North Carolina 1972 Presidential Election

the Republican candidate won the North Carolina 1972 presidential election with 1,054,889 votes (69.5%), a margin of R+40.6. North Carolina's 16 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

28.9%

69.5%

438,705

Democrat (28.9%)

1,054,889

Republican (69.5%)

Total Votes: 1,518,612|Margin: R+40.6

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Orange County	D+4.1	D+20.9	D+13.7	24,408	R+8.3%
Northampton County	D+3.8	D+45.0	D+22.8	6,282	R+36.8%
Gates County	R+3.5	D+42.6	D+13.5	2,478	R+30.3%
Hoke County	R+13.5	D+47.7	D+13.5	3,426	R+43.7%
Yancey County	R+15.2	D+8.6	R+8.1	5,440	R+10.9%
Hertford County	R+18.1	D+37.1	D+17.2	4,789	R+50.6%
Tyrrell County	R+19.0	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,140	R+41.6%
Jackson County	R+19.3	D+7.7	R+12.2	7,967	R+9.2%
Jones County	R+19.9	D+22.0	R+0.9	2,800	R+45.6%
Warren County	R+20.7	D+39.9	D+19.4	4,366	R+48.5%
Robeson County	R+21.0	D+42.5	D+8.2	18,941	R+40.3%
Caswell County	R+21.2	D+23.8	D+2.0	5,001	R+39.5%
Bertie County	R+22.2	D+38.5	D+15.6	4,747	R+55.8%
Madison County	R+23.1	D+9.6	R+10.1	5,350	R+8.5%
Graham County	R+23.1	R+9.8	R+25.4	2,783	R+6.1%
Richmond County	R+23.3	D+30.2	D+4.8	9,356	R+34.4%
Anson County	R+23.4	D+42.4	D+14.8	5,833	R+42.0%
Camden County	R+23.4	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,510	R+49.9%
Durham County	R+24.0	D+11.9	D+5.0	41,667	R+33.0%
Alleghany County	R+24.3	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,521	R+8.2%
Washington County	R+24.4	D+21.1	D+6.5	4,151	R+42.9%
Lincoln County	R+25.2	R+7.1	R+35.5	13,892	R+9.2%
Chatham County	R+25.7	D+13.1	R+7.1	9,941	R+22.7%
Cherokee County	R+25.8	R+10.4	R+27.6	6,604	R+6.5%
Watauga County	R+26.8	R+9.4	R+28.9	9,573	R+3.4%
Ashe County	R+26.9	R+11.5	R+24.4	9,188	R+11.0%
Edgecombe County	R+27.4	D+14.4	D+4.5	13,184	R+41.7%
Perquimans County	R+27.7	D+12.3	R+14.7	2,076	R+46.0%
Scotland County	R+28.3	D+34.1	R+0.6	5,472	R+37.2%
Pasquotank County	R+28.9	D+10.2	R+9.3	6,193	R+43.9%
Swain County	R+29.9	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,184	R+21.7%
Bladen County	R+30.8	D+37.6	D+3.7	6,497	R+42.8%
Clay County	R+31.6	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,370	R+10.1%
Haywood County	R+32.0	D+14.9	R+12.1	13,731	R+28.8%
Sampson County	R+32.6	D+5.6	R+7.8	14,726	R+21.3%
Pamlico County	R+33.2	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,794	R+48.6%
Montgomery County	R+33.3	D+6.9	R+14.3	6,726	R+24.8%
Chowan County	R+33.8	D+19.7	R+11.1	2,871	R+44.7%
Granville County	R+34.5	D+22.1	R+9.4	9,035	R+43.9%
Vance County	R+34.7	D+12.3	R+7.5	9,710	R+48.8%
Halifax County	R+34.9	D+15.9	D+2.5	13,375	R+46.6%
Stokes County	R+36.3	R+11.4	R+31.5	10,646	R+13.5%
Currituck County	R+36.3	D+8.2	R+26.7	2,367	R+50.9%
Polk County	R+36.8	R+11.5	R+30.0	4,637	R+18.3%
Forsyth County	R+37.2	R+4.2	R+23.3	68,569	R+20.4%
Surry County	R+37.4	R+5.6	R+29.9	15,487	R+13.2%
Martin County	R+38.5	D+29.5	R+4.9	6,091	R+61.8%
Mecklenburg County	R+38.7	R+1.0	R+25.6	113,176	R+15.3%
Rutherford County	R+38.8	R+0.3	R+24.7	13,816	R+20.1%
Franklin County	R+38.9	D+21.1	R+11.3	7,944	R+54.1%
Burke County	R+39.4	R+5.0	R+28.8	20,950	R+15.7%
Pender County	R+39.6	D+18.1	R+7.7	4,829	R+56.1%
Macon County	R+39.9	R+6.9	R+30.1	5,974	R+21.2%
Alexander County	R+39.9	R+16.5	R+40.6	8,506	R+9.7%
Guilford County	R+40.3	R+8.6	R+22.7	88,366	R+24.4%
Stanly County	R+40.3	R+10.9	R+36.2	17,972	R+11.8%
Beaufort County	R+40.4	R+5.7	R+21.5	9,928	R+45.3%
Brunswick County	R+41.0	D+6.6	R+17.6	8,909	R+47.5%
Pitt County	R+41.8	R+0.9	R+16.9	20,459	R+50.4%
Cumberland County	R+42.0	D+1.2	R+16.5	34,595	R+44.8%
Wake County	R+42.1	R+0.7	R+23.5	80,789	R+30.3%
Transylvania County	R+42.1	R+8.9	R+30.1	8,404	R+20.9%
Duplin County	R+42.4	D+16.2	R+6.0	10,130	R+48.3%
Buncombe County	R+42.7	R+2.4	R+23.5	45,594	R+29.2%
Columbus County	R+43.1	D+29.4	R+2.4	11,987	R+45.5%
Moore County	R+43.4	R+11.0	R+35.0	13,308	R+29.1%
Rockingham County	R+44.0	D+2.1	R+25.5	20,407	R+38.6%
Union County	R+44.5	D+5.4	R+41.0	14,336	R+32.4%
Caldwell County	R+44.5	R+18.9	R+39.8	18,171	R+16.5%
Person County	R+44.7	D+11.0	R+24.8	8,264	R+50.4%
Cleveland County	R+45.8	D+5.9	R+24.8	19,048	R+38.6%
Hyde County	R+45.9	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,545	R+64.3%
Wayne County	R+46.0	R+14.3	R+28.4	19,842	R+44.2%
Nash County	R+46.0	R+14.6	R+33.6	17,761	R+49.6%
McDowell County	R+46.3	R+9.2	R+30.4	9,114	R+25.0%
Wilkes County	R+47.1	R+27.2	R+46.2	17,994	R+11.0%
Lee County	R+47.5	D+5.5	R+35.2	8,026	R+46.8%
Wilson County	R+47.8	R+1.7	R+18.9	16,512	R+48.6%
Rowan County	R+49.2	R+22.2	R+40.6	28,274	R+27.2%
Lenoir County	R+49.4	R+12.9	R+21.7	14,975	R+49.4%
Carteret County	R+49.6	R+8.5	R+32.8	11,415	R+42.3%
Harnett County	R+50.3	D+9.2	R+22.3	13,744	R+42.8%
Catawba County	R+50.5	R+23.8	R+45.7	32,375	R+15.6%
Dare County	R+51.2	R+5.3	R+44.0	2,641	R+38.2%
Iredell County	R+51.4	R+10.3	R+40.5	22,682	R+28.1%
New Hanover County	R+51.4	R+11.1	R+30.7	25,615	R+43.0%
Alamance County	R+51.5	R+8.9	R+39.7	29,549	R+39.4%
Davidson County	R+51.7	R+21.5	R+45.2	33,262	R+26.3%
Greene County	R+52.7	D+12.0	R+7.1	3,684	R+70.5%
Gaston County	R+52.8	R+13.5	R+46.9	36,901	R+32.6%
Cabarrus County	R+54.3	R+21.0	R+45.2	24,048	R+23.7%
Randolph County	R+54.3	R+31.8	R+54.8	24,629	R+22.8%
Davie County	R+54.4	R+30.5	R+47.6	7,416	R+24.4%
Craven County	R+58.7	R+4.6	R+28.3	11,903	R+67.8%
Johnston County	R+59.9	R+4.1	R+34.8	18,011	R+48.8%
Yadkin County	R+60.7	R+31.8	R+48.9	8,621	R+15.0%
Onslow County	R+61.3	R+8.9	R+41.7	12,921	R+60.0%
Henderson County	R+62.3	R+27.0	R+45.5	15,135	R+23.7%
Mitchell County	R+67.7	R+40.8	R+57.2	5,081	R+10.8%
Avery County	R+69.0	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,179	R+12.2%

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County Results (100 counties)

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