UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1972 ==================================================================== POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ==================================================================== George S Richard M McGovern Nixon (Democrat, SD) (Republican, CA) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 256,923 25.3 - 728,701 71.8 9 ALASKA 32,967 34.6 - 55,349 58.1 3 ARIZONA 198,540 30.4 - 402,812 61.6 6 ARKANSAS 199,892 30.7 - 448,541 68.9 6 CALIFORNIA 3,475,847 41.5 - 4,602,096 55.0 45 COLORADO 329,980 34.6 - 597,189 62.6 7 CONNECTICUT 555,498 40.1 - 810,763 58.6 8 DELAWARE 92,283 39.2 - 140,357 59.6 3 DIST OF COLUMBIA 127,627 78.1 3 35,226 21.6 - FLORIDA 718,117 27.8 - 1,857,759 71.9 17 GEORGIA 289,529 24.7 - 881,490 75.3 12 HAWAII 101,433 37.5 - 168,933 62.5 4 IDAHO 80,826 26.0 - 199,384 64.2 4 ILLINOIS 1,913,472 40.5 - 2,788,179 59.0 26 INDIANA 708,568 33.3 - 1,405,154 66.1 13 IOWA 496,206 40.5 - 706,207 57.6 8 KANSAS 270,287 29.5 - 619,812 67.7 7 KENTUCKY 371,159 34.8 - 676,446 63.4 9 LOUISIANA 298,142 28.6 - 686,852 66.0 10 MAINE 160,584 38.5 - 256,458 61.5 4 MARYLAND 505,781 37.4 - 829,305 61.3 10 MASSACHUSETTS 1,332,540 54.2 14 1,112,078 45.2 - MICHIGAN 1,459,435 41.8 - 1,961,721 56.2 21 MINNESOTA 802,346 46.1 - 898,269 51.6 10 MISSISSIPPI 126,782 19.6 - 505,125 78.2 7 MISSOURI 698,531 37.7 - 1,154,058 62.3 12 MONTANA 120,197 37.9 - 183,976 57.9 4 NEBRASKA 169,991 29.5 - 406,298 70.5 5 NEVADA 66,016 36.3 - 115,750 63.7 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 116,435 34.9 - 213,724 64.0 4 NEW JERSEY 1,102,211 36.8 - 1,845,502 61.6 17 NEW MEXICO 141,084 36.6 - 235,606 61.1 4 NEW YORK 2,951,084 40.3 - 4,192,778 57.3 41 NTH CAROLINA 438,705 28.9 - 1,054,889 69.5 13 NTH DAKOTA 100,384 35.8 - 174,109 62.1 3 OHIO 1,558,889 38.1 - 2,441,827 59.6 25 OKLAHOMA 247,147 24.0 - 759,025 73.7 8 OREGON 392,760 42.3 - 486,686 52.5 6 PENNSYLVANIA 1,796,951 39.1 - 2,714,521 59.1 27 RHODE ISLAND 194,645 46.8 - 220,383 53.0 4 STH CAROLINA 186,824 27.7 - 477,044 70.8 8 STH DAKOTA 139,945 45.5 - 166,476 54.2 4 TENNESSEE 357,293 29.8 - 813,147 67.7 10 TEXAS 1,154,289 33.3 - 2,298,896 66.2 26 UTAH 126,284 26.4 - 323,643 67.6 4 VERMONT 68,174 36.6 - 117,149 62.9 3 VIRGINIA 438,887 30.1 - 988,493 67.8 11 WASHINGTON 568,334 38.6 - 837,135 56.9 9 WEST VIRGINIA 277,435 36.4 - 484,964 63.6 6 WISCONSIN 810,174 43.7 - 989,430 53.4 11 WYOMING 44,358 30.5 - 100,464 69.0 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 29,171,791 37.5 17 47,170,179 60.7 520 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hospers of California received one Electoral College vote from Virginia. --------------------------------------------------------------------