.82%		249		4.19%		14		0.24%		11		0.18%		1,413		23.75%		5,949
	Hardin		5,308		58.11%		3,227		35.33%		407		4.46%		167		1.83%		25		0.27%		2,081		22.78%		9,134
	Harrison		3,867		56.66%		2,410		35.31%		540		7.91%		4		0.06%		4		0.06%		1,457		21.35%		6,825
	Henry		4,613		60.23%		2,532		33.06%		503		6.57%		3		0.04%		8		0.10%		2,081		27.17%		7,659
	Howard		3,141		53.90%		2,420		41.53%		253		4.34%		2		0.03%		11		0.19%		721		12.37%		5,827
	Humboldt		3,239		59.87%		1,940		35.86%		217		4.01%		8		0.15%		6		0.11%		1,299		24.01%		5,410
	Ida		2,753		62.21%		1,463		33.06%		208		4.70%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		1,290		29.15%		4,425
	Iowa		4,133		58.12%		2,586		36.37%		367		5.16%		17		0.24%		8		0.11%		1,547		21.75%		7,111
	Jackson		4,535		53.02%		3,413		39.90%		489		5.72%		87		1.02%		29		0.34%		1,122		13.12%		8,553
	Jasper		7,901		51.79%		6,556		42.98%		742		4.86%		23		0.15%		33		0.22%		1,345		8.81%		15,255
	Jefferson		4,130		59.52%		2,411		34.75%		377		5.43%		7		0.10%		14		0.20%		1,719		24.77%		6,939
	Johnson		11,384		43.88%		13,541		52.19%		736		2.84%		63		0.24%		220		0.85%		-2,157		-8.31%		25,944
	Jones		4,513		53.65%		3,415		40.60%		475		5.65%		3		0.04%		6		0.07%		1,098		13.05%		8,412
	Keokuk		3,588		53.26%		2,807		41.67%		332		4.93%		5		0.07%		5		0.07%		781		11.59%		6,737
	Kossuth		5,350		53.03%		4,392		43.53%		310		3.07%		23		0.23%		14		0.14%		958		9.50%		10,089
	Lee		8,883		49.25%		8,076		44.78%		1,052		5.83%		6		0.03%		19		0.11%		807		4.47%		18,036
	Linn		30,918		47.99%		29,898		46.40%		3,182		4.94%		232		0.36%		200		0.31%		1,020		1.59%		64,430
	Louisa		2,529		56.40%		1,632		36.40%		323		7.20%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		897		20.00%		4,484
	Lucas		2,543		53.18%		1,942		40.61%		290		6.06%		5		0.10%		2		0.04%		601		12.57%		4,782
	Lyon		4,195		72.91%		1,403		24.38%		151		2.62%		2		0.03%		3		0.05%		2,792		48.53%		5,754
	Madison		3,151		55.49%		2,192		38.60%		327		5.76%		2		0.04%		7		0.12%		959		16.89%		5,679
	Mahaska		5,670		56.87%		3,721		37.32%		420		4.21%		142		1.42%		17		0.17%		1,949		19.55%		9,970
	Marion		5,791		52.35%		4,618		41.75%		597		5.40%		32		0.29%		24		0.22%		1,173		10.60%		11,062
	Marshall		9,402		56.35%		6,362		38.13%		819		4.91%		56		0.34%		47		0.28%		3,040		18.22%		16,686
	Mills		2,916		62.41%		1,216		26.03%		532		11.39%		1		0.02%		7		0.15%		1,700		36.38%		4,672
	Mitchell		3,533		60.60%		2,103		36.07%		192		3.29%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		1,430		24.53%		5,830
	Monona		2,980		53.12%		2,184		38.93%		437		7.79%		4		0.07%		5		0.09%		796		14.19%		5,610
	Monroe		2,143		45.55%		2,240		47.61%		312		6.63%		6		0.13%		4		0.09%		-97		-2.06%		4,705
	Montgomery		4,155		64.11%		1,892		29.19%		425		6.56%		7		0.11%		2		0.03%		2,263		34.92%		6,481
	Muscatine		7,361		57.18%		4,726		36.71%		643		4.99%		115		0.89%		29		0.23%		2,635		20.47%		12,874
	O'Brien		5,594		69.34%		2,146		26.60%		322		3.99%		1		0.01%		5		0.06%		3,448		42.74%		8,068
	Osceola		2,516		61.34%		1,420		34.62%		164		4.00%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		1,096		26.72%		4,102
	Page		5,907		68.06%		2,128		24.52%		634		7.30%		1		0.01%		9		0.10%		3,779		43.54%		8,679
	Palo Alto		3,114		50.04%		2,874		46.18%		234		3.76%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		240		3.86%		6,223
	Plymouth		6,236		62.13%		3,234		32.22%		557		5.55%		6		0.06%		4		0.04%		3,002		29.91%		10,037
	Pocahontas		2,940		52.56%		2,364		42.26%		254		4.54%		22		0.39%		14		0.25%		576		10.30%		5,594
	Polk		51,814		45.14%		52,731		45.94%		9,524		8.30%		403		0.35%		312		0.27%		-917		-0.80%		114,784
	Pottawattamie		16,038		56.47%		9,495		33.43%		2,758		9.71%		59		0.21%		49		0.17%		6,543		23.04%		28,399
	Poweshiek		4,470		55.10%		3,250		40.06%		367		4.52%		8		0.10%		17		0.21%		1,220		15.04%		8,112
	Ringgold		1,986		57.05%		1,237		35.54%		256		7.35%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		749		21.51%		3,481
	Sac		4,182		62.64%		2,207		33.06%		280		4.19%		7		0.10%		0		0.00%		1,975		29.58%		6,676
	Scott		25,783		46.86%		24,596		44.71%		4,133		7.51%		377		0.69%		129		0.23%		1,187		2.15%		55,018
	Shelby		3,886		58.65%		2,365		35.69%		330		4.98%		26		0.39%		19		0.29%		1,521		22.96%		6,626
	Sioux		10,010		80.04%		2,181		17.44%		315		2.52%		1		0.01%		0		0.00%		7,829		62.60%		12,507
	Story		13,327		56.29%		9,456		39.94%		772		3.26%		60		0.25%		60		0.25%		3,871		16.35%		23,675
	Tama		4,955		53.55%		3,767		40.71%		494		5.34%		28		0.30%		9		0.10%		1,188		12.84%		9,253
	Taylor		2,765		59.64%		1,501		32.38%		368		7.94%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		1,264		27.26%		4,636
	Union		3,365		57.05%		2,137		36.23%		374		6.34%		13		0.22%		9		0.15%		1,228		20.82%		5,898
	Van Buren		2,294		59.29%		1,331		34.40%		237		6.13%		1		0.03%		6		0.16%		963		24.89%		3,869
	Wapello		7,825		41.96%		9,375		50.28%		1,355		7.27%		65		0.35%		27		0.14%		-1,550		-8.32%		18,647
	Warren		5,619		50.30%		4,613		41.29%		919		8.23%		3		0.03%		17		0.15%		1,006		9.01%		11,171
	Washington		4,899		61.68%		2,679		33.73%		349		4.39%		1		0.01%		15		0.19%		2,220		27.95%		7,943
	Wayne		2,553		55.83%		1,723		37.68%		283		6.19%		11		0.24%		3		0.07%		830		18.15%		4,573
	Webster		9,349		48.96%		8,572		44.89%		1,026		5.37%		90		0.47%		60		0.31%		777		4.07%		19,097
	Winnebago		3,543		59.51%		2,163		36.33%		246		4.13%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		1,380		23.18%		5,954
	Winneshiek		5,600		60.09%		3,364		36.10%		344		3.69%		3		0.03%		8		0.09%		2,236		23.99%		9,319
	Woodbury		21,159		50.62%		18,281		43.73%		2,153		5.15%		140		0.33%		70		0.17%		2,878		6.89%		41,803
	Worth		2,383		53.91%		1,815		41.06%		214		4.84%		5		0.11%		3		0.07%		568		12.85%		4,420
	Wright		4,299		56.95%		2,969		39.33%		248		3.29%		16		0.21%		17		0.23%		1,330		17.62%		7,549
Totals	619,106	53.01%	476,699	40.82%	66,422	5.69%	3,377	0.29%	2,327	0.20%	142,407	12.19%	1,167,931

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• • • • • • Adair Adams Appanoose Audubon Benton Black Hawk
• Boone
• Bremer
  • Buchanan Buena Vista
    • Calhoun Cerro Gordo Cedar
  • Cherokee Chickasaw
• Clarke
  • Clay Clayton
• Clinton
  • • Crawford Decatur Dallas
• Decatur
  • Delaware Dickinson
    • Emmet Fayette Floyd
  • Franklin Fremont
• Greene
  • • • Guthrie Hamilton Hancock Hardin
• Harrison
• Henry
• Howard
• Humboldt
• Ida
  • Iowa Jackson
  • Jasper Jefferson
  • Jones Keokuk
• Kossuth
• Lee
• Linn
• Lousia
• Lucas
  • Madison Mahaska
• Marion
  • Marshall Mills
• Mitchell
  • Monona Montgomery
  • Muscatine Osceola
• Palo Alto
• Plymouth
• Pocahontas
• Pottawattamie
• Poweshiek
• Ringgold
• Sac
• Scott
• Shelby
• Story
• Tama
  • Taylor Union
• Van Buren
  • • • Warren Washington Wayne Webster
• Winnebago
• Winneshiek
  • Woodbury Worth
• Wright

See also

• United States presidential elections in Iowa

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica. May 25, 2017.
2. Web site: 1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73). May 25, 2017.
3. Web site: 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa. May 25, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968. May 25, 2017.
5. Web site: IA US President Race, November 05, 1968. Our Campaigns.