1972 Presidential Election

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			Electoral		Popular
Political Party	Presidential Nom.	VP Nom.	#	%		#	%

Republican	Richard M. Nixon	Spiro Agnew	520	96.7		47,169,911	60.7
Democratic	George McGovern	Sargent Shriver	17	3.2		29,170,383	37.5


		RICHARD M. NIXON			GEORGE S. McGOVERN
STATE	TOTAL VOTES	Republican			Democrat
STATE	TOTAL VOTES	Votes	%	EV	Votes	%	EV

Alabama	1,006,111	728,701	72.4	9	256,923	25.5
Alaska	95,219	55,349	58.1	3	32,967	34.6
Arizona	622,926	402,812	64.7	6	198,540	31.9
Arkansas	651,320	448,541	68.9	6	199,892	30.7
California	8,367,862	4,602,096	55.0	45	3,475,847	41.5
Colorado	953,884	597,189	62.6	7	329,980	34.6
Connecticut	1,384,277	810,763	58.6	8	555,498	40.1
Delaware	235,516	140,357	59.6	3	92,283	39.2
Dist. of Col.	163,421	35,226	21.6		127,627	78.1	3
Florida	2,583,283	1,857,759	71.9	17	718,117	27.8
Georgia	1,174,772	881,496	75.0	12	289,529	24.6
Hawaii	270,274	168,865	62.S	4	101,409	37.5
Idaho	310,379	199,384	64.2	4	80,826	26.0
Illinois	4,723,236	2,788,179	59.0	26	1,913,472	40.5
Indiana	2,125,529	1,405,154	66.1	13	708,568	33.3
Iowa	1,225,944	706,207	57.6	8	496,206	40.5
Kansas	916,095	619,812	67.7	7	270,287	29.5
Kentucky	1,067,499	676,446	63.4	9	371,159	34.8
Louisiana	1,051,491	686,852	65.3	10	298,142	28.4
Maine	417,042	256,458	61.5	4	160,584	38.5
Maryland	1,353,812	829,305	61.3	10	505,781	37.4
Massachusetts	2,458,756	1,112,078	45.2		1,332,540	54.2	14
Michigan	3,489,727	1,961,721	56.2	21	1,459,435	41.8
Minnesota	1,741,652	898,269	51.6	10	802,346	46.1
Mississippi	645,963	505,125	78.2	7	126,782	19.6
Missouri	1,855,803	1,153,852	62.2	12	697,147	37.6
Montana	317,603	183,976	57.9	4	120,197	37.8
Nebraska	576,289	406,298	70.5	5	169,991	29.5
Nevada	181,766	115,750	63.7	3	66,016	36.3
New Hampshire	334,055	213,724	64.0	4	116,435	34.9
New Jersey	2,997,229	1,845,502	61.6	17	1,102,211	36.8
New Mexico	386,241	235,606	61.0	4	141,084	36.5
New York	7,165,919	4,192,778	58.5	41	2,951,084	41.2
North Carolina	1,518,612	1,054,889	69.5	13	438,705	28.9
North Dakota	280,514	174,109	62.1	3	100,384	35.8
Ohio	4,094,787	2,441,827	59.6	25	1,558,889	38.1
Oklahoma	1,029,900	759,025	73.7	8	247,147	24.0
Oregon	927,946	486,686	52.4	6	392,760	42.3
Pennsylvania	4,592,106	2,714,521	59.1	27	1,796,951	39.1
Rhode Island	415,808	220,383	53.0	4	194,645	46.8
South Carolina	673,960	477,044	70.8	8	186,824	27.7
South Dakota	307,415	166,476	54.2	4	139,945	45.5
Tennessee	1,201,182	813,147	67.7	10	357,293	29.7
Texas	3,471,281	2,298,896	66.2	26	1,154,289	33.3
Utah	478,476	323,643	67.6	4	126,284	26.4
Vermont	186,947	117,149	62.7	3	68,174	36.5
Virginia*	1,457,019	988,493	67.8	11*	438,887	30.1
Washington	1,470,847	837,135	56.9	9	568,334	38.6
West Virginia	762,399	484,964	63.6	6	277,435	36.4
Wisconsin	1,852,890	989,430	53.4	11	810,174	43.7
Wyoming	145,570	100,464	69.0	3	44,358	30.5

Totals	77,718,554	47,169,911	60.7	520	29,170,383	37.5	17

* John Hospers (Libertarian) received one electoral vote from a faithless elector in Virginia

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