1972 United States presidential election in Utah

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1972 United States presidential election in Utah
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  1968 November 7, 1972 1976  
  Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg John G. Schmitz (cropped 3x4).jpg
Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern John G. Schmitz
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Home state California South Dakota California
Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver Thomas J. Anderson
Electoral vote400
Popular vote323,643126,28428,549
Percentage67.64%26.39%5.97%

Utah Presidential Election Results 1972.svg
County Results
Nixon
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%

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

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Utah overwhelmingly voted for incumbent President Richard Nixon (R-California) with over 67 percent of the popular vote, beating Democratic South Dakota Senator George McGovern with a margin of over forty percent, [1] carrying every county in the state. Nixon carried every county with over sixty percent of the vote except for Carbon County, which had typically been the most Democratic area of the state. [2] This occurred even as incumbent Democratic Governor Cal Rampton won reelection with nearly 70% of the vote on the same ballot. [3] U.S. Representative John G. Schmitz (R-California) of the American Independent Party received 5.97 percent of the popular vote, and his results in Utah proved to be his third strongest state in the 1972 election after Idaho and Alaska.


Results

1972 United States presidential election in Utah [4]
PartyNomineePopular VotePercentageElectoral Vote
Republican Richard Nixon 323,64367.64%4
Democratic George McGovern 126,28426.39%0
American Independent John G. Schmitz 28,5495.97%0

Results by county

CountyRichard Nixon
Republican
George McGovern
Democratic
John G. Schmitz
American Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Beaver 1,33264.88%68233.22%391.90%65031.66%2,053
Box Elder 9,88077.22%2,13416.68%7806.10%7,74660.54%12,794
Cache 16,53876.83%4,01818.67%9694.50%12,52058.16%21,525
Carbon 3,95653.19%3,33544.84%1471.98%6218.35%7,438
Daggett 20472.86%5017.86%269.29%15455.00%280
Davis 29,70672.61%7,95419.44%3,2517.95%21,75253.17%40,911
Duchesne 2,18370.49%62920.31%2859.20%1,55450.18%3,097
Emery 1,66665.33%76930.16%1154.51%89735.17%2,550
Garfield 1,29080.47%24215.10%714.43%1,04865.37%1,603
Grand 1,83772.15%56022.00%1495.85%1,27750.15%2,546
Iron 5,08576.49%1,09816.52%4656.99%3,98759.97%6,648
Juab 1,62967.06%69128.45%1094.49%93838.61%2,429
Kane 1,14678.82%21814.99%906.19%92863.83%1,454
Millard 2,68970.48%77720.37%3499.15%1,91250.11%3,815
Morgan 1,45671.51%36317.83%21710.66%1,09353.68%2,036
Piute 47578.77%10216.92%264.31%37361.85%603
Rich 60479.58%12015.81%354.61%48463.77%759
Salt Lake 132,06662.99%68,48932.67%9,1114.35%63,57730.32%209,666
San Juan 1,89368.27%67724.41%2037.32%1,21643.86%2,773
Sanpete 3,99570.68%1,22021.59%4377.73%2,77549.09%5,652
Sevier 3,70072.96%82016.17%55110.87%2,88056.79%5,071
Summit 2,20969.95%83626.47%1133.58%1,37343.48%3,158
Tooele 5,64166.02%2,62130.67%2833.31%3,02035.35%8,545
Uintah 4,71280.30%71612.20%4407.50%3,99668.10%5,868
Utah 42,17970.94%10,82818.21%6,45310.85%31,35152.73%59,460
Wasatch 2,04670.21%69323.78%1756.01%1,35346.43%2,914
Washington 5,17677.69%95614.35%5307.96%4,22063.34%6,662
Wayne 59771.75%18322.00%526.25%41449.75%832
Weber 37,75368.23%14,50326.21%3,0785.56%23,25042.02%55,334
Totals323,64367.64%126,28426.39%28,5495.97%197,35941.25%478,476

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  2. "Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office: Elections" (PDF). Utah Lieutenant Governor Elections. Utah.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  3. "1972 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  4. "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Utah". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved September 12, 2019.