1972 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1972 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California South Dakota
Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote90
Popular vote837,135568,334
Percentage56.92%38.64%
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County Results
President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

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

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Washington voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern. Nixon took 56.92% of the vote to McGovern's 38.64%, a margin of 18.28%, which still made the state 4.87% more Democratic than the nation at-large.

Nixon won every county except heavily unionized Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties, in the process being the first Republican to carry Wahkiakum County (another heavily unionized timber county), Kitsap County and Snohomish County since Herbert Hoover in 1928. [1]

Nixon's victory was the first of four consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Washington would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Michael Dukakis in 1988. Since then it has become a safe Democratic state.

Results

1972 United States presidential election in Washington [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent)837,13556.92%9
Democratic George McGovern 568,33438.64%0
American Independent John G. Schmitz 58,9064.00%0
Independent Benjamin Spock 2,6440.18%0
Libertarian John Hospers 1,5370.10%0
Socialist Labor Louis Fisher 1,1020.07%0
Socialist Workers Linda Jenness 6230.04%0
Communist Gus Hall 5660.04%0
Totals1,470,847100.00%9
Voter turnout—

Results by county

CountyRichard Nixon
Republican		George McGovern
Democratic		John G. Schmitz
American Independent		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 3,08368.22%1,11024.56%3166.99%100.22%1,97343.66%4,519
Asotin 2,91150.36%2,55944.27%3015.21%90.16%3526.09%5,780
Benton 18,51761.02%9,82432.37%1,9116.30%940.31%8,69328.65%30,346
Chelan 10,47060.13%5,88933.82%9715.58%830.48%4,58126.31%17,413
Clallam 9,37258.25%5,62034.93%1,0566.56%410.25%3,75223.32%16,089
Clark 28,77549.13%27,17946.41%2,4164.13%1990.34%1,5962.72%58,569
Columbia 1,44569.47%53325.63%1024.90%00.00%91243.84%2,080
Cowlitz 14,43151.21%12,68245.00%9593.40%1100.39%1,7496.21%28,182
Douglas 4,51260.31%2,42032.35%5387.19%110.15%2,09227.96%7,481
Ferry 81553.37%56036.67%1459.50%70.46%25516.70%1,527
Franklin 5,97256.75%3,86736.75%6556.22%290.28%2,10520.00%10,523
Garfield 1,00465.45%48131.36%463.00%30.20%52334.09%1,534
Grant 9,37059.25%5,48734.70%9085.74%490.31%3,88324.55%15,814
Grays Harbor 10,83945.65%11,78649.64%1,0004.21%1200.51%-947-3.99%23,745
Island 7,49568.12%3,14928.62%3162.87%430.39%4,34639.50%11,003
Jefferson 2,77053.49%2,09640.47%2775.35%360.70%67413.02%5,179
King 298,70756.39%212,50940.12%15,6242.95%2,8540.54%86,19816.27%529,694
Kitsap 25,83156.84%17,01137.43%2,4295.34%1750.39%8,82019.41%45,446
Kittitas 5,46453.96%4,29942.46%3273.23%360.36%1,16511.50%10,126
Klickitat 3,06154.20%2,29340.60%2764.89%180.32%76813.60%5,648
Lewis 12,07158.64%6,94633.74%1,5207.38%480.23%5,12524.90%20,585
Lincoln 3,64769.14%1,45327.55%1613.05%140.27%2,19441.59%5,275
Mason 4,87353.10%3,90742.57%3633.96%340.37%96610.53%9,177
Okanogan 5,79656.09%3,83537.11%6556.34%480.46%1,96118.98%10,334
Pacific 3,34946.73%3,58550.03%2042.85%280.39%-236-3.30%7,166
Pend Oreille 1,74659.57%1,07136.54%1043.55%100.34%67523.03%2,931
Pierce 84,26556.91%56,93338.45%6,1894.18%6780.46%27,33218.46%148,065
San Juan 1,78663.90%90632.42%863.08%170.61%88031.48%2,795
Skagit 14,21258.13%9,23337.77%9113.73%920.38%4,97920.36%24,448
Skamania 1,28848.70%1,15343.59%1897.15%150.57%1355.11%2,645
Snohomish 60,03257.27%39,47137.66%4,8034.58%5150.49%20,56119.61%104,821
Spokane 74,32059.37%44,33735.42%6,1294.90%3990.32%29,98323.95%125,185
Stevens 4,83961.26%2,39030.26%6478.19%230.29%2,44931.00%7,899
Thurston 22,29757.48%14,59637.63%1,7224.44%1770.46%7,70119.85%38,792
Wahkiakum 81847.39%79646.12%1086.26%40.23%221.27%1,726
Walla Walla 12,57967.87%5,36428.94%5152.78%750.40%7,21538.93%18,533
Whatcom 22,58558.21%15,02738.73%1,0312.66%1580.41%7,55819.48%38,801
Whitman 9,54858.70%6,24838.41%3982.45%720.44%3,30020.29%16,266
Yakima 32,24058.93%19,72936.06%2,5984.75%1380.25%12,51122.87%54,705
Totals837,13556.92%568,33438.64%58,9064.00%6,4720.44%268,80118.28%1,470,847

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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  2. ↑ "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2016 (p. 4145)". Simon and Schuster (8 December 2015). Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Washington". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
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