1972 United States presidential election

===Close states===
States where margin of victory was more than 5 percentage points, but less than 10 percentage points (43 electoral votes):
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#<span style="color:red;">'''Minnesota''', 5.51% (95,923 votes) </span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Rhode Island''', 6.19% (25,738 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''South Dakota''', 8.63% (26,531 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:blue;">'''Massachusetts''', 8.97% (220,462 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Wisconsin''', 9.67% (179,256 votes)</span>
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Tipping point states:
#<span style="color:red;">'''Ohio''', 21.56% (882,938 votes)</span> (tipping point for a Nixon victory)
#<span style="color:red;">'''Maine-1''', 22.85% (50,360 votes)</span> (tipping point for a McGovern victory)<ref>Leip, David [https://web.archive.org/web/20120825102042/http://www.mit.edu/~mi22295/elections.html#1972 "How close were U.S. Presidential Elections?"], ''[[Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]]''. Retrieved: January 24, 2013.</ref>

==== Statistics ====
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Counties with highest percentage of the vote (Republican)
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[Dade County, Georgia]] 93.45%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[Glascock County, Georgia]] 93.38%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[George County, Mississippi]] 92.90%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[Holmes County, Florida]] 92.51%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[Smith County, Mississippi]] 92.35%</span>'''

Counties with highest percentage of the vote (Democratic)
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Duval County, Texas]] 85.68%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Washington, D.C.|Washington, D. C.]] 78.10%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota|Shannon County, South Dakota]] 77.34%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Greene County, Alabama]] 68.32%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Charles City County, Virginia]] 67.84%</span>'''

Counties with highest percentage of the vote (Other)
# '''<span style="color:green;">[[Jefferson County, Idaho]] 27.51%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:green;">[[Lemhi County, Idaho]] 19.77%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:green;">[[Fremont County, Idaho]] 19.32%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:green;">[[Bonneville County, Idaho]] 18.97%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:green;">[[Madison County, Idaho]] 17.04%</span>'''