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] Among white voters, 90% supported Nixon while 10% supported McGovern. [6] [7] As of the 2024 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 [a] 0.32% Total votes 1,174,772 100% Results by county County [10] Richard Nixon Republican George 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 47.32% 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 50.52% 6,426 Ben Hill 2,104 74.96% 703 25.04% 1,401 49.92% 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 58.16% 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 57.70% 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 46.04% 2,695 Calhoun 892 64.31% 495 35.69% 397 28.62% 1,387 Camden 2,380 75.97% 753 24.03% 1,627 51.94% 3,133 Candler 1,427 85.71% 238 14.29% 1,189 71.42% 1,665 Carroll 8,296 79.36% 2,158 20.64% 6,138 58.72% 10,454 Catoosa 6,008 87.05% 894 12.95% 5,114 74.10% 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 41.96% 53,645 Chattahoochee 345 74.03% 121 25.97% 224 48.06% 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 65.00% 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 73.26% 4,541 Colquitt 6,900 88.12% 930 11.88% 5,970 76.24% 7,830 Columbia 4,839 83.65% 946 16.35% 3,893 67.30% 5,785 Cook 2,135 80.26% 525 19.74% 1,610 60.52% 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 39.02% 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 86.90% 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 56.42% 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 52.68% 2,494 Dougherty 12,878 78.03% 3,625 21.97% 9,253 56.06% 16,503 Douglas 6,610 87.07% 982 12.93% 5,628 74.14% 7,592 Early 2,396 82.37% 513 17.63% 1,883 64.74% 2,909 Echols 404 85.59% 68 14.41% 336 71.18% 472 Effingham 3,175 86.47% 497 13.53% 2,678 72.94% 3,672 Elbert 2,875 76.48% 884 23.52% 1,991 52.96% 3,759 Emanuel 3,684 80.09% 916 19.91% 2,768 60.18% 4,600 Evans 1,666 81.63% 375 18.37% 1,291 63.26% 2,041 Fannin 3,783 79.95% 949 20.05% 2,834 59.90% 4,732 Fayette 3,401 88.31% 450 11.69% 2,951 76.62% 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 64.60% 2,457 Fulton 96,256 56.43% 74,329 43.57% 21,927 12.86% 170,585 Gilmer 2,729 78.04% 768 21.96% 1,961 56.08% 3,497 Glascock 578 93.38% 41 6.62% 537 86.76% 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 66.62% 5,214 Grady 3,732 81.02% 874 18.98% 2,858 62.04% 4,606 Greene 1,679 64.63% 919 35.37% 760 29.26% 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 63.70% 4,227 Harris 2,617 78.87% 701 21.13% 1,916 57.74% 3,318 Hart 2,308 74.64% 784 25.36% 1,524 49.28% 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 68.32% 16,132 Irwin 1,851 84.68% 335 15.32% 1,516 69.36% 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 47.14% 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 46.94% 2,510 Lanier 850 81.50% 193 18.50% 657 63.00% 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 31.52% 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 59.00% 9,827 Lumpkin 1,477 79.32% 385 20.68% 1,092 58.64% 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 67.66% 1,014 McDuffie 2,990 75.01% 996 24.99% 1,994 50.02% 3,986 McIntosh 1,367 62.14% 833 37.86% 534 24.28% 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 46.86% 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 55.10% 36,683 Newton 4,647 77.10% 1,380 22.90% 3,267 54.20% 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 68.00% 2,038 Paulding 2,814 73.70% 1,004 26.30% 1,810 47.40% 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 54.40% 1,855 Polk 4,929 78.91% 1,317 21.09% 3,612 57.82% 6,246 Pulaski 1,966 81.58% 444 18.42% 1,522 63.16% 2,410 Putnam 1,963 76.47% 604 23.53% 1,359 52.94% 2,567 Quitman 502 78.19% 140 21.81% 362 56.38% 642 Rabun 1,477 80.14% 366 19.86% 1,111 60.28% 1,843 Randolph 1,603 66.76% 798 33.24% 805 33.52% 2,401 Richmond 24,362 72.55% 9,219 27.45% 15,143 45.10% 33,581 Rockdale 3,560 81.82% 791 18.18% 2,769 63.64% 4,351 Schley 694 81.07% 162 18.93% 532 62.14% 856 Screven 2,402 80.69% 575 19.31% 1,827 61.38% 2,977 Seminole 1,851 83.12% 376 16.88% 1,475 66.24% 2,227 Spalding 7,183 80.84% 1,702 19.16% 5,481 61.68% 8,885 Stephens 3,773 81.24% 871 18.76% 2,902 62.48% 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 50.90% 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 71.60% 4,755 Towns 1,573 79.56% 404 20.44% 1,169 59.12% 1,977 Treutlen 1,346 86.50% 210 13.50% 1,136 73.00% 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 51.48% 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 55.60% 5,134 Ware 6,578 79.23% 1,724 20.77% 4,854 58.46% 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 63.46% 591 Wheeler 1,093 78.80% 294 21.20% 799 57.60% 1,387 White 1,537 81.76% 343 18.24% 1,194 63.52% 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 71.08% 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 49.04% 2,947 Worth 2,942 84.44% 542 15.56% 2,400 68.88% 3,484 Totals 881,496 75.04% 289,529 24.65% 591,967 50.39% 1,174,772 [b] Notes These write-in votes were not separated by county but given only as a state-wide total. This total included 3,747 write-in votes not separated by county but given only as a state-wide total. References "United States Presidential election of 1972 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved January 20, 2017. "1972 Election for the Forty-Seventh Term (1973-77)" . Retrieved January 20, 2017. "1972 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia" . Retrieved January 20, 2017. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1972" . Retrieved January 20, 2017. "1972 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018. Black & Black 1992, p. 295. Black & Black 1992, p. 335. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 425 ISBN   0313257957 Fortson, Jr., Ben W. (1972). Official state of Georgia tabulation by counties for Presidential Electors, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representatives, state officers and constitutional amendments, General Election November 7, 1972 (PDF) (Report). Georgia Secretary of State – via Digital Library of Georgia. Works cited Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN   0674941306. This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.