1968 United States presidential election in Utah

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Main article: 1968 United States presidential election

1968 United States presidential election in Utah

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Nominee  | Richard Nixon | Hubert Humphrey | George Wallace
Party  | Republican | Democratic | American Independent
Home state  | New York[a] | Minnesota | Alabama
Running mate  | Spiro Agnew | Edmund Muskie | Curtis LeMay
Electoral vote  | 4 | 0  | 0
Popular vote  | 238,728 | 156,665  | 26,906
Percentage  | 56.49% | 37.07%  | 6.37%

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County Results

Nixon

50-60%

60-70%

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The 1968 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State 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 Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Towner and Williams.[5]

With 56.49 percent of the popular vote, Utah would prove to be Nixon's third strongest state in the 1968 election after Nebraska and Idaho.[6]

## Results[edit]

1968 United States presidential election in Utah  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Richard Nixon | 238,728  | 56.49%
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 156,665  | 37.07%
| American Independent | George Wallace | 26,906  | 6.37%
| Peace and Freedom | Eldridge Cleaver | 180  | 0.04%
| Socialist Workers Party | Fred Halstead | 89  | 0.02%
Total votes  | 422,568  | 100%

### Results by county[edit]

County  | Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican  | Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Democratic  | George Corley Wallace
American Independent  | Leroy Eldridge Cleaver[7]
Peace and Freedom  | Frederick W. Halstead[7]
Socialist Workers  | Margin  | Total votes cast

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#  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %
Beaver | 989  | 50.87%  | 795  | 40.90%  | 158  | 8.13%  | 2  | 0.10%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 194  | 9.98%  | 1,944
Box Elder | 7,680  | 65.71%  | 3,093  | 26.46%  | 907  | 7.76%  | 6  | 0.05%  | 2  | 0.02%  | 4,587  | 39.25%  | 11,688
Cache | 11,906  | 68.81%  | 4,327  | 25.01%  | 1,050  | 6.07%  | 17  | 0.10%  | 3  | 0.02%  | 7,579  | 43.80%  | 17,303
Carbon | 2,618  | 36.17%  | 4,344  | 60.01%  | 271  | 3.74%  | 2  | 0.03%  | 4  | 0.06%  | -1,726  | -23.84%  | 7,239
Daggett | 152  | 52.23%  | 97  | 33.33%  | 42  | 14.43%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 55  | 18.90%  | 291
Davis | 20,658  | 60.60%  | 10,624  | 31.17%  | 2,787  | 8.18%  | 18  | 0.05%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 10,034  | 29.44%  | 34,087
Duchesne | 1,733  | 61.15%  | 858  | 30.28%  | 243  | 8.57%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 875  | 30.88%  | 2,834
Emery | 1,223  | 50.89%  | 1,019  | 42.41%  | 161  | 6.70%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 204  | 8.49%  | 2,403
Garfield | 1,033  | 69.47%  | 314  | 21.12%  | 139  | 9.35%  | 1  | 0.07%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 719  | 48.35%  | 1,487
Grand | 1,435  | 60.88%  | 707  | 30.00%  | 215  | 9.12%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 728  | 30.89%  | 2,357
Iron | 3,337  | 66.59%  | 1,157  | 23.09%  | 514  | 10.26%  | 2  | 0.04%  | 1  | 0.02%  | 2,180  | 43.50%  | 5,011
Juab | 1,201  | 53.95%  | 907  | 40.75%  | 118  | 5.30%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 294  | 13.21%  | 2,226
Kane | 814  | 71.72%  | 147  | 12.95%  | 174  | 15.33%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 640[b] | 56.39%  | 1,135
Millard | 2,318  | 66.06%  | 971  | 27.67%  | 220  | 6.27%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,347  | 38.39%  | 3,509
Morgan | 1,020  | 59.89%  | 551  | 32.35%  | 130  | 7.63%  | 2  | 0.12%  | 1  | 0.06%  | 469  | 27.54%  | 1,703
Piute | 411  | 64.42%  | 167  | 26.18%  | 60  | 9.40%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 244  | 38.24%  | 638
Rich | 525  | 70.28%  | 183  | 24.50%  | 39  | 5.22%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 342  | 45.78%  | 747
Salt Lake | 101,942  | 54.03%  | 77,247  | 40.94%  | 9,323  | 4.94%  | 97  | 0.05%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 24,695  | 13.09%  | 188,663
San Juan | 1,393  | 59.66%  | 680  | 29.12%  | 262  | 11.22%  | 54  | 2.26%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 713  | 30.54%  | 2,335
Sanpete | 3,304  | 62.20%  | 1,696  | 31.93%  | 307  | 5.78%  | 5  | 0.09%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,608  | 30.27%  | 5,312
Sevier | 3,190  | 67.24%  | 1,167  | 24.60%  | 384  | 8.09%  | 1  | 0.02%  | 2  | 0.04%  | 2,023  | 42.64%  | 4,744
Summit | 1,782  | 62.37%  | 961  | 33.64%  | 113  | 3.96%  | 1  | 0.04%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 821  | 28.74%  | 2,857
Tooele | 3,422  | 41.39%  | 4,250  | 51.41%  | 592  | 7.16%  | 3  | 0.04%  | 0  | 0.00%  | -828  | -10.02%  | 8,267
Uintah | 3,034  | 65.64%  | 1,145  | 24.77%  | 437  | 9.45%  | 5  | 0.11%  | 1  | 0.02%  | 1,889  | 40.87%  | 4,622
Utah | 29,226  | 59.01%  | 16,629  | 33.57%  | 3,666  | 7.40%  | 5  | 0.01%  | 2  | 0.00%  | 12,597  | 25.43%  | 49,528
Wasatch | 1,611  | 60.95%  | 941  | 35.60%  | 86  | 3.25%  | 1  | 0.04%  | 4  | 0.15%  | 670  | 25.35%  | 2,643
Washington | 3,226  | 64.52%  | 975  | 19.50%  | 796  | 15.92%  | 1  | 0.02%  | 2  | 0.04%  | 2,251  | 45.02%  | 5,000
Wayne | 511  | 62.85%  | 248  | 30.50%  | 54  | 6.64%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 263  | 32.35%  | 813
Weber | 27,034  | 52.82%  | 20,465  | 39.98%  | 3,658  | 7.15%  | 14  | 0.03%  | 11  | 0.02%  | 6,569  | 12.83%  | 51,182
Totals | 238,728 | 56.49% | 156,665 | 37.07% | 26,906 | 6.37% | 180 | 0.04% | 89 | 0.02% | 82,063 | 19.42% | 422,568

## See also[edit]

* United States presidential elections in Utah

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ In this county where Wallace ran second ahead of Humphrey, the margin given is that between Nixon and Wallace.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
2. ^ "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
3. ^ "1968 Presidential General Election Results - Utah". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1968". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
5. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 339, 343 ISBN 0405077114
6. ^ "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
7. ^ a b Our Campaigns; UT US President November 05, 1968

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