California 1972 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the California 1972 presidential election with 4,602,096 votes (55.0%), a margin of R+13.5. California's 54 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

41.5%

55.0%

3,475,847

Democratic Candidate (41.5%)

4,602,096

Republican Candidate (55.0%)

Total Votes: 8,367,862|Margin: R+13.5

County Results

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County Results (58 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
San Francisco County	D+14.2	D+20.6	D+35.9	304,770	R+11.3%
Yolo County	D+13.4	D+3.9	D+3.0	42,738	R+2.9%
Alameda County	D+12.2	D+10.3	D+18.6	471,195	R+4.1%
Sierra County	D+2.2	R+11.9	R+15.7	1,324	D+1.3%
Shasta County	D+1.7	R+25.7	R+25.9	35,603	R+7.5%
Plumas County	D+1.7	R+15.6	R+15.0	6,360	R+13.7%
Sacramento County	R+1.4	R+7.4	R+12.4	288,221	R+10.6%
Humboldt County	R+2.7	R+14.2	R+4.9	45,763	R+2.0%
Santa Cruz County	R+3.5	R+5.8	D+8.1	69,759	D+6.2%
Fresno County	R+4.1	R+10.7	R+9.6	156,719	R+7.9%
Placer County	R+4.6	R+21.1	R+27.7	36,945	R+10.1%
Stanislaus County	R+5.9	R+9.4	R+19.4	76,867	R+8.6%
Santa Clara County	R+6.3	R+13.0	R+11.2	457,293	R+9.1%
Marin County	R+6.5	R+9.6	D+0.6	103,883	R+0.2%
Trinity County	R+6.7	R+23.7	R+22.3	3,681	R+6.9%
Lassen County	R+6.8	R+18.6	R+23.9	7,122	R+12.9%
Tehama County	R+7.1	R+27.9	R+27.4	12,424	R+1.3%
Siskiyou County	R+7.7	R+21.9	R+18.9	14,696	R+7.1%
Mendocino County	R+7.8	R+5.8	R+6.2	21,814	R+5.7%
Madera County	R+8.4	R+14.2	R+21.3	14,892	R+13.3%
San Mateo County	R+10.0	R+12.2	R+5.0	256,297	R+13.5%
Contra Costa County	R+10.6	R+12.8	R+9.9	256,884	R+12.5%
Solano County	R+11.3	R+12.4	R+10.2	57,965	R+30.1%
Merced County	R+11.7	R+5.8	R+18.8	32,648	R+21.8%
Tuolumne County	R+12.0	R+20.9	R+17.7	10,856	R+7.4%
Amador County	R+12.5	R+22.9	R+24.6	6,616	R+15.7%
Los Angeles County	R+12.7	R+10.0	R+10.2	2,830,370	R+11.1%
El Dorado County	R+12.8	R+28.7	R+31.2	20,905	R+3.5%
Sonoma County	R+13.2	R+12.0	R+3.4	105,434	R+7.5%
Santa Barbara County	R+13.5	R+22.5	R+26.8	121,541	R+0.2%
Del Norte County	R+13.7	R+24.0	R+19.0	5,648	R+10.7%
Lake County	R+15.0	R+17.7	R+11.2	11,750	R+7.5%
San Luis Obispo County	R+15.3	R+26.1	R+28.7	51,033	R+5.8%
San Joaquin County	R+15.8	R+19.8	R+20.4	111,469	R+10.5%
Nevada County	R+15.8	R+28.9	R+27.1	14,638	R+3.5%
Mariposa County	R+16.8	R+21.3	R+24.4	3,779	R+6.5%
Kings County	R+17.4	R+17.0	R+29.0	18,595	R+22.1%
Monterey County	R+17.5	R+21.2	R+15.4	82,408	R+9.5%
Yuba County	R+18.8	R+21.6	R+28.8	11,630	R+10.7%
Colusa County	R+19.2	R+25.9	R+32.1	4,717	R+8.2%
Riverside County	R+19.6	R+28.4	R+28.0	186,404	R+5.5%
San Benito County	R+20.0	R+17.2	R+22.8	6,881	R+17.6%
Butte County	R+20.8	R+28.3	R+27.7	50,028	D+3.0%
Napa County	R+22.6	R+19.8	R+17.0	39,261	R+24.1%
Modoc County	R+22.8	R+38.3	R+41.2	3,565	R+9.1%
Tulare County	R+23.7	R+22.8	R+28.8	60,150	R+11.0%
San Bernardino County	R+24.2	R+28.0	R+30.8	242,256	R+14.1%
Glenn County	R+24.4	R+38.0	R+40.9	7,743	R+5.0%
Kern County	R+25.0	R+26.0	R+31.0	119,193	R+20.9%
Imperial County	R+27.1	R+19.0	R+25.1	22,849	R+10.8%
Calaveras County	R+27.3	R+29.0	R+29.9	6,779	R+11.7%
San Diego County	R+27.5	R+33.5	R+31.9	601,137	R+7.3%
Sutter County	R+29.4	R+36.0	R+44.0	16,372	R+1.6%
Alpine County	R+29.7	R+26.2	R+15.0	576	R+3.2%
Ventura County	R+30.5	R+30.7	R+38.5	150,805	R+20.3%
Mono County	R+37.3	R+37.0	R+46.2	2,799	D+0.5%
Inyo County	R+40.0	R+38.9	R+42.0	7,159	R+20.2%
Orange County	R+41.3	R+45.3	R+50.4	656,653	R+8.0%

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County Results (58 counties)

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