1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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  1968 November 7, 1972 [1] 1976  
  Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg
Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California South Dakota
Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote60
Popular vote445,751198,899
Percentage68.82%30.71%

Arkansas Presidential Election Results 1972.svg
County Results
Nixon
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

The 1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. State voters chose six [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Arkansas was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (RCalifornia), with 68.82% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (DSouth Dakota), with 30.71% of the popular vote. [3] [4] John G. Schmitz was the only other candidate on the ballot, and, as the candidate for the American Independent Party, he received just over three thousand votes.

In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results, [5] [6] the Democratic nominee did not win a single county in Arkansas. This marked the first time that Arkansas had voted Republican in a presidential election since Ulysses S. Grant carried the state in 1872, and made Nixon only the second Republican (after Grant) to ever carry the state. As of 2020 , this remains the strongest-ever Republican presidential performance in Arkansas, the only time that a Republican has swept every county in the state, and, along with 1932, the second of two times any candidate has done so.

As of the 2024, this is the last presidential election in which the Republican carried Phillips County, Jefferson County, Lee County, and Chicot County in a presidential election. Jackson, Lincoln, and Clark counties would not vote Republican again until 2008, Woodruff County until 2016, and Desha County until 2024. [7] 80% of white voters supported Nixon while 19% supported McGovern. [8] [9]

Results

1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Nixon (inc.) 445,751 68.82%
Democratic George McGovern 198,89930.71%
American Independent John G. Schmitz 3,0160.47%
Total votes647,666 100%

Results by county

CountyRichard Nixon
Republican
George McGovern
Democratic
John G. Schmitz
American Independent
MarginTotals votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Arkansas 5,22573.46%1,84925.99%390.55%3,37647.47%7,113
Ashley 5,50676.44%1,68023.32%170.24%3,82653.12%7,203
Baxter 6,75470.65%2,67728.00%1291.35%4,07742.65%9,560
Benton 14,62177.86%4,08321.74%740.39%10,53856.12%18,778
Boone 5,48474.49%1,86225.29%160.22%3,62249.20%7,362
Bradley 3,21869.74%1,36829.65%280.61%1,85040.09%4,614
Calhoun 1,29864.26%70735.00%150.74%59129.26%2,020
Carroll 3,56570.09%1,40127.55%1202.36%2,16442.54%5,086
Chicot 2,85865.96%1,46933.90%60.14%1,38932.06%4,333
Clark 4,17359.96%2,74139.38%460.66%1,43220.58%6,960
Clay 4,38169.39%1,93330.61%00.00%2,44838.78%6,314
Cleburne 2,87067.15%1,40032.76%40.09%1,47034.39%4,274
Cleveland 1,83771.45%73428.55%00.00%1,10342.90%2,571
Columbia 5,80172.30%2,19327.33%290.36%3,60844.97%8,023
Conway 4,18758.11%3,00941.76%90.12%1,17816.35%7,205
Craighead 11,31265.94%5,84334.06%00.00%5,46931.88%17,155
Crawford 6,97481.41%1,52017.74%720.84%5,45463.67%8,566
Crittenden 7,97171.06%3,24628.94%00.00%4,72542.12%11,217
Cross 3,74372.78%1,22123.74%1793.48%2,52249.04%5,143
Dallas 2,15260.55%1,40239.45%00.00%75021.10%3,554
Desha 3,38566.92%1,66532.92%80.16%1,72034.00%5,058
Drew 3,33474.06%1,16825.94%00.00%2,16648.12%4,502
Faulkner 6,74659.44%4,60440.56%00.00%2,14218.88%11,350
Franklin 3,67874.60%1,25225.40%00.00%2,42649.20%4,930
Fulton 2,03067.89%96032.11%00.00%1,07035.78%2,990
Garland 15,60273.90%5,20724.66%3031.44%10,39549.24%21,112
Grant 2,41467.41%1,14732.03%200.56%1,26735.38%3,581
Greene 6,12873.03%2,26326.97%00.00%3,86546.06%8,391
Hempstead 4,96370.80%2,04729.20%00.00%2,91641.60%7,010
Hot Spring 5,37864.54%2,87234.47%831.00%2,50630.07%8,333
Howard 2,68271.50%1,06928.50%00.00%1,61343.00%3,751
Independence 5,07665.74%2,63034.06%150.19%2,44631.68%7,721
Izard 2,00164.26%1,10835.58%50.16%89328.68%3,114
Jackson 4,19666.73%2,09233.27%00.00%2,10433.46%6,288
Jefferson 16,88861.95%10,34637.95%260.10%6,54224.00%27,260
Johnson 4,10766.76%2,04533.24%00.00%2,06233.52%6,152
Lafayette 2,46071.91%95227.83%90.26%1,50844.08%3,421
Lawrence 3,98169.45%1,75130.55%00.00%2,23038.90%5,732
Lee 3,54064.59%1,90734.79%340.62%1,63329.80%5,481
Lincoln 2,31867.52%1,11532.48%00.00%1,20335.04%3,433
Little River 2,55070.04%1,09129.96%00.00%1,45940.08%3,641
Logan 4,96471.42%1,95628.14%300.43%3,00843.28%6,950
Lonoke 5,29867.62%2,50431.96%330.42%2,79435.66%7,835
Madison 3,37264.09%1,88935.91%00.00%1,48328.18%5,261
Marion 2,33166.66%1,10831.68%581.66%1,22334.98%3,497
Miller 8,35574.53%2,85525.47%00.00%5,50049.06%11,210
Mississippi 10,93174.73%3,54424.23%1521.04%7,38750.50%14,627
Monroe 2,89763.45%1,57834.56%911.99%1,31928.89%4,566
Montgomery 1,55568.17%68830.16%381.67%86738.01%2,281
Nevada 2,51368.07%1,17931.93%00.00%1,33436.14%3,692
Newton 1,92469.84%83130.16%00.00%1,09339.68%2,755
Ouachita 6,62062.68%3,93137.22%110.10%2,68925.46%10,562
Perry 1,44563.88%81035.81%70.31%63528.07%2,262
Phillips 6,23558.90%4,28340.46%680.64%1,95218.44%10,586
Pike 2,31673.69%79825.39%290.92%1,51848.30%3,143
Poinsett 7,01077.91%1,90821.20%800.89%5,10256.71%8,998
Polk 3,60974.83%1,12023.22%941.95%2,48951.61%4,823
Pope 6,91767.52%3,30232.23%250.24%3,61535.29%10,244
Prairie 2,18671.46%87328.54%00.00%1,31342.92%3,059
Pulaski 57,57662.95%33,61136.75%2810.31%23,96526.20%91,468
Randolph 2,57862.83%1,52537.17%00.00%1,05325.66%4,103
St. Francis 5,69265.95%2,67430.98%2653.07%3,01834.97%8,631
Saline 7,97263.64%4,50335.95%520.42%3,46927.69%12,527
Scott 2,42475.87%77124.13%00.00%1,65351.74%3,195
Searcy 3,16378.76%85321.24%00.00%2,31057.52%4,016
Sebastian 25,21981.23%5,77018.58%580.19%19,44962.65%31,047
Sevier 2,52669.91%1,04829.01%391.08%1,47840.90%3,613
Sharp 2,67769.71%1,15430.05%90.23%1,52339.66%3,840
Stone 1,98967.38%95832.45%50.17%1,03134.93%2,952
Union 11,92576.72%3,53122.72%870.56%8,39454.00%15,543
Van Buren 2,62261.91%1,59437.64%190.45%1,02824.27%4,235
Washington 17,52370.94%7,10828.78%700.28%10,41542.16%24,701
White 8,70167.24%4,16132.15%790.61%4,54035.09%12,941
Woodruff 1,98961.73%1,18336.72%501.55%80625.01%3,222
Yell 3,31066.48%1,66933.52%00.00%1,64132.96%4,979
Totals445,75168.82%198,89930.71%3,0160.47%246,85238.11%647,666

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from American Independent to Republican

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