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Elections in North Carolina |
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The 1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Amidst a nationwide landslide defeat especially felt in the South, McGovern won only two counties in North Carolina, neither of which have voted for a Republican presidential candidate since the Fourth Party System era: Orange County in the Research Triangle region, home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and majority-Black Northampton County in the northeast of the state. [1] Even in these counties, where most Democratic candidates receive over sixty percent of the vote (and where Walter Mondale in 1984 would still win by double digits), McGovern won by less than five points. [2] 78% of white voters supported Nixon, while only 20% supported McGovern. [3] [4]
1972 was the first election in which a presidential candidate received more than one million votes in North Carolina, and remains the best Republican presidential performance in its history. This is also the last election to date in which Bertie County, Durham County, Edgecombe County, Halifax County, Hertford County, Hoke County, Warren County, or Washington County voted for the Republican candidate. [5]
Source | Rating | As of |
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Corvallis Gazette-Times [6] | Safe R | September 19, 1972 |
The Bradenton Herald [7] | Certain R | October 9, 1972 |
The Austin American [8] | Certain R | November 1, 1972 |
Sun Herald [9] | Certain R | November 5, 1972 |
1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina [10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 1,054,889 | 69.46% | 13 | |
Democratic | George McGovern | 438,705 | 28.89% | 0 | |
American Independent | John G. Schmitz | 25,018 | 1.65% | 0 | |
Write-ins [lower-alpha 1] | Various candidates | 162 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,518,774 | 100.0% | 13 | ||
Voter turnout | 44.35% | — |
County | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican | George Stanley McGovern Democratic | John George Schmitz American | Margin | ||||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Avery | 83.99% | 3,510 | 15.00% | 627 | 1.01% | 42 | 68.99% | 2,883 |
Mitchell | 83.45% | 4,240 | 15.74% | 800 | 0.81% | 41 | 67.70% | 3,440 |
Henderson | 80.17% | 12,134 | 17.85% | 2,701 | 1.98% | 300 | 62.33% | 9,433 |
Onslow | 80.05% | 10,343 | 18.76% | 2,424 | 1.19% | 154 | 61.29% | 7,919 |
Yadkin | 79.16% | 6,824 | 18.47% | 1,592 | 2.38% | 205 | 60.69% | 5,232 |
Johnston | 79.24% | 14,272 | 19.37% | 3,488 | 1.39% | 251 | 59.87% | 10,784 |
Craven | 78.74% | 9,372 | 20.03% | 2,384 | 1.23% | 147 | 58.71% | 6,988 |
Davie | 75.69% | 5,613 | 21.28% | 1,578 | 3.03% | 225 | 54.41% | 4,035 |
Randolph | 76.02% | 18,724 | 21.71% | 5,346 | 2.27% | 559 | 54.32% | 13,378 |
Cabarrus | 76.45% | 18,384 | 22.19% | 5,336 | 1.36% | 328 | 54.26% | 13,048 |
Gaston | 75.76% | 27,956 | 22.93% | 8,462 | 1.31% | 483 | 52.83% | 19,494 |
Greene | 75.68% | 2,788 | 22.99% | 847 | 1.33% | 49 | 52.69% | 1,941 |
Davidson | 74.79% | 24,875 | 23.12% | 7,691 | 2.09% | 696 | 51.66% | 17,184 |
Alamance | 74.61% | 22,046 | 23.12% | 6,833 | 2.27% | 670 | 51.48% | 15,213 |
New Hanover | 74.41% | 19,060 | 23.01% | 5,894 | 2.58% | 661 | 51.40% | 13,166 |
Iredell | 73.79% | 16,736 | 22.43% | 5,088 | 3.78% | 858 | 51.35% | 11,648 |
Dare | 75.20% | 1,986 | 24.01% | 634 | 0.80% | 21 | 51.19% | 1,352 |
Catawba | 74.46% | 24,106 | 23.92% | 7,744 | 1.62% | 525 | 50.54% | 16,362 |
Harnett | 74.64% | 10,259 | 24.35% | 3,347 | 1.00% | 138 | 50.29% | 6,912 |
Carteret | 74.14% | 8,463 | 24.57% | 2,805 | 1.29% | 147 | 49.57% | 5,658 |
Lenoir | 73.89% | 11,065 | 24.52% | 3,672 | 1.59% | 238 | 49.37% | 7,393 |
Rowan | 73.34% | 20,735 | 24.17% | 6,834 | 2.49% | 705 | 49.17% | 13,901 |
Wilson | 73.04% | 12,060 | 25.23% | 4,166 | 1.73% | 286 | 47.81% | 7,894 |
Lee | 72.71% | 5,836 | 25.22% | 2,024 | 2.07% | 166 | 47.50% | 3,812 |
Wilkes | 72.83% | 13,105 | 25.75% | 4,634 | 1.42% | 255 | 47.08% | 8,471 |
McDowell | 72.09% | 6,570 | 25.76% | 2,348 | 2.15% | 196 | 46.32% | 4,222 |
Nash | 71.39% | 12,679 | 25.35% | 4,503 | 3.26% | 579 | 46.03% | 8,176 |
Wayne | 72.33% | 14,352 | 26.38% | 5,234 | 1.29% | 256 | 45.95% | 9,118 |
Cleveland | 72.06% | 13,726 | 26.22% | 4,994 | 1.72% | 328 | 45.84% | 8,732 |
Person | 71.89% | 5,941 | 27.18% | 2,246 | 0.93% | 77 | 44.71% | 3,695 |
Caldwell | 71.41% | 12,976 | 26.89% | 4,886 | 1.70% | 309 | 44.52% | 8,090 |
Union | 71.60% | 10,264 | 27.11% | 3,886 | 1.30% | 186 | 44.49% | 6,378 |
Hyde | 69.28% | 1,112 | 25.11% | 403 | 5.61% | 90 | 44.17% | 709 |
Rockingham | 71.15% | 14,519 | 27.10% | 5,530 | 1.75% | 358 | 44.05% | 8,989 |
Moore | 70.68% | 9,406 | 27.25% | 3,627 | 2.07% | 275 | 43.43% | 5,779 |
Columbus | 70.64% | 8,468 | 27.57% | 3,305 | 1.79% | 214 | 43.07% | 5,163 |
Buncombe | 70.38% | 32,091 | 27.69% | 12,626 | 1.92% | 877 | 42.69% | 19,465 |
Duplin | 70.61% | 7,153 | 28.20% | 2,857 | 1.18% | 120 | 42.41% | 4,296 |
Transylvania | 69.73% | 5,860 | 27.62% | 2,321 | 2.65% | 223 | 42.11% | 3,539 |
Wake | 70.32% | 56,808 | 28.23% | 22,807 | 1.45% | 1,174 | 42.09% | 34,001 |
Cumberland | 70.46% | 24,376 | 28.48% | 9,853 | 1.06% | 366 | 41.98% | 14,523 |
Pitt | 70.41% | 14,406 | 28.63% | 5,858 | 0.95% | 195 | 41.78% | 8,548 |
Brunswick | 69.06% | 6,153 | 28.06% | 2,500 | 2.87% | 256 | 41.00% | 3,653 |
Beaufort | 69.65% | 6,915 | 29.22% | 2,901 | 1.13% | 112 | 40.43% | 4,014 |
Stanly | 69.32% | 12,459 | 29.03% | 5,218 | 1.64% | 295 | 40.29% | 7,241 |
Guilford | 69.46% | 61,381 | 29.20% | 25,800 | 1.34% | 1,185 | 40.27% | 35,581 |
Alexander | 68.95% | 5,865 | 29.01% | 2,468 | 2.03% | 173 | 39.94% | 3,397 |
Macon | 69.20% | 4,134 | 29.28% | 1,749 | 1.52% | 91 | 39.92% | 2,385 |
Pender | 68.90% | 3,327 | 29.30% | 1,415 | 1.80% | 87 | 39.59% | 1,912 |
Burke | 68.96% | 14,447 | 29.58% | 6,197 | 1.46% | 306 | 39.38% | 8,250 |
Franklin | 68.37% | 5,431 | 29.47% | 2,341 | 2.17% | 172 | 38.90% | 3,090 |
Rutherford | 68.80% | 9,506 | 29.97% | 4,140 | 1.23% | 170 | 38.84% | 5,366 |
Mecklenburg | 68.52% | 77,546 | 29.80% | 33,730 | 1.68% | 1,900 | 38.71% | 43,816 |
Martin | 68.76% | 4,188 | 30.21% | 1,840 | 1.03% | 63 | 38.55% | 2,348 |
Surry | 67.78% | 10,497 | 30.39% | 4,706 | 1.83% | 284 | 37.39% | 5,791 |
Forsyth | 67.69% | 46,415 | 30.52% | 20,928 | 1.79% | 1,226 | 37.17% | 25,487 |
Polk | 67.31% | 3,121 | 30.54% | 1,416 | 2.16% | 100 | 36.77% | 1,705 |
Currituck | 66.67% | 1,578 | 30.33% | 718 | 3.00% | 71 | 36.33% | 860 |
Stokes | 66.86% | 7,118 | 30.57% | 3,254 | 2.57% | 274 | 36.30% | 3,864 |
Halifax | 66.60% | 8,908 | 31.71% | 4,241 | 1.69% | 226 | 34.89% | 4,667 |
Vance | 66.85% | 6,491 | 32.10% | 3,117 | 1.05% | 102 | 34.75% | 3,374 |
Granville | 66.82% | 6,037 | 32.30% | 2,918 | 0.89% | 80 | 34.52% | 3,119 |
Chowan | 66.39% | 1,906 | 32.60% | 936 | 1.01% | 29 | 33.79% | 970 |
Montgomery | 65.67% | 4,417 | 32.34% | 2,175 | 1.99% | 134 | 33.33% | 2,242 |
Pamlico | 66.11% | 1,847 | 32.89% | 919 | 1.00% | 28 | 33.21% | 928 |
Sampson | 65.76% | 9,684 | 33.19% | 4,888 | 1.05% | 154 | 32.57% | 4,796 |
Haywood | 64.84% | 8,903 | 32.88% | 4,515 | 2.28% | 313 | 31.96% | 4,388 |
Clay | 65.19% | 1,545 | 33.63% | 797 | 1.18% | 28 | 31.56% | 748 |
Bladen | 64.72% | 4,205 | 33.88% | 2,201 | 1.40% | 91 | 30.85% | 2,004 |
Swain | 64.45% | 2,052 | 34.58% | 1,101 | 0.97% | 31 | 29.87% | 951 |
Pasquotank | 63.07% | 3,906 | 34.15% | 2,115 | 2.78% | 172 | 28.92% | 1,791 |
Scotland | 63.69% | 3,485 | 35.42% | 1,938 | 0.90% | 49 | 28.27% | 1,547 |
Perquimans | 62.57% | 1,299 | 34.83% | 723 | 2.60% | 54 | 27.75% | 576 |
Edgecombe | 62.53% | 8,244 | 35.16% | 4,635 | 2.31% | 305 | 27.37% | 3,609 |
Ashe | 62.95% | 5,784 | 36.06% | 3,313 | 0.99% | 91 | 26.89% | 2,471 |
Watauga | 62.85% | 6,017 | 36.05% | 3,451 | 1.10% | 105 | 26.80% | 2,566 |
Cherokee | 62.28% | 4,113 | 36.51% | 2,411 | 1.21% | 80 | 25.77% | 1,702 |
Chatham | 62.12% | 6,175 | 36.46% | 3,624 | 1.43% | 142 | 25.66% | 2,551 |
Lincoln | 61.88% | 8,597 | 36.71% | 5,100 | 1.40% | 195 | 25.17% | 3,497 |
Washington | 61.65% | 2,559 | 37.24% | 1,546 | 1.11% | 46 | 24.40% | 1,013 |
Alleghany | 61.29% | 2,158 | 37.03% | 1,304 | 1.68% | 59 | 24.25% | 854 |
Durham | 61.38% | 25,576 | 37.36% | 15,566 | 1.26% | 525 | 24.02% | 10,010 |
Camden | 60.20% | 909 | 36.82% | 556 | 2.98% | 45 | 23.38% | 353 |
Anson | 60.88% | 3,551 | 37.51% | 2,188 | 1.61% | 94 | 23.37% | 1,363 |
Richmond | 60.84% | 5,692 | 37.49% | 3,508 | 1.67% | 156 | 23.34% | 2,184 |
Graham | 61.05% | 1,699 | 37.98% | 1,057 | 0.97% | 27 | 23.07% | 642 |
Madison | 61.18% | 3,273 | 38.11% | 2,039 | 0.71% | 38 | 23.07% | 1,234 |
Bertie | 60.54% | 2,874 | 38.32% | 1,819 | 1.14% | 54 | 22.22% | 1,055 |
Caswell | 59.65% | 2,983 | 38.43% | 1,922 | 1.92% | 96 | 21.22% | 1,061 |
Robeson | 59.99% | 11,362 | 39.02% | 7,391 | 0.99% | 188 | 20.97% | 3,971 |
Warren | 59.62% | 2,603 | 38.89% | 1,698 | 1.49% | 65 | 20.73% | 905 |
Jones | 58.93% | 1,650 | 39.04% | 1,093 | 2.04% | 57 | 19.89% | 557 |
Jackson | 59.11% | 4,709 | 39.78% | 3,169 | 1.12% | 89 | 19.33% | 1,540 |
Tyrrell | 59.30% | 676 | 40.26% | 459 | 0.44% | 5 | 19.04% | 217 |
Hertford | 58.34% | 2,794 | 40.26% | 1,928 | 1.40% | 67 | 18.08% | 866 |
Yancey | 57.10% | 3,106 | 41.88% | 2,278 | 1.03% | 56 | 15.22% | 828 |
Hoke | 56.25% | 1,927 | 42.79% | 1,466 | 0.96% | 33 | 13.46% | 461 |
Gates | 51.01% | 1,264 | 47.50% | 1,177 | 1.49% | 37 | 3.51% | 87 |
Northampton | 47.71% | 2,997 | 51.46% | 3,233 | 0.83% | 52 | -3.76% | -236 |
Orange | 47.66% | 11,632 | 51.76% | 12,634 | 0.58% | 142 | -4.11% | -1,002 |
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