The 1968 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Utah voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Utah was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 56.49 percent of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D–Minnesota), with 37.07 percent of the popular vote. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace performed decently, finishing with 6.37 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] By outpolling Humphrey in arch-Republican Kane County, Wallace became the first third-party candidate to finish even second in any non-Southern county since 1936 when William Lemke finished ahead of Alf Landon in the North Dakota counties of Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Towner and Williams.[5]
With 56.49% of the popular vote, Utah would prove to be Nixon's third strongest state in the 1968 election after Nebraska and Idaho[6].
Results
Results by county
|
Richard M. Nixon Republican |
Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic |
George C. Wallace American Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin |
Total votes cast |
County |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
Beaver |
989 |
50.87% |
795 |
40.90% |
158 |
8.13% |
2 |
0.10% |
194 |
9.98% |
1,944 |
Box Elder |
7,680 |
65.71% |
3,093 |
26.46% |
907 |
7.76% |
8 |
0.07% |
4,587 |
39.25% |
11,688 |
Cache |
11,906 |
68.81% |
4,327 |
25.01% |
1,050 |
6.07% |
20 |
0.12% |
7,579 |
43.80% |
17,303 |
Carbon |
2,618 |
36.17% |
4,344 |
60.01% |
271 |
3.74% |
6 |
0.08% |
-1,726 |
-23.84% |
7,239 |
Daggett |
152 |
52.23% |
97 |
33.33% |
42 |
14.43% |
0 |
0.00% |
55 |
18.90% |
291 |
Davis |
20,658 |
60.60% |
10,624 |
31.17% |
2,787 |
8.18% |
18 |
0.05% |
10,034 |
29.44% |
34,087 |
Duchesne |
1,733 |
61.15% |
858 |
30.28% |
243 |
8.57% |
0 |
0.00% |
875 |
30.88% |
2,834 |
Emery |
1,223 |
50.89% |
1,019 |
42.41% |
161 |
6.70% |
0 |
0.00% |
204 |
8.49% |
2,403 |
Garfield |
1,033 |
69.47% |
314 |
21.12% |
139 |
9.35% |
1 |
0.07% |
719 |
48.35% |
1,487 |
Grand |
1,435 |
60.88% |
707 |
30.00% |
215 |
9.12% |
0 |
0.00% |
728 |
30.89% |
2,357 |
Iron |
3,337 |
66.59% |
1,157 |
23.09% |
514 |
10.26% |
3 |
0.06% |
2,180 |
43.50% |
5,011 |
Juab |
1,201 |
53.95% |
907 |
40.75% |
118 |
5.30% |
0 |
0.00% |
294 |
13.21% |
2,226 |
Kane |
814 |
71.72% |
147 |
12.95% |
174 |
15.33% |
0 |
0.00% |
640[lower-alpha 2] |
56.39% |
1,135 |
Millard |
2,318 |
66.06% |
971 |
27.67% |
220 |
6.27% |
0 |
0.00% |
1,347 |
38.39% |
3,509 |
Morgan |
1,020 |
59.89% |
551 |
32.35% |
130 |
7.63% |
2 |
0.12% |
469 |
27.54% |
1,703 |
Piute |
411 |
64.42% |
167 |
26.18% |
60 |
9.40% |
0 |
0.00% |
244 |
38.24% |
638 |
Rich |
525 |
70.28% |
183 |
24.50% |
39 |
5.22% |
0 |
0.00% |
342 |
45.78% |
747 |
Salt Lake |
101,942 |
54.03% |
77,247 |
40.94% |
9,323 |
4.94% |
151 |
0.08% |
24,695 |
13.09% |
188,663 |
San Juan |
1,393 |
59.66% |
680 |
29.12% |
262 |
11.22% |
0 |
0.00% |
713 |
30.54% |
2,335 |
Sanpete |
3,304 |
62.20% |
1,696 |
31.93% |
307 |
5.78% |
5 |
0.09% |
1,608 |
30.27% |
5,312 |
Sevier |
3,190 |
67.24% |
1,167 |
24.60% |
384 |
8.09% |
3 |
0.06% |
2,023 |
42.64% |
4,744 |
Summit |
1,782 |
62.37% |
961 |
33.64% |
113 |
3.96% |
1 |
0.04% |
821 |
28.74% |
2,857 |
Tooele |
3,422 |
41.39% |
4,250 |
51.41% |
592 |
7.16% |
3 |
0.04% |
-828 |
-10.02% |
8,267 |
Uintah |
3,034 |
65.64% |
1,145 |
24.77% |
437 |
9.45% |
6 |
0.13% |
1,889 |
40.87% |
4,622 |
Utah |
29,226 |
59.01% |
16,629 |
33.57% |
3,666 |
7.40% |
7 |
0.01% |
12,597 |
25.43% |
49,528 |
Wasatch |
1,611 |
60.95% |
941 |
35.60% |
86 |
3.25% |
5 |
0.19% |
670 |
25.35% |
2,643 |
Washington |
3,226 |
64.52% |
975 |
19.50% |
796 |
15.92% |
3 |
0.06% |
2,251 |
45.02% |
5,000 |
Wayne |
511 |
62.85% |
248 |
30.50% |
54 |
6.64% |
0 |
0.00% |
263 |
32.35% |
813 |
Weber |
27,034 |
52.82% |
20,465 |
39.98% |
3,658 |
7.15% |
25 |
0.05% |
6,569 |
12.83% |
51,182 |
Totals | 238,728 | 56.49% | 156,665 | 37.07% | 26,906 | 6.37% | 269 | 0.06% | 82,063 | 19.42% | 422,568 |
Notes
- ↑ Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon’s official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
- ↑ In this county where Wallace ran second ahead of Humphrey, the margin given is that between Nixon and Wallace.
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