1972 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1972 United States presidential election in Iowa
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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 vote80
Popular vote706,207496,206
Percentage57.61%40.48%

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County Results

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

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

Contents

Iowa 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 neighboring South Dakota and his running mate U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland.

Nixon carried Iowa with 57.61 percent of the vote to McGovern's 40.48 percent, a victory margin of 17.13 percent, making Iowa about 6% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. This would be the last time until Donald Trump in 2016 when a Republican presidential candidate won Wapello County and Des Moines County. [1]

Results

1972 United States presidential election in Iowa [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 706,207 57.61%
Democratic George McGovern 496,20640.48%
American Independent John G. Schmitz 22,0561.80%
Socialist Workers Linda Jenness 4480.04%
Independent Write-In's3210.03%
Communist Gus Hall 2720.02%
Independent Gabriel Green 1990.02%
Socialist Labor Louis Fisher 1950.02%
Total votes1,225,944 100%

Results by county

County [3] Richard Nixon
Republican
George McGovern
Democratic
John G. Schmitz
American Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 3,04163.59%1,64234.34%951.99%40.08%1,39929.25%4,782
Adams 1,81459.57%1,16138.13%702.30%00.00%65321.44%3,045
Allamakee 4,15063.24%2,27134.61%1352.06%60.09%1,87928.63%6,562
Appanoose 4,32164.04%2,28333.84%1372.03%60.09%2,03830.20%6,747
Audubon 2,51561.61%1,53337.56%320.78%20.05%98224.05%4,082
Benton 5,27354.09%4,28243.92%1831.88%110.11%99110.17%9,749
Black Hawk 30,92957.51%21,72140.39%1,0221.90%1100.20%9,20817.12%53,782
Boone 6,27154.29%5,05743.78%2141.85%90.08%1,21410.51%11,551
Bremer 6,33365.89%3,12232.48%1501.56%60.06%3,21133.41%9,611
Buchanan 5,27758.32%3,60939.89%1431.58%190.21%1,66818.43%9,048
Buena Vista 5,68561.25%3,46037.28%1331.43%30.03%2,22523.97%9,281
Butler 4,61571.82%1,68226.17%1261.96%30.05%2,93345.65%6,426
Calhoun 3,82160.00%2,44638.41%981.54%30.05%1,37521.59%6,368
Carroll 4,41547.55%4,60849.63%2542.74%80.09%-193-2.08%9,285
Cass 5,23472.06%1,92326.48%971.34%90.12%3,31145.58%7,263
Cedar 4,45263.39%2,46535.10%981.40%80.11%1,98728.29%7,023
Cerro Gordo 11,85654.65%9,46043.61%3581.65%190.09%2,39611.04%21,693
Cherokee 4,72662.23%2,78036.61%781.03%100.13%1,94625.62%7,594
Chickasaw 3,83654.57%3,13444.58%590.84%10.01%7029.99%7,030
Clarke 2,21456.75%1,59040.76%972.49%00.00%62415.99%3,901
Clay 4,56459.30%2,88737.51%2353.05%100.13%1,67721.79%7,696
Clayton 5,44760.20%3,36637.20%2182.41%170.19%2,08123.00%9,048
Clinton 12,76855.60%9,89543.09%2751.20%260.11%2,87312.51%22,964
Crawford 4,49358.60%3,01839.36%1451.89%110.14%1,47519.24%7,667
Dallas 6,14353.72%5,08544.46%1921.68%160.14%1,0589.26%11,436
Davis 2,28754.61%1,80643.12%942.24%10.02%48111.49%4,188
Decatur 2,63857.44%1,88040.93%671.46%80.17%75816.51%4,593
Delaware 4,84861.21%2,94437.17%1201.52%80.10%1,90424.04%7,920
Des Moines 10,21652.77%8,86945.82%2581.33%150.08%1,3476.95%19,358
Dickinson 3,73958.60%2,37337.19%2594.06%100.16%1,36621.41%6,381
Dubuque 17,27247.29%18,41750.43%8062.21%260.07%-1,145-3.14%36,521
Emmet 3,43662.92%1,97036.07%530.97%20.04%1,46626.85%5,461
Fayette 7,26360.83%4,41336.96%2472.07%170.14%2,85023.87%11,940
Floyd 4,72657.69%3,33840.75%1211.48%70.09%1,38816.94%8,192
Franklin 3,64362.96%1,98634.32%1532.64%40.07%1,65728.64%5,786
Fremont 2,64267.62%1,21030.97%511.31%40.10%1,43236.65%3,907
Greene 3,37159.35%2,15237.89%1542.71%30.05%1,21921.46%5,680
Grundy 4,70671.03%1,84427.83%701.06%50.08%2,86243.20%6,625
Guthrie 3,65560.69%2,25837.50%1081.79%10.02%1,39723.19%6,022
Hamilton 4,80360.87%2,91336.92%1702.15%40.05%1,89023.95%7,890
Hancock 3,70660.47%2,34938.33%711.16%30.05%1,35722.14%6,129
Hardin 5,86961.42%3,51636.79%1601.67%110.12%2,35324.63%9,556
Harrison 4,72165.83%2,36933.04%710.99%100.14%2,35232.79%7,171
Henry 5,06664.26%2,72134.51%941.19%30.04%2,34529.75%7,884
Howard 2,98054.37%2,43944.50%591.08%30.05%5419.87%5,481
Humboldt 3,62262.53%2,06235.60%1051.81%30.05%1,56026.93%5,792
Ida 2,81964.67%1,49034.18%501.15%00.00%1,32930.49%4,359
Iowa 4,20260.34%2,57837.02%1792.57%50.07%1,62423.32%6,964
Jackson 4,97555.75%3,70441.51%2372.66%80.09%1,27114.24%8,924
Jasper 9,13355.31%7,00742.43%3642.20%90.05%2,12612.88%16,513
Jefferson 4,62864.83%2,36233.09%1442.02%50.07%2,26631.74%7,139
Johnson 14,82340.91%20,92257.74%3721.03%1190.33%-6,099-16.83%36,236
Jones 4,96258.23%3,46840.70%881.03%30.04%1,49417.53%8,521
Keokuk 3,83158.35%2,61939.89%1061.61%90.14%1,21218.46%6,565
Kossuth 5,84156.39%4,39342.41%1211.17%30.03%1,44813.98%10,358
Lee 9,74855.33%7,51042.63%3451.96%150.09%2,23812.70%17,618
Linn 36,50352.78%31,37045.36%1,1871.72%1000.14%5,1337.42%69,160
Louisa 2,80661.31%1,70737.30%631.38%10.02%1,09924.01%4,577
Lucas 2,85160.79%1,75937.51%781.66%20.04%1,09223.28%4,690
Lyon 3,78872.12%1,40726.79%520.99%50.10%2,38145.33%5,252
Madison 3,48059.35%2,23438.10%1482.52%20.03%1,24621.25%5,864
Mahaska 6,37463.82%3,38233.86%2202.20%120.12%2,99229.96%9,988
Marion 6,58357.09%4,64340.27%2902.51%150.13%1,94016.82%11,531
Marshall 10,79860.85%6,61837.30%3041.71%240.14%4,18023.55%17,744
Mills 3,53174.94%1,06022.50%1142.42%70.15%2,47152.44%4,712
Mitchell 3,39557.44%2,44941.43%661.12%10.02%94616.01%5,911
Monona 3,23758.91%2,18939.84%661.20%30.05%1,04819.07%5,495
Monroe 2,35756.73%1,73641.78%581.40%40.10%62114.95%4,155
Montgomery 4,39172.69%1,55925.81%881.46%30.05%2,83246.88%6,041
Muscatine 8,43661.84%4,91736.04%2701.98%190.14%3,51925.80%13,642
O'Brien 5,15968.87%2,22429.69%1021.36%60.08%2,93539.18%7,491
Osceola 2,26262.56%1,31736.42%361.00%10.03%94526.14%3,616
Page 6,20076.43%1,79022.07%1141.41%80.10%4,41054.36%8,112
Palo Alto 3,14151.78%2,84546.90%751.24%50.08%2964.88%6,066
Plymouth 6,33960.57%4,03338.53%920.88%20.02%2,30622.04%10,466
Pocahontas 3,13857.19%2,24140.84%1021.86%60.11%89716.35%5,487
Polk 70,24552.95%59,16944.60%2,9882.25%2570.19%11,0768.35%132,659
Pottawattamie 19,72269.32%8,07428.38%6282.21%260.09%11,64840.94%28,450
Poweshiek 4,78555.33%3,71842.99%1341.55%110.13%1,06712.34%8,648
Ringgold 2,26468.54%1,00330.37%341.03%20.06%1,26138.17%3,303
Sac 4,01761.41%2,45237.49%671.02%50.08%1,56523.92%6,541
Scott 34,13557.41%23,81040.05%1,4402.42%700.12%10,32517.36%59,455
Shelby 4,05262.93%2,25935.08%1171.82%110.17%1,79327.85%6,439
Sioux 10,72178.27%2,86720.93%820.60%270.20%7,85457.34%13,697
Story 16,61753.56%13,97245.03%3771.22%590.19%2,6458.53%31,025
Tama 5,05856.96%3,69341.59%1171.32%120.14%1,36515.37%8,880
Taylor 3,04270.16%1,24728.76%461.06%10.02%1,79541.40%4,336
Union 3,73462.47%2,11235.34%1232.06%80.13%1,62227.13%5,977
Van Buren 2,27263.18%1,26835.26%551.53%10.03%1,00427.92%3,596
Wapello 9,30151.19%8,34845.94%4902.70%320.18%9535.25%18,171
Warren 7,33257.26%5,14340.17%3202.50%90.07%2,18917.09%12,804
Washington 5,18764.12%2,78434.42%1161.43%20.02%2,40329.70%8,089
Wayne 2,68162.00%1,57436.40%691.60%00.00%1,10725.60%4,324
Webster 11,13355.96%8,35842.01%3851.94%170.09%2,77513.95%19,893
Winnebago 4,30064.48%2,32434.85%410.61%40.06%1,97629.63%6,669
Winneshiek 5,87756.23%4,40142.11%1651.58%90.09%1,47614.12%10,452
Woodbury 23,75757.34%16,97440.97%6621.60%370.09%6,78316.37%41,430
Worth 2,56455.31%2,03443.87%360.78%20.04%53011.44%4,636
Wright 4,27859.73%2,78038.82%981.37%60.08%1,49820.91%7,162
Totals706,20757.61%496,20640.48%22,0561.80%1,4750.12%210,00117.13%1,225,944

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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