November 5, 1972

Republican Wins 1972

Republican defeats Democratic with 524 electoral votes, winning 49 states.

Democratic

14 EV

270 to win

Republican

524 EV

524

270

Republican wins

524

Electoral Votes

60.7%

Popular Vote

States Carried

77,747,571

Total Votes Cast

Republican won the 1972 presidential election with 524 electoral votes to Democratic's 14. Republican received 60.7% of the popular vote and carried 49 states. Compared to the previous election, 100 counties changed parties—100 flipped Republican and 0 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
1972	Democratic	Republican	14-524	R+23.2%	GOP
1968	Democratic	Republican	194-344	R+0.7%	GOP
1964	Democratic	Republican	487-51	D+22.9%	DEM
1960	Democratic	Republican	279-256	D+0.2%	DEM
1956	Democratic	Republican	72-456	R+15.4%	GOP

State-by-State Results

2 Dem49 Rep

State	EV	1972	1968	1964	1960	1956
District of Columbia	3	D+56.5	D+63.6	D+71.0	—	—
Massachusetts	11	D+9.0	D+30.1	D+52.7	D+20.7	R+18.9
Minnesota	10	R+5.5	D+12.5	D+27.8	D+1.4	R+7.6
Rhode Island	4	R+6.2	D+32.3	D+61.7	D+27.3	R+16.5
South Dakota	3	R+8.6	R+11.3	D+11.2	R+16.4	R+16.8
Wisconsin	10	R+9.7	R+3.6	D+24.4	R+3.7	R+23.7
Oregon	8	R+10.1	R+6.0	D+27.8	R+5.2	R+10.5
California	54	R+13.5	R+3.1	D+18.3	R+0.6	R+11.1
Michigan	15	R+14.4	D+6.7	D+33.6	D+2.0	R+11.5
Iowa	6	R+17.1	R+12.2	D+24.0	R+13.5	R+18.4
New York	28	R+17.3	D+5.5	D+37.3	D+5.3	R+22.4
Washington	12	R+18.3	D+2.1	D+24.6	R+2.4	R+8.5
Connecticut	7	R+18.4	D+5.2	D+35.7	D+7.5	R+27.5
Illinois	19	R+18.5	R+2.9	D+18.9	D+0.2	R+19.2
Pennsylvania	19	R+20.0	D+3.6	D+30.2	D+2.3	R+13.2
Montana	4	R+20.1	R+9.0	D+18.4	R+2.5	R+14.3
Delaware	3	R+20.4	R+3.5	D+22.2	D+1.6	R+10.5
Ohio	17	R+21.6	R+2.3	D+25.9	R+6.6	R+22.2
Maine	4	R+23.0	D+12.2	D+37.7	R+14.1	R+41.7
Alaska	3	R+23.5	R+2.1	D+31.6	R+1.9	—
Maryland	10	R+23.9	D+1.6	D+30.9	D+7.2	R+20.1
New Mexico	5	R+24.5	R+12.1	D+18.6	D+0.7	R+16.0
Missouri	10	R+24.7	R+1.1	D+28.1	D+0.5	D+0.2
New Jersey	14	R+24.8	R+2.1	D+31.8	D+0.8	R+30.5
Hawaii	4	R+25.0	D+21.1	D+57.5	D+0.1	—
Vermont	3	R+26.2	R+9.2	D+32.6	R+17.3	R+44.4
North Dakota	3	R+26.3	R+17.7	D+16.1	R+10.9	R+23.6
West Virginia	4	R+27.2	D+8.8	D+35.9	D+5.5	R+8.2
Nevada	6	R+27.4	R+8.2	D+17.2	D+2.3	R+15.9
Colorado	10	R+28.0	R+9.2	D+23.1	R+9.7	R+19.7
Kentucky	8	R+28.6	R+6.1	D+28.4	R+7.2	R+9.1
New Hampshire	4	R+29.1	R+8.2	D+27.8	R+6.8	R+32.3
Arizona	11	R+31.3	R+19.8	R+0.8	R+11.2	R+22.1
Indiana	11	R+32.8	R+12.3	D+12.4	R+10.4	R+20.2
Texas	40	R+33.0	D+1.3	D+26.8	D+2.0	R+11.3
Louisiana	8	R+37.0	D+4.8	D+13.6	D+21.8	R+13.8
Virginia	13	R+37.7	R+10.9	D+7.1	R+5.4	R+17.0
Tennessee	11	R+38.0	R+9.7	D+11.0	R+7.1	R+0.6
Arkansas	6	R+38.1	R+0.4	D+12.7	D+7.1	D+6.6
Kansas	6	R+38.1	R+20.1	D+9.0	R+21.4	R+31.2
Idaho	4	R+38.2	R+26.1	D+1.8	R+7.6	R+22.4
Wyoming	3	R+38.5	R+20.3	D+13.1	R+10.0	R+20.2
North Carolina	16	R+40.6	R+10.3	D+12.3	D+4.2	D+1.3
Nebraska	5	R+41.0	R+28.0	D+5.2	R+24.1	R+31.0
Utah	6	R+41.3	R+19.4	D+9.4	R+9.6	R+29.1
South Carolina	9	R+42.7	R+8.5	R+17.8	D+2.5	D+20.2
Florida	30	R+44.1	R+9.6	D+2.3	R+3.0	R+14.5
Alabama	9	R+46.9	D+4.7	R+69.5	D+14.3	D+17.1
Oklahoma	7	R+49.7	R+15.7	D+11.5	R+18.0	R+10.3
Georgia	16	R+50.5	R+3.6	R+8.3	D+25.1	D+34.1
Mississippi	6	R+58.6	D+9.5	R+74.3	D+11.7	D+33.8

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

100 total

George County, Mississippi, MSR+87.6%Newton County, Mississippi, MSR+82.4%Coryell County, Texas, TXR+82.4%Neshoba County, Mississippi, MSR+82.0%Choctaw County, Mississippi, MSR+80.8%

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