1972 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1972 United States presidential election in Wyoming
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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 vote30
Popular vote100,46444,358
Percentage69.01%30.47%

Wyoming Presidential Election Results 1972.svg
County Results
Nixon
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

The 1972 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Wyoming was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, Senator George McGovern of South Dakota and his running mate U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland.

Nixon carried Wyoming with 69.01 percent of the vote to McGovern's 30.47 percent, a victory margin of 38.54 points. [1] In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results, the Democratic nominee did not win a single county in Wyoming, making Nixon the first Republican to carry Sweetwater County and thus to sweep all of Wyoming's counties since Warren G. Harding in 1920. [2]

Results

1972 United States presidential election in Wyoming [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Nixon (inc.) 100,464 69.01%
Democratic George McGovern 44,35830.47%
Independent John G. Schmitz (write-in)7480.52%
Total votes145,570 100.00%

Results by county

County [3] Richard Nixon
Republican
George McGovern
Democrat
John G. Schmitz
Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Albany 7,02158.92%4,87340.89%230.19%2,14818.03%11,917
Big Horn 3,24475.44%1,04924.40%70.16%2,19551.04%4,300
Campbell 2,95378.64%78320.85%190.51%2,17057.79%3,755
Carbon 4,03763.69%2,29236.16%100.16%1,74527.53%6,339
Converse 2,31277.06%68222.73%60.20%1,63054.33%3,000
Crook 1,76083.41%33916.07%110.52%1,42167.34%2,110
Fremont 7,35969.12%3,24830.51%400.38%4,11138.61%10,647
Goshen 3,62970.27%1,51529.34%200.39%2,11440.93%5,164
Hot Springs 1,67870.89%68929.11%00.00%98940.78%2,367
Johnson 2,20383.13%43616.45%110.42%1,76766.68%2,650
Laramie 15,01065.67%7,79134.09%540.24%7,21931.58%22,855
Lincoln 2,45967.08%96926.43%2386.49%1,49040.65%3,666
Natrona 15,64970.49%6,51429.34%370.16%9,13541.15%22,200
Niobrara 1,24581.00%28918.80%30.20%95662.20%1,537
Park 5,89074.79%1,95024.76%350.44%3,94050.03%7,875
Platte 2,20070.35%92529.58%20.06%1,27540.77%3,127
Sheridan 6,43269.03%2,87430.84%120.13%3,55838.19%9,318
Sublette 1,34881.55%30418.39%10.06%1,04463.16%1,653
Sweetwater 5,17558.05%3,71341.65%270.30%1,46216.40%8,915
Teton 2,18270.03%81025.99%1243.98%1,37244.04%3,116
Uinta 2,01167.03%96832.27%210.70%1,04334.76%3,000
Washakie 2,60475.92%82524.05%10.03%1,77951.87%3,430
Weston 2,06378.47%52019.78%461.75%1,54358.69%2,629
Totals100,46469.01%44,35830.47%7480.51%56,10638.54%145,570

See also

References

  1. 1972 Presidential General Election Results – Wyoming
  2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 342-343 ISBN   0786422173
  3. 1 2 Wyoming Secretary of State (1973). "Official Vote - General Election, November 7, 1972". 1973 Wyoming Official Directory and 1972 Election Returns. p. 91. Retrieved October 18, 2024.