1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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  1968 November 7, 1972 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 vote270
Popular vote2,714,5211,796,951
Percentage59.11%39.13%

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Results of the 1972 Presidential Election in Pennsylvania by Municipality.svg

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1972, and was part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Senator George McGovern. Nixon won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 19.98%, winning every county except for Philadelphia. This result nonetheless was over 3% more Democratic than the nation at-large. As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which Allegheny County voted Republican, [1] as well as the last time when the Republican presidential nominee carried the state by double digits.

Results

1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent)2,714,52159.11%27
Democratic George McGovern 1,796,95139.13%0
Constitution John G. Schmitz 70,5931.54%0
Socialist Workers Linda Jenness 4,639 [a] 0.10%0
Write-ins Write-ins2,715 [a] 0.06%0
Communist Gus Hall 2,686 [a] 0.06%0
Totals4,592,106100.0%27
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)56%/78%

Results by county

CountyRichard Nixon
Republican
George McGovern
Democratic
John G. Schmitz [3]
Constitutional
Various candidates [3]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 13,59370.19%5,52928.55%2271.17%160.08%8,06441.64%19,365
Allegheny 371,73755.60%282,49642.26%12,4911.87%1,8110.27%89,24113.34%668,535
Armstrong 17,55761.61%10,49036.81%4121.45%390.14%7,06724.80%28,498
Beaver 43,63756.42%31,57040.82%1,7182.22%4120.53%12,06715.60%77,337
Bedford 11,24373.30%3,83625.01%2271.48%320.21%7,40748.29%15,338
Berks 66,17262.35%36,56334.45%3,1302.95%2620.25%29,60927.90%106,127
Blair 33,12675.10%10,02322.72%9132.07%480.11%23,10352.38%44,110
Bradford 15,05073.57%5,20425.44%1790.87%250.12%9,84648.13%20,458
Bucks 99,68462.28%56,78435.48%3,2452.03%3460.22%42,90026.80%160,059
Butler 29,66565.09%14,69532.24%1,0752.36%1390.30%14,97032.85%45,574
Cambria 43,82560.05%27,95038.30%8941.23%3060.42%15,87521.75%72,975
Cameron 1,93568.45%82829.29%481.70%160.57%1,10739.16%2,827
Carbon 11,63959.05%7,77439.44%2741.39%250.13%3,86519.61%19,712
Centre 20,68360.48%13,19438.58%2730.80%470.14%7,48921.90%34,197
Chester 72,72668.44%31,11829.29%2,2812.15%1340.13%41,60839.15%106,259
Clarion 10,07367.96%4,50930.42%1931.30%460.31%5,56437.54%14,821
Clearfield 16,78063.54%9,24635.01%2991.13%840.32%7,53428.53%26,409
Clinton 8,20562.54%4,77236.37%1070.82%350.27%3,43326.17%13,119
Columbia 14,18763.59%7,22232.37%8573.84%430.19%6,96531.22%22,309
Crawford 18,39364.38%9,37132.80%7602.66%450.16%9,02231.58%28,569
Cumberland 42,09972.87%14,56225.20%1,0101.75%1040.18%27,53747.67%57,775
Dauphin 54,30769.38%22,58728.86%1,2701.62%1060.14%31,72040.52%78,270
Delaware 175,41463.91%94,14434.30%4,5021.64%3910.14%81,27029.61%274,451
Elk 7,90061.20%4,71036.49%2451.90%530.41%3,19024.71%12,908
Erie 61,54258.22%42,02239.75%1,9861.88%1630.15%19,52018.47%105,713
Fayette 27,28854.06%22,47544.52%6491.29%670.13%4,8139.54%50,479
Forest 1,37471.75%50926.58%211.10%110.57%86545.17%1,915
Franklin 24,09370.01%9,45627.48%8082.35%580.17%14,63742.53%34,415
Fulton 2,51566.24%1,19231.39%862.26%40.11%1,32334.85%3,797
Greene 7,79057.52%5,56241.07%1511.11%400.30%2,22816.45%13,543
Huntingdon 9,60672.68%3,39425.68%2031.54%130.10%6,21247.00%13,216
Indiana 18,12261.90%10,83337.01%2900.99%290.10%7,28924.89%29,274
Jefferson 11,63168.92%5,02429.77%2041.21%170.10%6,60739.15%16,876
Juniata 4,41266.32%2,15632.41%610.92%240.36%2,25633.91%6,653
Lackawanna 58,83856.11%45,46543.35%4950.47%710.07%13,37312.76%104,869
Lancaster 81,03675.64%24,22322.61%1,7601.64%1190.11%56,81353.03%107,138
Lawrence 23,71256.06%17,59541.60%8321.97%1580.37%6,11714.46%42,297
Lebanon 25,00877.38%6,68320.68%5731.77%560.17%18,32556.70%32,320
Lehigh 58,02362.39%33,32535.83%1,5181.63%1360.15%24,69826.56%93,002
Luzerne 81,35860.89%51,12838.27%9730.73%1470.11%30,23022.62%133,606
Lycoming 28,91368.70%11,99928.51%1,0582.51%1170.28%16,91440.19%42,087
McKean 11,95871.72%4,51327.07%1761.06%260.16%7,44544.65%16,673
Mercer 27,96159.37%18,08738.40%9852.09%670.14%9,87420.97%47,100
Mifflin 9,98972.10%3,66726.47%1691.22%300.22%6,32245.63%13,855
Monroe 12,70167.51%5,61929.87%4502.39%440.23%7,08237.64%18,814
Montgomery 173,66264.31%91,95934.06%3,9601.47%4370.16%81,70330.25%270,018
Montour 4,38669.64%1,75527.87%1522.41%50.08%2,63141.77%6,298
Northampton 41,82256.30%32,33543.53%930.13%310.04%9,48712.77%74,281
Northumberland 25,91264.16%13,88534.38%5411.34%470.12%12,02729.78%40,385
Perry 8,08273.31%2,73124.77%1971.79%150.14%5,35148.54%11,025
Philadelphia 344,09643.89%431,73655.07%5,9250.76%2,2130.28%-87,640-11.18%783,970
Pike 4,56874.79%1,38522.68%1432.34%120.20%3,18352.11%6,108
Potter 4,42270.91%1,71027.42%811.30%230.37%2,71243.49%6,236
Schuylkill 44,07161.56%26,07736.42%1,2611.76%1860.26%17,99425.14%71,595
Snyder 7,30878.20%1,83419.63%1902.03%130.14%5,47458.57%9,345
Somerset 19,73968.44%8,74330.31%3031.05%560.19%10,99638.13%28,841
Sullivan 1,88667.17%88531.52%321.14%50.18%1,00135.65%2,808
Susquehanna 9,47667.79%4,15429.72%3282.35%210.15%5,32238.07%13,979
Tioga 10,02872.05%3,73326.82%1421.02%150.11%6,29545.23%13,918
Union 6,90573.57%2,27824.27%1581.68%440.47%4,62749.30%9,385
Venango 13,99167.28%6,30230.31%4742.28%270.13%7,68936.97%20,794
Warren 10,01866.05%4,87732.16%2521.66%200.13%5,14133.89%15,167
Washington 42,58754.00%34,78144.10%1,1191.42%3750.48%7,8069.90%78,862
Wayne 8,94874.51%2,73322.76%3112.59%170.14%6,21551.75%12,009
Westmoreland 75,08554.60%59,32243.13%2,8142.05%3060.22%15,76311.47%137,527
Wyoming 6,42374.42%2,11224.47%861.00%100.12%4,31149.95%8,631
York 63,60668.19%27,52029.50%1,9532.09%2010.22%36,08638.69%93,280
Totals2,714,52159.11%1,796,95139.13%70,5931.54%10,0400.22%917,57019.98%4,592,105

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Although these candidates are included in the “other” total from Dave Leip’s Atlas, they are not separated by county in any available data set. [3]

References

  1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. David Leip. "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "PA US President Race, November 02, 1976". Our Campaigns.