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Do not fill this in! ===Results by state=== ;Legend {|class="wikitable" |+ Legend |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |colspan=2| States/districts won by [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]/[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew]] |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |colspan=2| States/districts won by [[George McGovern|McGovern]]/[[Sargent Shriver|Shriver]] |- | β || At-large results (Maine used the Congressional District Method) |} <div style="margin-bottom:30px;overflow:auto;width:100%;height:1200px;border-radius:0.5rem;background-color: transparent;"> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |+Outcomes of the 1972 United States presidential election by state<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=1972&datatype=national&def=1&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=1972 Presidential General Election Data β National|access-date=March 18, 2013|archive-date=February 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201035330/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=1972&datatype=national&def=1&f=0&off=0&elect=0|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" colspan=2 | ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Richard Nixon<br />Republican ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| George McGovern<br />Democratic ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| John Schmitz<br />American Independent ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| John Hospers<br />Libertarian ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| State Total |- ! scope="col" align=center | State ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br />votes ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| # ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| % ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br />votes ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| # ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| % ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br />votes ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| # ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| % ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br />votes ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| # ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| % ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br />votes ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| # ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| % ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | # !scope="col" | |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Alabama|Alabama]] | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | 728,701 | 72.43 | 9 | 256,923 | 25.54 | | 11,918 | 1.18 | | | | | 471,778 | 46.89 | 1,006,093 | style="text-align:center;" | AL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Alaska|Alaska]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 55,349 | 58.13 | 3 | 32,967 | 34.62 | | 6,903 | 7.25 | | | | | 22,382 | 23.51 | 95,219 | style="text-align:center;" | AK |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Arizona|Arizona]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 402,812 | 61.64 | 6 | 198,540 | 30.38 | | 21,208 | 3.25 | | | | | 204,272 | 31.26 | 653,505 | style="text-align:center;" | AZ |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas|Arkansas]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 445,751 | 68.82 | 6 | 198,899 | 30.71 | | 3,016 | 0.47 | | | | | 246,852 | 38.11 | 647,666 | style="text-align:center;" | AR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in California|California]] | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | 4,602,096 | 55.00 | 45 | 3,475,847 | 41.54 | | 232,554 | 2.78 | | 980 | 0.01 | | 1,126,249 | 13.46 | 8,367,862 | style="text-align:center;" | CA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Colorado|Colorado]] | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | 597,189 | 62.61 | 7 | 329,980 | 34.59 | | 17,269 | 1.81 | | 1,111 | 0.12 | | 267,209 | 28.01 | 953,884 | style="text-align:center;" | CO |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Connecticut|Connecticut]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 810,763 | 58.57 | 8 | 555,498 | 40.13 | | 17,239 | 1.25 | | | | | 255,265 | 18.44 | 1,384,277 | style="text-align:center;" | CT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Delaware|Delaware]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 140,357 | 59.60 | 3 | 92,283 | 39.18 | | 2,638 | 1.12 | | | | | 48,074 | 20.41 | 235,516 | style="text-align:center;" | DE |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia|D.C.]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 35,226 | 21.56 | | 127,627 | 78.10 | 3 | | | | | | | β92,401 | β56.54 | 163,421 | style="text-align:center;" | DC |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Florida|Florida]] | style="text-align:center;" | 17 | 1,857,759 | 71.91 | 17 | 718,117 | 27.80 | | | | | | | | 1,139,642 | 44.12 | 2,583,283 | style="text-align:center;" | FL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Georgia|Georgia]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 881,496 | 75.04 | 12 | 289,529 | 24.65 | | 812 | 0.07 | | | | | 591,967 | 50.39 | 1,174,772 | style="text-align:center;" | GA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Hawaii|Hawaii]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 168,865 | 62.48 | 4 | 101,409 | 37.52 | | | | | | | | 67,456 | 24.96 | 270,274 | style="text-align:center;" | HI |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Idaho|Idaho]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 199,384 | 64.24 | 4 | 80,826 | 26.04 | | 28,869 | 9.30 | | | | | 118,558 | 38.20 | 310,379 | style="text-align:center;" | ID |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Illinois|Illinois]] | style="text-align:center;" | 26 | 2,788,179 | 59.03 | 26 | 1,913,472 | 40.51 | | 2,471 | 0.05 | | | | | 874,707 | 18.52 | 4,723,236 | style="text-align:center;" | IL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Indiana|Indiana]] | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | 1,405,154 | 66.11 | 13 | 708,568 | 33.34 | | | | | | | | 696,586 | 32.77 | 2,125,529 | style="text-align:center;" | IN |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Iowa|Iowa]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 706,207 | 57.61 | 8 | 496,206 | 40.48 | | 22,056 | 1.80 | | | | | 210,001 | 17.13 | 1,225,944 | style="text-align:center;" | IA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Kansas|Kansas]] | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | 619,812 | 67.66 | 7 | 270,287 | 29.50 | | 21,808 | 2.38 | | | | | 349,525 | 38.15 | 916,095 | style="text-align:center;" | KS |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Kentucky|Kentucky]] | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | 676,446 | 63.37 | 9 | 371,159 | 34.77 | | 17,627 | 1.65 | | | | | 305,287 | 28.60 | 1,067,499 | style="text-align:center;" | KY |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Louisiana|Louisiana]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 686,852 | 65.32 | 10 | 298,142 | 28.35 | | 52,099 | 4.95 | | | | | 388,710 | 36.97 | 1,051,491 | style="text-align:center;" | LA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Maine|Maine β ]] | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | 256,458 | 61.46 | 2 | 160,584 | 38.48 | | 117 | 0.03 | | 1 | 0.00 | | 95,874 | 22.98 | 417,271 | style="text-align:center;" | ME |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" |[[1972 United States presidential election in Maine|''Maine-1'']] | style="text-align:center;" | ''1'' | 135,388 | 61.42 | 1 | ''85,028'' | ''38.58'' | | ''Unknown'' | ''Unknown'' | | ''Unknown'' | ''Unknown'' | | ''50,360'' | ''22.85'' | ''220,416'' | style="text-align:center;" | ''ME1'' |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" |[[1972 United States presidential election in Maine|''Maine-2'']] | style="text-align:center;" | ''1'' | 121,120 | 61.58 | 1 | ''75,556'' | ''38.42'' | | ''Unknown'' | ''Unknown'' | | ''Unknown'' | ''Unknown'' | | ''45,564'' | ''23.17'' | ''196,676'' | style="text-align:center;" | ''ME2'' |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Maryland|Maryland]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 829,305 | 61.26 | 10 | 505,781 | 37.36 | | 18,726 | 1.38 | | | | | 323,524 | 23.90 | 1,353,812 | style="text-align:center;" | MD |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] | style="text-align:center;" | 14 | 1,112,078 | 45.23 | | 1,332,540 | 54.20 | 14 | 2,877 | 0.12 | | 43 | 0.00 | | β220,462 | β8.97 | 2,458,756 | style="text-align:center;" | MA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Michigan|Michigan]] | style="text-align:center;" | 21 | 1,961,721 | 56.20 | 21 | 1,459,435 | 41.81 | | 63,321 | 1.81 | | | | | 502,286 | 14.39 | 3,490,325 | style="text-align:center;" | MI |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Minnesota|Minnesota]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 898,269 | 51.58 | 10 | 802,346 | 46.07 | | 31,407 | 1.80 | | | | | 95,923 | 5.51 | 1,741,652 | style="text-align:center;" | MN |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi|Mississippi]] | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | 505,125 | 78.20 | 7 | 126,782 | 19.63 | | 11,598 | 1.80 | | | | | 378,343 | 58.57 | 645,963 | style="text-align:center;" | MS |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Missouri|Missouri]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 1,154,058 | 62.29 | 12 | 698,531 | 37.71 | | | | | | | | 455,527 | 24.59 | 1,852,589 | style="text-align:center;" | MO |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Montana|Montana]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 183,976 | 57.93 | 4 | 120,197 | 37.85 | | 13,430 | 4.23 | | | | | 63,779 | 20.08 | 317,603 | style="text-align:center;" | MT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Nebraska|Nebraska]] | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | 406,298 | 70.50 | 5 | 169,991 | 29.50 | | | | | | | | 236,307 | 41.00 | 576,289 | style="text-align:center;" | NE |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Nevada|Nevada]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 115,750 | 63.68 | 3 | 66,016 | 36.32 | | | | | | | | 49,734 | 27.36 | 181,766 | style="text-align:center;" | NV |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 213,724 | 63.98 | 4 | 116,435 | 34.86 | | 3,386 | 1.01 | | | | | 97,289 | 29.12 | 334,055 | style="text-align:center;" | NH |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in New Jersey|New Jersey]] | style="text-align:center;" | 17 | 1,845,502 | 61.57 | 17 | 1,102,211 | 36.77 | | 34,378 | 1.15 | | | | | 743,291 | 24.80 | 2,997,229 | style="text-align:center;" | NJ |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in New Mexico|New Mexico]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 235,606 | 61.05 | 4 | 141,084 | 36.56 | | 8,767 | 2.27 | | | | | 94,522 | 24.49 | 385,931 | style="text-align:center;" | NM |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in New York|New York]] | style="text-align:center;" | 41 | 4,192,778 | 58.54 | 41 | 2,951,084 | 41.21 | | | | | | | | 1,241,694 | 17.34 | 7,161,830 | style="text-align:center;" | NY |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina|North Carolina]] | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | 1,054,889 | 69.46 | 13 | 438,705 | 28.89 | | 25,018 | 1.65 | | | | | 616,184 | 40.58 | 1,518,612 | style="text-align:center;" | NC |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in North Dakota|North Dakota]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 174,109 | 62.07 | 3 | 100,384 | 35.79 | | 5,646 | 2.01 | | | | | 73,725 | 26.28 | 280,514 | style="text-align:center;" | ND |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Ohio|Ohio]] | style="text-align:center;" | 25 | 2,441,827 | 59.63 | 25 | 1,558,889 | 38.07 | | 80,067 | 1.96 | | | | | 882,938 | 21.56 | 4,094,787 | style="text-align:center;" | OH |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 759,025 | 73.70 | 8 | 247,147 | 24.00 | | 23,728 | 2.30 | | | | | 511,878 | 49.70 | 1,029,900 | style="text-align:center;" | OK |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Oregon|Oregon]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 486,686 | 52.45 | 6 | 392,760 | 42.33 | | 46,211 | 4.98 | | | | | 93,926 | 10.12 | 927,946 | style="text-align:center;" | OR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] | style="text-align:center;" | 27 | 2,714,521 | 59.11 | 27 | 1,796,951 | 39.13 | | 70,593 | 1.54 | | | | | 917,570 | 19.98 | 4,592,105 | style="text-align:center;" | PA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 220,383 | 53.00 | 4 | 194,645 | 46.81 | | 25 | 0.01 | | 2 | 0.00 | | 25,738 | 6.19 | 415,808 | style="text-align:center;" | RI |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in South Carolina|South Carolina]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 478,427 | 70.58 | 8 | 189,270 | 27.92 | | 10,166 | 1.50 | | | | | 289,157 | 42.66 | 677,880 | style="text-align:center;" | SC |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in South Dakota|South Dakota]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 166,476 | 54.15 | 4 | 139,945 | 45.52 | | | | | | | | 26,531 | 8.63 | 307,415 | style="text-align:center;" | SD |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Tennessee|Tennessee]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 813,147 | 67.70 | 10 | 357,293 | 29.75 | | 30,373 | 2.53 | | | | | 455,854 | 37.95 | 1,201,182 | style="text-align:center;" | TN |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Texas|Texas]] | style="text-align:center;" | 26 | 2,298,896 | 66.20 | 26 | 1,154,291 | 33.24 | | 7,098 | 0.20 | | | | | 1,144,605 | 32.96 | 3,472,714 | style="text-align:center;" | TX |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Utah|Utah]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 323,643 | 67.64 | 4 | 126,284 | 26.39 | | 28,549 | 5.97 | | | | | 197,359 | 41.25 | 478,476 | style="text-align:center;" | UT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Vermont|Vermont]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 117,149 | 62.66 | 3 | 68,174 | 36.47 | | | | | | | | 48,975 | 26.20 | 186,947 | style="text-align:center;" | VT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Virginia|Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 988,493 | 67.84 | 11 | 438,887 | 30.12 | | 19,721 | 1.35 | | | | '''1''' | 549,606 | 37.72 | 1,457,019 | style="text-align:center;" | VA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|Washington]] | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | 837,135 | 56.92 | 9 | 568,334 | 38.64 | | 58,906 | 4.00 | | 1,537 | 0.10 | | 268,801 | 18.28 | 1,470,847 | style="text-align:center;" | WA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in West Virginia|West Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 484,964 | 63.61 | 6 | 277,435 | 36.39 | | | | | | | | 207,529 | 27.22 | 762,399 | style="text-align:center;" | WV |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | 989,430 | 53.40 | 11 | 810,174 | 43.72 | | 47,525 | 2.56 | | | | | 179,256 | 9.67 | 1,852,890 | style="text-align:center;" | WI |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1972 United States presidential election in Wyoming|Wyoming]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 100,464 | 69.01 | 3 | 44,358 | 30.47 | | 748 | 0.51 | | | | | 56,106 | 38.54 | 145,570 | style="text-align:center;" | WY |- ! TOTALS: ! 538 ! 47,168,710 ! 60.67 ! 520 ! 29,173,222 ! 37.52 ! 17 ! 1,100,868 ! 1.42 ! 0 ! 3,674 ! 0.00 ! 1 ! 17,995,488 ! 23.15 ! 77,744,027 | style="text-align:center;" | US |} </div> For the first time since 1828, Maine allowed its electoral votes to be split between candidates. Two electoral votes were awarded to the winner of the statewide race and one electoral vote to the winner of each congressional district. This was the first time the Congressional District Method had been used since Michigan used it in 1892. Nixon won all four votes.<ref name="MaineDistrict">{{cite book |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |last2=Matthews |first2=Douglas|last3=Ujifusa |first3=Grant|title=The Almanac of American Politics, 1974 |date=1973 |publisher=[[Gambit Publications]]}}</ref> ====States that flipped from Democratic to Republican==== *[[Connecticut]] *[[Hawaii]] *[[Maine]] *[[Maryland]] *[[Michigan]] *[[Minnesota]] *[[New York (state)|New York]] *[[Pennsylvania]] *[[Rhode Island]] *[[Texas]] *[[Washington (state)|Washington]] *[[West Virginia]] ====States that flipped from American Independent to Republican==== *[[Georgia (US state)|Georgia]] *[[Louisiana]] *[[Alabama]] *[[Mississippi]] *[[Arkansas]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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