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United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 1972






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George McGovern bioguide.jpg
Nominee

Richard Nixon

George McGovern

Party

Republican

Democratic
Home state

California

South Dakota
Running mate

Spiro Agnew

Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote

4
0
Popular vote

213,724
116,435
Percentage

64.0%
34.9%


New Hampshire Election Results by County, 1972.svg
County Results

  Nixon—50-60%


  Nixon—60-70%


  Nixon—70-80%







President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican



Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican





The 1972 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


New Hampshire was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Richard Nixon of California and his running mate incumbent Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, Senator George McGovern of South Dakota and his running mate United States Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland.


Nixon took 63.98% of the vote to McGovern's 34.85%, a margin of 29.12%.


New Hampshire in this era normally leaned Republican, having not gone Democratic since the nationwide Democratic landslide of 1964.


As Nixon won re-election nationally in a 49-state landslide, New Hampshire easily remained in the Republican column, with McGovern's only victories coming from neighboring Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.


On the county map, Nixon swept all 10 of the state's counties, breaking 60% in 7 of them. As in previous elections, Carroll County and Belknap County were the most Republican counties in the state, both voting over 70% for Nixon. McGovern's strongest county was Strafford County, where he managed 41.3% of the vote to Nixon's 57.8%.


Amidst Nixon's landslide nationwide win, New Hampshire would weigh in as almost 6% more Republican than the national average, and would be the most Republican state in the Northeast.




Contents





  • 1 Results

    • 1.1 Results by county



  • 2 References


  • 3 See also




Results[edit]











































United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 1972[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes


Republican

Richard Nixon

213,724

63.98%

4


Democratic

George McGovern
116,435
34.85%
0


American Independent

John G. Schmitz
3,386
1.01%
0


Socialist Workers

Linda Jenness
368
0.11%
0

Write-ins

Write-ins
146
0.04%
0

Totals

334,059

100.00%

4
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)
64%/74%


Results by county[edit]


































































































County
Nixon#
Nixon%
McGovern#
McGovern%
Others#
Others%
Total votes cast

Belknap
11,536
70.72%
4,610
28.26%
166
1.02%
16,312

Carroll
8,525
77.01%
2,395
21.64%
150
1.36%
11,070

Cheshire
13,390
58.98%
9,157
40.33%
156
0.69%
22,703

Coös
9,468
60.84%
5,829
37.45%
266
1.71%
15,563

Grafton
16,605
65.58%
8,388
33.13%
326
1.29%
25,319

Hillsborough
65,274
64.39%
34,739
34.27%
1,364
1.35%
101,377

Merrimack
25,354
67.70%
11,737
31.34%
362
0.97%
37,453

Rockingham
38,825
63.09%
21,998
35.75%
718
1.17%
61,541

Strafford
16,846
57.83%
12,028
41.29%
255
0.88%
29,129

Sullivan
7,901
58.13%
5,554
40.86%
137
1.01%
13,592
Totals213,72463.98%116,43534.85%3,9001.17%334,059


References[edit]




  1. ^ "1972 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2013-11-16..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em




See also[edit]


  • Presidency of Richard Nixon









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