Election in Idaho
Main article: 1968 United States presidential election
1968 United States presidential election in Idaho
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
165,369
89,273
36,541
Percentage
56.8%
30.7%
12.6%
County Results
Nixon
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Humphrey
40-50%
50-60%
President before election
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Elected President
Richard Nixon
Republican
The 1968 United States presidential election in Idaho 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 .
Idaho was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (R –California ), with 56.79% of the popular vote, against former Senator and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D –Minnesota ), with 30.66% of the popular vote. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace performed quite well, finishing with 12.55% of the popular vote.[3] [4]
With 56.79% of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Nixon's second strongest state in the 1968 election after Nebraska .[5]
Results [ ]
Results by county [ ]
County
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic
George Corley Wallace American Independent
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Ada
30,185
63.04%
11,529
24.08%
6,167
12.88%
18,656
38.96%
47,881
Adams
844
58.98%
360
25.16%
227
15.86%
484
33.82%
1,431
Bannock
10,234
47.97%
9,084
42.58%
2,016
9.45%
1,150
5.39%
21,334
Bear Lake
1,866
60.17%
1,058
34.12%
177
5.71%
808
26.06%
3,101
Benewah
1,125
44.41%
1,160
45.80%
248
9.79%
-35
-1.38%
2,533
Bingham
6,484
60.23%
2,988
27.76%
1,293
12.01%
3,496
32.48%
10,765
Blaine
1,337
53.82%
815
32.81%
332
13.37%
522
21.01%
2,484
Boise
450
55.62%
205
25.34%
154
19.04%
245
30.28%
809
Bonner
3,240
45.75%
3,063
43.25%
779
11.00%
177
2.50%
7,082
Bonneville
13,582
64.52%
5,178
24.60%
2,290
10.88%
8,404
39.92%
21,050
Boundary
1,084
47.19%
883
38.44%
330
14.37%
201
8.75%
2,297
Butte
691
50.96%
521
38.42%
144
10.62%
170
12.54%
1,356
Camas
271
56.22%
118
24.48%
93
19.29%
153
31.74%
482
Canyon
14,995
62.75%
5,717
23.92%
3,186
13.33%
9,278
38.82%
23,898
Caribou
1,731
62.15%
727
26.10%
327
11.74%
1,004
36.05%
2,785
Cassia
4,187
64.17%
1,350
20.69%
988
15.14%
2,837
43.48%
6,525
Clark
271
66.58%
87
21.38%
49
12.04%
184
45.21%
407
Clearwater
1,287
37.11%
1,838
53.00%
343
9.89%
-551
-15.89%
3,468
Custer
711
49.96%
385
27.06%
327
22.98%
326
22.91%
1,423
Elmore
1,908
50.62%
1,230
32.63%
631
16.74%
678
17.99%
3,769
Franklin
2,509
66.11%
831
21.90%
455
11.99%
1,678
44.22%
3,795
Fremont
2,297
58.52%
961
24.48%
667
16.99%
1,336
34.04%
3,925
Gem
2,314
57.89%
1,183
29.60%
500
12.51%
1,131
28.30%
3,997
Gooding
2,349
55.56%
1,018
24.08%
861
20.36%
1,331
31.48%
4,228
Idaho
2,317
47.15%
1,883
38.32%
714
14.53%
434
8.83%
4,914
Jefferson
2,927
61.48%
955
20.06%
879
18.46%
1,972
41.42%
4,761
Jerome
2,785
60.52%
976
21.21%
841
18.27%
1,809
39.31%
4,602
Kootenai
7,092
48.01%
6,207
42.02%
1,472
9.97%
885
5.99%
14,771
Latah
4,708
51.59%
3,782
41.44%
636
6.97%
926
10.15%
9,126
Lemhi
1,476
57.61%
547
21.35%
539
21.04%
929
36.26%
2,562
Lewis
697
38.70%
927
51.47%
177
9.83%
-230
-12.77%
1,801
Lincoln
972
62.91%
350
22.65%
223
14.43%
622
40.26%
1,545
Madison
2,971
67.71%
904
20.60%
513
11.69%
2,067
47.11%
4,388
Minidoka
3,182
56.28%
1,332
23.56%
1,140
20.16%
1,850
32.72%
5,654
Nez Perce
5,019
39.90%
6,502
51.69%
1,058
8.41%
-1,483
-11.79%
12,579
Oneida
1,114
66.15%
465
27.61%
105
6.24%
649
38.54%
1,684
Owyhee
1,385
59.62%
562
24.19%
376
16.19%
823
35.43%
2,323
Payette
3,032
61.18%
1,216
24.54%
708
14.29%
1,816
36.64%
4,956
Power
1,222
60.26%
582
28.70%
224
11.05%
640
31.56%
2,028
Shoshone
3,080
40.60%
3,850
50.74%
657
8.66%
-770
-10.15%
7,587
Teton
694
57.93%
376
31.39%
128
10.68%
318
26.54%
1,198
Twin Falls
11,564
62.94%
4,001
21.78%
2,808
15.28%
7,563
41.16%
18,373
Valley
1,160
57.94%
534
26.67%
308
15.38%
626
31.27%
2,002
Washington
2,020
57.65%
1,033
29.48%
451
12.87%
987
28.17%
3,504
Totals
165,369
56.79%
89,273
30.66%
36,541
12.55%
76,096
26.13%
291,183
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.
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