1972 United States presidential election Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Primary results=== [[File:1972DemocraticPresidentialPrimaries.svg|thumb|400px|Statewide contest by winner<br>{{legend|#c1c1c1|No primary held}} {{legend|#a59400|[[Shirley Chisholm]]}} {{legend|#73638c|[[Hubert Humphrey]]}} {{legend|#668c63|[[Henry M. Jackson]]}} {{legend|#5d73e5|[[George McGovern]]}} {{legend|#c67742|[[Wilbur Mills]]}} {{legend|#423121|[[Edmund Muskie]]}} {{legend|#d77da7|[[George Wallace]]}}]] {{Election box begin no party no change|title=1972 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] presidential primaries<ref name="Kalb"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Hubert Humphrey|Hubert H. Humphrey]]|votes=4,121,372|percentage=25.8}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[George McGovern|George S. McGovern]]|votes=4,053,451|percentage=25.3}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[George Wallace|George C. Wallace]]|votes=3,755,424|percentage=23.5}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Edmund Muskie|Edmund S. Muskie]]|votes=1,840,217|percentage=11.5}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Eugene McCarthy|Eugene J. McCarthy]]|votes=553,955|percentage=3.5}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Henry M. Jackson]]|votes=505,198|percentage=3.2}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Shirley Chisholm|Shirley A. Chisholm]]|votes=430,703|percentage=2.7}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Terry Sanford|James T. Sanford]]|votes=331,415|percentage=2.1}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[John Lindsay|John V. Lindsay]]|votes=196,406|percentage=1.2}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Sam Yorty|Sam W. Yorty]]|votes=79,446|percentage=0.5}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Wilbur Mills|Wilbur D. Mills]]|votes=37,401|percentage=0.2}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Walter Fauntroy|Walter E. Fauntroy]]|votes=21,217|percentage=0.1}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=Unpledged delegates|votes=19,533|percentage=0.1}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Edward Kennedy|Edward M. Kennedy]]|votes=16,693|percentage=0.1}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Vance Hartke|Rupert V. Hartke]]|votes=11,798|percentage=0.1}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Patsy Mink|Patsy M. Mink]]|votes=8,286|percentage=0.1}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate="None of the names shown"|votes=6,269|percentage=0}} {{Election box candidate no party no change|candidate=[[Write-in candidate|Others]]|votes=5,181|percentage=0}} {{Election box total no party no change|votes=15,993,965|percentage=100}} {{End}} 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. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page