1972 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

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1972 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
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  1968 November 7, 1972 1976  
  George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg
Nominee George McGovern Richard Nixon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state South Dakota California
Running mate Sargent Shriver Spiro Agnew
Electoral vote30
Popular vote127,62735,226
Percentage78.10%21.56%

District of Columbia Presidential Election Results by Ward, 1972.svg
Ward Results
McGovern
  50-60%
  70-80%
  80-90%
  90-100%

The 1972 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Washington, D.C. voters chose 3 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Spiro Agnew, against Democratic challenger and Senator George McGovern from South Dakota and his running mate, former United States Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver.

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McGovern won D.C. by an overwhelming margin, receiving 78.10% of the vote. [1] Along with Massachusetts, the District of Columbia was the only jurisdiction with electoral votes in the country that voted for George McGovern in the general election. Despite McGovern's overwhelming victory in the District, this is the only election, as of 2020, in which the Republican nominee received more than 20% of the vote in D.C., or in which the Democratic margin of victory was less than 60%; and it is one of only two elections in which the Democratic nominee fell short of 80% of the vote, along with the three-way election of 1980. Nixon managed a victory in one of the district's eight wards, Ward 3. [2] Nixon's 35,226 votes remain, as of 2020, the most raw votes any Republican nominee has ever received in D.C.

This was one of only two elections where Washington, D.C. wasn't the largest margin for either candidate along with 1964, this time being second to a 58.57% margin for Nixon in Mississippi.

Results

1972 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
127,627 78.10% -3.72%
Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent)
Spiro Agnew (incumbent)
35,22621.56%+3.38%
Socialist Workers Linda Jenness
Andrew Pulley
3160.19%+0.19%
Communist Gus Hall
Jarvis Tyner
2520.15%+0.15%
Total votes163,421 100.00% -

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References

  1. "1972 Presidential General Election Results - District of Columbia". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  2. "In 1972 Defeat, D.C. Gave McGovern Its Electoral Votes". DCist. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.