1972 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1972 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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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 vote90
Popular vote676,446371,159
Percentage63.37%34.77%

Kentucky Presidential Election Results 1972.svg
County Results

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1972 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [2]

Contents

Kentucky was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (RCalifornia) with 63.77 percent of the popular vote against Senator George McGovern (DSouth Dakota) with 34.77%. [3] [4] Nixon won all but eight of the 120 counties in the state. [5] Electors Frank Stubblefield (D), Romano L. Mazzoli (D), Gene Snyder (R), Tim Lee Carter (R), William P. Curlin Jr. (D), Carl D. Perkins (D), John Sherman Cooper (R), and Marlow W. Cook (R) were pledged to and voted for Nixon.

This was the first time ever that a Republican won Franklin County, Harrison County, Henry County, Meade County, Owen County, or Trimble County, and the first time that every county in the Jackson Purchase voted Republican. Nixon was also the first Republican since Abraham Lincoln in 1864 to carry Fulton County, Marshall County, or Hickman County.

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Richard Nixon of California (incumbent) Spiro Agnew (incumbent) Republican 9676,44663.37%
George McGovern Sargent Shriver Democratic 0371,15934.77%
John G. Schmitz Thomas J. Anderson American 017,6271.65%
Benjamin Spock Julius Hobson People's 01,1180.10%
Linda Jenness Andrew Pulley Socialist Workers 06850.06%
Gus Hall Jarvis Tyner Communist 04640.04%

Results by county

County [6] Richard Nixon
Republican
George McGovern
Democratic
John G. Schmitz
American
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 3,85969.77%1,61029.11%550.99%70.13%2,24940.66%5,531
Allen 3,02569.83%1,25929.06%430.99%50.12%1,76640.77%4,332
Anderson 2,29862.62%1,30235.48%601.63%100.27%99627.14%3,670
Ballard 1,54249.92%1,41145.68%1284.14%80.26%1314.24%3,089
Barren 6,07062.60%3,38434.90%2302.37%120.12%2,68627.70%9,696
Bath 1,91958.47%1,34741.04%120.37%40.12%57217.43%3,282
Bell 6,51866.06%3,21932.62%960.97%340.34%3,29933.44%9,867
Boone 7,35571.55%2,59525.24%3163.07%140.14%4,76046.31%10,280
Bourbon 3,18062.02%1,86036.28%781.52%90.18%1,32025.74%5,127
Boyd 12,81265.92%6,43433.10%1700.87%210.11%6,37832.82%19,437
Boyle 4,31763.66%2,39535.32%540.80%150.22%1,92228.34%6,781
Bracken 1,62864.30%87334.48%291.15%20.08%75529.82%2,532
Breathitt 1,84640.65%2,67758.95%130.29%50.11%-831-18.30%4,541
Breckinridge 3,57464.25%1,92134.53%621.11%60.11%1,65329.72%5,563
Bullitt 4,51759.80%2,82737.43%1912.53%180.24%1,69022.37%7,553
Butler 2,94177.03%83521.87%360.94%60.16%2,10655.16%3,818
Caldwell 2,95266.32%1,34530.22%1393.12%150.34%1,60736.10%4,451
Calloway 5,16759.17%3,46839.72%850.97%120.14%1,69919.45%8,732
Campbell 20,02568.01%8,58529.16%7702.62%650.22%11,44038.85%29,445
Carlisle 1,16955.75%87241.58%482.29%80.38%29714.17%2,097
Carroll 1,22847.71%1,30850.82%351.36%30.12%-80-3.11%2,574
Carter 4,08260.68%2,59138.52%390.58%150.22%1,49122.16%6,727
Casey 3,72778.83%91319.31%531.12%350.74%2,81459.52%4,728
Christian 7,41463.34%4,06334.71%2151.84%130.11%3,35128.63%11,705
Clark 4,50668.43%2,02030.68%510.77%80.12%2,48637.75%6,585
Clay 4,04669.99%1,70929.56%220.38%40.07%2,33740.43%5,781
Clinton 2,63279.59%65919.93%130.39%30.09%1,97359.66%3,307
Crittenden 2,24871.52%85927.33%321.02%40.13%1,38944.19%3,143
Cumberland 2,29476.42%68622.85%200.67%20.07%1,60853.57%3,002
Daviess 17,23465.64%8,16831.11%7572.88%970.37%9,06634.53%26,256
Edmonson 2,32775.70%72223.49%170.55%80.26%1,60552.21%3,074
Elliott 78234.04%1,49965.26%70.30%90.39%-717-31.22%2,297
Estill 3,05469.42%1,32230.05%200.45%30.07%1,73239.37%4,399
Fayette 42,36266.54%19,82831.14%1,3152.07%1610.25%22,53435.40%63,666
Fleming 2,48462.38%1,45536.54%250.63%180.45%1,02925.84%3,982
Floyd 6,09944.20%7,54454.67%1170.85%400.29%-1,445-10.47%13,800
Franklin 7,78156.88%5,60140.95%2641.93%330.24%2,18015.93%13,679
Fulton 1,80761.32%1,02434.75%1113.77%50.17%78326.57%2,947
Gallatin 71953.38%61245.43%141.04%20.15%1077.95%1,347
Garrard 3,14367.49%1,44130.94%651.40%80.17%1,70236.55%4,657
Grant 2,08664.03%1,05432.35%1113.41%70.21%1,03231.68%3,258
Graves 6,09860.38%3,70136.64%2662.63%350.35%2,39723.74%10,100
Grayson 4,15567.99%1,83930.09%981.60%190.31%2,31637.90%6,111
Green 2,75568.82%1,20930.20%360.90%30.07%1,54638.62%4,003
Greenup 6,82859.70%4,49139.27%1040.91%140.12%2,33720.43%11,437
Hancock 1,58364.61%79132.29%672.73%90.37%79232.32%2,450
Hardin 8,74065.93%4,06030.63%4293.24%270.20%4,68035.30%13,256
Harlan 6,52759.42%4,34939.59%800.73%290.26%2,17819.83%10,985
Harrison 2,73259.70%1,78038.90%531.16%110.24%95220.80%4,576
Hart 3,58260.31%2,30738.84%410.69%90.15%1,27521.47%5,939
Henderson 6,23160.68%3,88937.87%1131.10%360.35%2,34222.81%10,269
Henry 1,91952.49%1,68846.17%471.29%20.05%2316.32%3,656
Hickman 1,43056.66%97638.67%1134.48%50.20%45417.99%2,524
Hopkins 7,13368.67%3,12930.12%1121.08%140.13%4,00438.55%10,388
Jackson 5,30392.18%4367.58%60.10%80.14%4,86784.60%5,753
Jefferson 142,43660.41%88,14337.39%4,7662.02%4190.18%54,29323.02%235,764
Jessamine 3,81972.91%1,26924.23%1332.54%170.32%2,55048.68%5,238
Johnson 4,90772.25%1,84027.09%330.49%120.18%3,06745.16%6,792
Kenton 28,07666.66%12,87230.56%1,0552.50%1180.28%15,20436.10%42,121
Knott 1,47934.50%2,77464.71%240.56%100.23%-1,295-30.21%4,287
Knox 5,01772.93%1,80526.24%360.52%210.31%3,21246.69%6,879
LaRue 2,44961.53%1,48337.26%401.01%80.20%96624.27%3,980
Laurel 7,27675.63%2,27423.64%620.64%80.08%5,00251.99%9,620
Lawrence 2,39260.48%1,52938.66%310.78%30.08%86321.82%3,955
Lee 1,62968.22%74431.16%120.50%30.13%88537.06%2,388
Leslie 3,29977.88%91321.55%70.17%170.40%2,38656.33%4,236
Letcher 4,21358.54%2,90840.41%590.82%170.24%1,30518.13%7,197
Lewis 3,12471.57%1,20027.49%310.71%100.23%1,92444.08%4,365
Lincoln 3,62365.03%1,88233.78%540.97%120.22%1,74131.25%5,571
Livingston 1,67359.96%1,06538.17%471.68%50.18%60821.79%2,790
Logan 3,57357.86%2,45939.82%1272.06%160.26%1,11418.04%6,175
Lyon 1,03058.52%68739.03%412.33%20.11%34319.49%1,760
Madison 8,65965.60%4,32832.79%1781.35%340.26%4,33132.81%13,199
Magoffin 2,24352.39%2,02447.28%80.19%60.14%2195.11%4,281
Marion 2,37049.74%2,35149.34%310.65%130.27%190.40%4,765
Marshall 4,29059.16%2,80638.69%1472.03%90.12%1,48420.47%7,252
Martin 2,49577.87%66120.63%401.25%80.25%1,83457.24%3,204
Mason 3,52958.46%2,45940.73%420.70%70.12%1,07017.73%6,037
McCracken 11,26057.69%7,56738.77%6423.29%490.25%3,69318.92%19,518
McCreary 3,20380.56%68417.20%812.04%80.20%2,51963.36%3,976
McLean 2,29865.10%1,19133.74%361.02%50.14%1,10731.36%3,530
Meade 2,49260.93%1,54137.68%511.25%60.15%95123.25%4,090
Menifee 59643.89%73253.90%282.06%20.15%-136-10.01%1,358
Mercer 3,57566.08%1,70731.55%1182.18%100.18%1,86834.53%5,410
Metcalfe 1,89658.55%1,30840.40%250.77%90.28%58818.15%3,238
Monroe 3,77082.57%76816.82%240.53%40.09%3,00265.75%4,566
Montgomery 2,86862.63%1,65736.19%461.00%80.17%1,21126.44%4,579
Morgan 1,53545.56%1,81553.87%110.33%80.24%-280-8.31%3,369
Muhlenberg 5,59662.33%3,24636.16%1301.45%60.07%2,35026.17%8,978
Nelson 3,49553.54%2,82843.32%1812.77%240.37%66710.22%6,528
Nicholas 1,07656.22%80442.01%331.72%10.05%27214.21%1,914
Ohio 2,39271.75%90627.17%310.93%50.15%1,48644.58%3,334
Oldham 3,04168.00%1,31129.32%1102.46%100.22%1,73038.68%4,472
Owen 1,45654.92%1,16143.79%321.21%20.08%29511.13%2,651
Owsley 1,32883.68%25115.82%70.44%10.06%1,07767.86%1,587
Pendleton 1,96667.28%90931.11%401.37%70.24%1,05736.17%2,922
Perry 5,37359.37%3,60139.79%540.60%220.24%1,77219.58%9,050
Pike 12,53556.46%9,51342.85%1190.54%330.15%3,02213.61%22,200
Powell 1,76658.40%1,23040.67%170.56%110.36%53617.73%3,024
Pulaski 10,60276.99%3,08022.37%800.58%80.06%7,52254.62%13,770
Robertson 45651.01%42147.09%151.68%20.22%353.92%894
Rockcastle 3,43777.31%96821.77%330.74%80.18%2,46955.54%4,446
Rowan 3,24559.45%2,16939.74%320.59%120.22%1,07619.71%5,458
Russell 3,99276.48%1,16922.39%410.79%180.34%2,82354.09%5,220
Scott 3,25564.76%1,64232.67%1192.37%100.20%1,61332.09%5,026
Shelby 3,89364.19%2,07434.20%871.43%110.18%1,81929.99%6,065
Simpson 2,28562.57%1,32536.28%330.90%90.25%96026.29%3,652
Spencer 1,12068.75%48129.53%241.47%40.25%63939.22%1,629
Taylor 4,03567.79%1,85931.23%480.81%100.17%2,17636.56%5,952
Todd 1,96459.25%1,22236.86%1173.53%120.36%74222.39%3,315
Trigg 1,76752.95%1,51445.37%491.47%70.21%2537.58%3,337
Trimble 93554.61%75744.22%181.05%20.12%17810.39%1,712
Union 2,70158.67%1,85540.29%290.63%190.41%84618.38%4,604
Warren 12,48166.78%5,93431.75%1941.04%820.44%6,54735.03%18,691
Washington 2,37858.70%1,55238.31%1062.62%150.37%82620.39%4,051
Wayne 3,51464.83%1,85334.19%400.74%130.24%1,66130.64%5,420
Webster 2,39657.57%1,71241.13%421.01%120.29%68416.44%4,162
Whitley 6,78874.91%2,19924.27%530.58%220.24%4,58950.64%9,062
Wolfe 93648.83%95749.92%190.99%50.26%-21-1.09%1,917
Woodford 3,36370.34%1,26826.52%1453.03%50.10%2,09543.82%4,781
Totals676,44663.37%371,15934.77%17,6271.65%2,2670.21%305,28728.60%1,067,499

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from American Independent to Republican

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1972 – Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. "1972 Election for the Forty-Seventh Term (1973-77)" . Retrieved January 28, 2017.
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  6. Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 07, 1972