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 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. 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.Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 339, 343

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.

Utah had the highest voter turnout in terms of the voting age population out of any state in the 1968 presidential election.

Results

Results by county County Richard NixonRepublican Hubert HumphreyDemocratic George WallaceAmerican Independent Eldridge CleaverPeace and Freedom Fred HalsteadSocialist Workers Margin Totalvotescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Beaver 989 50.87% 795 40.90% 158 8.13% 2 0.10% 0 0.00% 194 9.97% 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 29.43% 34,087 Duchesne 1,733 61.15% 858 30.28% 243 8.57% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 875 30.87% 2,834 Emery 1,223 50.89% 1,019 42.41% 161 6.70% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 204 8.48% 2,403 Garfield 1,033 69.47% 314 21.12% 139 9.35% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 719 48.35% 1,487 Grand 1,435 60.88% 707 30.00% 215 9.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 728 30.88% 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 13.20% 2,226 Kane 814 71.72% 147 12.95% 174 15.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 640 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% 1 0.06% 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% 54 0.03% 24,695 13.09% 188,663 San Juan 1,393 59.66% 680 29.12% 262 11.22% 0 0.00% 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% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 821 28.73% 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 25.44% 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 12.84% 51,182Totals238,72856.49%156,66537.07%26,9066.37%1800.04%890.02%82,06319.42%422,568

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Beaver Daggett Duchesne Emery Grand Juab Morgan Salt Lake Summit Utah Wayne Wasatch Weber

Results by congressional district This table shows the results by congressional district. The candidate who won the largest amount of the vote nationally is shown first. Nixon won both of the Utah's 2 congressional districts. DistrictNixonHumphreyWallace # % # % # %1st122,29358.81%70,36333.84%15,1857.30%2nd116,43554.25%86,30240.21%11,7215.46%

See also United States presidential elections in Utah

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