Alabama 1972 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Alabama 1972 presidential election with 728,701 votes (72.4%), a margin of R+46.9. Alabama's 9 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

25.5%

72.4%

256,923

Democratic Candidate (25.5%)

728,701

Republican Candidate (72.4%)

Total Votes: 1,006,093|Margin: R+46.9

County Results

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County Results (67 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Greene County	D+38.7	D+53.8	D+44.4	4,735	R+13.0%
Macon County	D+29.2	D+65.8	D+66.5	5,845	R+36.5%
Lowndes County	D+12.2	D+38.5	D+36.9	4,661	R+15.2%
Wilcox County	D+10.3	D+36.8	D+22.0	5,945	R+21.7%
Bullock County	D+3.1	D+44.6	D+34.7	4,591	R+37.7%
Sumter County	D+0.9	D+40.4	D+28.4	5,461	R+41.4%
Perry County	R+1.4	D+29.8	D+2.4	5,699	R+40.1%
Choctaw County	R+22.3	D+12.5	R+8.0	5,030	R+46.3%
Hale County	R+22.4	D+25.2	D+9.9	4,828	R+55.4%
Dallas County	R+22.5	D+11.7	D+6.6	14,280	R+54.2%
Marengo County	R+31.7	D+11.7	R+4.4	7,926	R+64.7%
Jackson County	R+34.2	D+27.3	D+6.2	9,410	R+32.6%
Pickens County	R+35.4	D+11.3	R+13.2	6,046	R+53.0%
Russell County	R+37.5	D+26.9	D+6.6	9,043	R+55.3%
Colbert County	R+38.7	D+29.6	D+7.0	16,564	R+42.3%
Jefferson County	R+39.2	R+7.5	R+19.1	198,528	R+47.0%
Tuscaloosa County	R+42.7	R+1.6	R+26.8	30,179	R+48.9%
DeKalb County	R+42.9	R+4.6	R+25.3	13,237	R+15.7%
Clarke County	R+43.5	D+1.8	R+16.9	7,414	R+57.7%
Barbour County	R+44.7	D+3.2	R+8.5	7,029	R+63.7%
Cherokee County	R+45.2	D+19.9	R+3.1	4,422	R+47.3%
Montgomery County	R+46.0	R+11.6	R+16.2	49,197	R+57.5%
Lauderdale County	R+46.2	D+18.0	R+8.5	20,108	R+42.1%
Talladega County	R+47.0	D+1.2	R+24.2	17,455	R+53.2%
Etowah County	R+47.2	D+12.2	R+0.4	28,581	R+48.0%
Crenshaw County	R+47.6	D+4.3	R+25.7	4,294	R+57.0%
Limestone County	R+48.6	D+26.9	R+21.5	8,452	R+48.8%
Madison County	R+48.7	R+0.2	R+30.1	52,984	R+38.7%
Mobile County	R+49.0	R+18.2	R+26.5	85,634	R+57.8%
Washington County	R+49.8	D+7.2	R+17.9	4,392	R+62.1%
Marshall County	R+50.5	D+13.5	R+22.7	16,238	R+39.9%
Conecuh County	R+50.6	D+2.5	R+12.7	4,296	R+68.6%
Monroe County	R+51.1	R+3.9	R+22.5	6,890	R+68.8%
Lawrence County	R+51.5	D+41.8	D+4.2	5,863	R+52.4%
Lee County	R+51.5	R+6.3	R+29.4	15,441	R+54.8%
Franklin County	R+51.7	D+15.7	R+7.0	7,812	R+30.4%
Randolph County	R+52.6	D+1.4	R+33.3	5,892	R+50.0%
Autauga County	R+52.9	R+18.1	R+41.8	7,140	R+65.0%
Butler County	R+53.6	D+4.1	R+14.9	6,128	R+63.6%
Pike County	R+54.8	R+8.0	R+27.0	7,422	R+65.7%
Coosa County	R+54.9	D+15.9	R+18.3	3,461	R+62.6%
Calhoun County	R+54.9	R+1.3	R+27.7	26,471	R+59.0%
Morgan County	R+55.6	D+5.1	R+36.3	23,553	R+50.4%
Walker County	R+58.7	D+21.1	R+9.5	18,507	R+55.3%
Bibb County	R+58.7	D+10.8	R+23.2	4,248	R+67.1%
Tallapoosa County	R+59.2	D+9.6	R+33.6	10,843	R+60.3%
Henry County	R+59.7	D+2.7	R+27.6	4,291	R+76.1%
Cullman County	R+59.8	D+5.9	R+29.4	18,091	R+37.5%
Blount County	R+60.0	R+9.1	R+38.2	8,173	R+41.5%
Chambers County	R+60.3	D+15.0	R+20.2	11,003	R+62.9%
Coffee County	R+61.0	R+4.6	R+40.9	11,336	R+64.6%
Lamar County	R+61.8	D+9.5	R+34.7	4,075	R+60.7%
Elmore County	R+62.0	R+18.0	R+46.6	10,590	R+70.0%
St. Clair County	R+62.2	R+18.5	R+43.7	8,710	R+54.3%
Shelby County	R+65.2	R+32.5	R+56.9	11,558	R+59.6%
Escambia County	R+65.5	R+11.3	R+38.0	9,591	R+73.1%
Baldwin County	R+66.3	R+36.0	R+53.5	18,375	R+64.5%
Fayette County	R+67.1	D+1.1	R+29.5	5,076	R+64.6%
Dale County	R+67.3	R+18.4	R+51.9	10,038	R+69.9%
Chilton County	R+67.6	R+16.6	R+45.4	8,867	R+56.0%
Houston County	R+67.9	R+30.3	R+52.2	15,124	R+71.0%
Geneva County	R+69.2	R+0.5	R+44.1	6,938	R+70.3%
Cleburne County	R+70.7	R+7.5	R+43.7	4,014	R+62.6%
Covington County	R+71.0	R+5.2	R+44.2	10,881	R+70.7%
Marion County	R+71.2	D+2.5	R+26.6	6,942	R+57.8%
Winston County	R+72.6	R+19.1	R+44.5	5,771	R+38.0%
Clay County	R+76.9	D+1.6	R+39.3	4,474	R+68.0%

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County Results (67 counties)

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