1972 United States presidential election in Georgia

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1972 United States presidential election in Georgia

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Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern Party Republican Democratic Home state California South Dakota Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver Electoral vote 12 0 Popular vote 881,496 289,529 Percentage 75.04% 24.65%

County Results Nixon   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90-100% The 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 75.04% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 24.65% of the popular vote. [3] [4] This made Georgia, even amidst a Republican landslide, 26% more Republican than the nation at-large and made it Nixon's second strongest state in the 1972 election. [5] 90% of white voters supported Nixon while 10% supported McGovern. [6] [7] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time the following counties have ever voted Republican: Calhoun, Clay, Fulton (which contains the state's capital and largest city, Atlanta), Macon, Stewart, Talbot, Taliaferro, and Warren as well as the only time Hancock voted Republican. [8] This was the first time any candidate had swept every Georgia county. [9] Results 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia Party Candidate Votes % Republican Richard Nixon (inc.) 881,496 75.04% Democratic George McGovern 289,529 24.65% Write–in 3,747 [lower-alpha 1] 0.32% Total votes 1,174,772 100% Results by county County Richard Milhous Nixon Republican George Stanley McGovern Democratic Margin Total votes cast #  % #  % #  % Appling 2,755 84.33% 512 15.67% 2,243 68.66% 3,267 Atkinson 924 74.94% 309 25.06% 615 49.88% 1,233 Bacon 1,771 90.22% 192 9.78% 1,579 80.44% 1,963 Baker 965 73.66% 345 26.34% 620 47.33% 1,310 Baldwin 4,826 77.08% 1,435 22.92% 3,391 54.16% 6,261 Banks 1,336 78.96% 356 21.04% 980 57.92% 1,692 Barrow 3,423 79.79% 867 20.21% 2,556 59.58% 4,290 Bartow 4,836 75.26% 1,590 24.74% 3,246 50.51% 6,426 Ben Hill 2,104 74.96% 703 25.04% 1,401 49.91% 2,807 Berrien 2,285 86.03% 371 13.97% 1,914 72.06% 2,656 Bibb 27,402 72.87% 10,201 27.13% 17,201 45.74% 37,603 Bleckley 2,308 85.96% 377 14.04% 1,931 71.92% 2,685 Brantley 1,587 82.44% 338 17.56% 1,249 64.88% 1,925 Brooks 2,430 79.08% 643 20.92% 1,787 58.15% 3,073 Bryan 1,409 84.27% 263 15.73% 1,146 68.54% 1,672 Bulloch 5,683 78.85% 1,524 21.15% 4,159 57.71% 7,207 Burke 2,846 72.90% 1,058 27.10% 1,788 45.80% 3,904 Butts 1,968 73.02% 727 26.98% 1,241 46.05% 2,695 Calhoun 892 64.31% 495 35.69% 397 28.62% 1,387 Camden 2,380 75.97% 753 24.03% 1,627 51.93% 3,133 Candler 1,427 85.71% 238 14.29% 1,189 71.41% 1,665 Carroll 8,296 79.36% 2,158 20.64% 6,138 58.71% 10,454 Catoosa 6,008 87.05% 894 12.95% 5,114 74.09% 6,902 Charlton 1,244 80.05% 310 19.95% 934 60.10% 1,554 Chatham 38,079 70.98% 15,566 29.02% 22,513 41.97% 53,645 Chattahoochee 345 74.03% 121 25.97% 224 48.07% 466 Chattooga 3,188 77.55% 923 22.45% 2,265 55.10% 4,111 Cherokee 5,509 82.62% 1,159 17.38% 4,350 65.24% 6,668 Clarke 11,465 65.31% 6,090 34.69% 5,375 30.62% 17,555 Clay 632 69.07% 283 30.93% 349 38.14% 915 Clayton 23,681 86.36% 3,740 13.64% 19,941 72.72% 27,421 Clinch 1,127 82.50% 239 17.50% 888 65.01% 1,366 Cobb 43,977 85.12% 7,688 14.88% 36,289 70.24% 51,665 Coffee 3,934 86.63% 607 13.37% 3,327 73.27% 4,541 Colquitt 6,900 88.12% 930 11.88% 5,970 76.25% 7,830 Columbia 4,839 83.65% 946 16.35% 3,893 67.29% 5,785 Cook 2,135 80.26% 525 19.74% 1,610 60.53% 2,660 Coweta 5,751 78.66% 1,560 21.34% 4,191 57.32% 7,311 Crawford 1,167 69.51% 512 30.49% 655 39.01% 1,679 Crisp 3,623 84.16% 682 15.84% 2,941 68.32% 4,305 Dade 2,110 93.45% 148 6.55% 1,962 86.89% 2,258 Dawson 828 78.26% 230 21.74% 598 56.52% 1,058 Decatur 4,292 78.21% 1,196 21.79% 3,096 56.41% 5,488 DeKalb 104,750 77.35% 30,671 22.65% 74,079 54.70% 135,421 Dodge 4,346 83.10% 884 16.90% 3,462 66.20% 5,230 Dooly 1,904 76.34% 590 23.66% 1,314 52.69% 2,494 Dougherty 12,878 78.03% 3,625 21.97% 9,253 56.07% 16,503 Douglas 6,610 87.07% 982 12.93% 5,628 74.13% 7,592 Early 2,396 82.37% 513 17.63% 1,883 64.73% 2,909 Echols 404 85.59% 68 14.41% 336 71.19% 472 Effingham 3,175 86.47% 497 13.53% 2,678 72.93% 3,672 Elbert 2,875 76.48% 884 23.52% 1,991 52.97% 3,759 Emanuel 3,684 80.09% 916 19.91% 2,768 60.17% 4,600 Evans 1,666 81.63% 375 18.37% 1,291 63.25% 2,041 Fannin 3,783 79.95% 949 20.05% 2,834 59.89% 4,732 Fayette 3,401 88.31% 450 11.69% 2,951 76.63% 3,851 Floyd 15,485 82.12% 3,372 17.88% 12,113 64.24% 18,857 Forsyth 2,968 84.39% 549 15.61% 2,419 68.78% 3,517 Franklin 2,022 82.30% 435 17.70% 1,587 64.59% 2,457 Fulton 96,256 56.43% 74,329 43.57% 21,927 12.85% 170,585 Gilmer 2,729 78.04% 768 21.96% 1,961 56.08% 3,497 Glascock 578 93.38% 41 6.62% 537 86.75% 619 Glynn 9,443 75.88% 3,002 24.12% 6,441 51.76% 12,445 Gordon 4,344 83.31% 870 16.69% 3,474 66.63% 5,214 Grady 3,732 81.02% 874 18.98% 2,858 62.05% 4,606 Greene 1,679 64.63% 919 35.37% 760 29.25% 2,598 Gwinnett 18,181 86.26% 2,896 13.74% 15,285 72.52% 21,077 Habersham 971 84.95% 172 15.05% 799 69.90% 1,143 Hall 10,686 81.41% 2,440 18.59% 8,246 62.82% 13,126 Hancock 1,595 51.50% 1,502 48.50% 93 3.00% 3,097 Haralson 3,460 81.85% 767 18.15% 2,693 63.71% 4,227 Harris 2,617 78.87% 701 21.13% 1,916 57.75% 3,318 Hart 2,308 74.64% 784 25.36% 1,524 49.29% 3,092 Heard 1,239 81.78% 276 18.22% 963 63.56% 1,515 Henry 5,155 77.93% 1,460 22.07% 3,695 55.86% 6,615 Houston 13,576 84.16% 2,556 15.84% 11,020 68.31% 16,132 Irwin 1,851 84.68% 335 15.32% 1,516 69.35% 2,186 Jackson 4,124 79.63% 1,055 20.37% 3,069 59.26% 5,179 Jasper 1,289 73.57% 463 26.43% 826 47.15% 1,752 Jeff Davis 1,857 86.01% 302 13.99% 1,555 72.02% 2,159 Jefferson 2,777 70.11% 1,184 29.89% 1,593 40.22% 3,961 Jenkins 1,769 78.52% 484 21.48% 1,285 57.04% 2,253 Johnson 2,201 84.07% 417 15.93% 1,784 68.14% 2,618 Jones 2,483 74.25% 861 25.75% 1,622 48.50% 3,344 Lamar 1,844 73.47% 666 26.53% 1,178 46.93% 2,510 Lanier 850 81.50% 193 18.50% 657 62.99% 1,043 Laurens 7,350 77.53% 2,130 22.47% 5,220 55.06% 9,480 Lee 1,441 78.70% 390 21.30% 1,051 57.40% 1,831 Liberty 2,337 65.76% 1,217 34.24% 1,120 31.51% 3,554 Lincoln 1,246 78.56% 340 21.44% 906 57.12% 1,586 Long 764 76.40% 236 23.60% 528 52.80% 1,000 Lowndes 7,812 79.50% 2,015 20.50% 5,797 58.99% 9,827 Lumpkin 1,477 79.32% 385 20.68% 1,092 58.65% 1,862 Macon 2,005 70.55% 837 29.45% 1,168 41.10% 2,842 Madison 2,606 82.00% 572 18.00% 2,034 64.00% 3,178 Marion 850 83.83% 164 16.17% 686 67.65% 1,014 McDuffie 2,990 75.01% 996 24.99% 1,994 50.03% 3,986 McIntosh 1,367 62.14% 833 37.86% 534 24.27% 2,200 Meriwether 3,420 73.82% 1,213 26.18% 2,207 47.64% 4,633 Miller 1,269 91.49% 118 8.51% 1,151 82.98% 1,387 Mitchell 2,400 68.18% 1,120 31.82% 1,280 36.36% 3,520 Monroe 2,181 73.43% 789 26.57% 1,392 46.87% 2,970 Montgomery 1,370 80.26% 337 19.74% 1,033 60.52% 1,707 Morgan 2,007 75.03% 668 24.97% 1,339 50.06% 2,675 Murray 2,643 80.41% 644 19.59% 1,999 60.82% 3,287 Muscogee 28,449 77.55% 8,234 22.45% 20,215 55.11% 36,683 Newton 4,647 77.10% 1,380 22.90% 3,267 54.21% 6,027 Oconee 2,029 81.39% 464 18.61% 1,565 62.78% 2,493 Oglethorpe 1,712 84.00% 326 16.00% 1,386 68.01% 2,038 Paulding 2,814 73.70% 1,004 26.30% 1,810 47.41% 3,818 Peach 3,747 60.83% 2,413 39.17% 1,334 21.66% 6,160 Pickens 2,101 80.16% 520 19.84% 1,581 60.32% 2,621 Pierce 1,982 88.05% 269 11.95% 1,713 76.10% 2,251 Pike 1,432 77.20% 423 22.80% 1,009 54.39% 1,855 Polk 4,929 78.91% 1,317 21.09% 3,612 57.83% 6,246 Pulaski 1,966 81.58% 444 18.42% 1,522 63.15% 2,410 Putnam 1,963 76.47% 604 23.53% 1,359 52.94% 2,567 Quitman 502 78.19% 140 21.81% 362 56.39% 642 Rabun 1,477 80.14% 366 19.86% 1,111 60.28% 1,843 Randolph 1,603 66.76% 798 33.24% 805 33.53% 2,401 Richmond 24,362 72.55% 9,219 27.45% 15,143 45.09% 33,581 Rockdale 3,560 81.82% 791 18.18% 2,769 63.64% 4,351 Schley 694 81.07% 162 18.93% 532 62.15% 856 Screven 2,402 80.69% 575 19.31% 1,827 61.37% 2,977 Seminole 1,851 83.12% 376 16.88% 1,475 66.23% 2,227 Spalding 7,183 80.84% 1,702 19.16% 5,481 61.69% 8,885 Stephens 3,773 81.24% 871 18.76% 2,902 62.49% 4,644 Stewart 1,020 74.29% 353 25.71% 667 48.58% 1,373 Sumter 4,533 78.14% 1,268 21.86% 3,265 56.28% 5,801 Talbot 990 66.09% 508 33.91% 482 32.18% 1,498 Taliaferro 585 61.13% 372 38.87% 213 22.26% 957 Tattnall 2,892 85.46% 492 14.54% 2,400 70.92% 3,384 Taylor 1,580 75.45% 514 24.55% 1,066 50.91% 2,094 Telfair 2,245 76.57% 687 23.43% 1,558 53.14% 2,932 Terrell 2,057 74.99% 686 25.01% 1,371 49.98% 2,743 Thomas 6,668 75.44% 2,171 24.56% 4,497 50.88% 8,839 Tift 4,591 84.91% 816 15.09% 3,775 69.82% 5,407 Toombs 4,080 85.80% 675 14.20% 3,405 71.61% 4,755 Towns 1,573 79.56% 404 20.44% 1,169 59.13% 1,977 Treutlen 1,346 86.50% 210 13.50% 1,136 73.01% 1,556 Troup 8,350 80.24% 2,056 19.76% 6,294 60.48% 10,406 Turner 2,120 82.91% 437 17.09% 1,683 65.82% 2,557 Twiggs 1,363 55.05% 1,113 44.95% 250 10.10% 2,476 Union 2,317 75.74% 742 24.26% 1,575 51.49% 3,059 Upson 4,892 84.52% 896 15.48% 3,996 69.04% 5,788 Walker 8,728 84.72% 1,574 15.28% 7,154 69.44% 10,302 Walton 3,994 77.80% 1,140 22.20% 2,854 55.59% 5,134 Ware 6,578 79.23% 1,724 20.77% 4,854 58.47% 8,302 Warren 1,175 71.21% 475 28.79% 700 42.42% 1,650 Washington 3,901 75.79% 1,246 24.21% 2,655 51.58% 5,147 Wayne 3,677 83.38% 733 16.62% 2,944 66.76% 4,410 Webster 483 81.73% 108 18.27% 375 63.45% 591 Wheeler 1,093 78.80% 294 21.20% 799 57.61% 1,387 White 1,537 81.76% 343 18.24% 1,194 63.51% 1,880 Whitfield 8,591 81.46% 1,955 18.54% 6,636 62.92% 10,546 Wilcox 1,863 85.54% 315 14.46% 1,548 71.07% 2,178 Wilkes 2,195 77.26% 646 22.74% 1,549 54.52% 2,841 Wilkinson 2,196 74.52% 751 25.48% 1,445 49.03% 2,947 Worth 2,942 84.44% 542 15.56% 2,400 68.89% 3,484 Totals 881,496 75.04% 289,529 24.65% 591,967 50.39% 1,174,772 [lower-alpha 2] Notes These write-in votes were not separated by county but given only as a state-wide total. 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