1972 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

none June 2025 September 2023 1972 United States presidential election in Wisconsin Wisconsin 1913 presidential no 1968 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1968 1976 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1976 November 7, 1972 x200px Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Spiro Agnew 11 989,430 53.40% George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) South Dakota Sargent Shriver 0 810,174 43.72% 1972 United States presidential election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 300px County results Nixon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% McGovern #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 1972 United States presidential election The 1972 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Richard Nixon won the state of Wisconsin with 53.40 percent of the vote, carrying the state's 11 electoral votes,Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1972&fips=55&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1972 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin April 28, 2016 although Wisconsin was the fifth most Democratic state during the election, voting 13.48 points more Democratic than the nation as a whole. In no other election since the emergence of the Republican Party has Wisconsin voted so much more Democratic than the country as a whole.Counting the Votes; Wisconsin https://web.archive.org/web/20170101231737/http://www.countingthevotes.com/wisconsin 2017-01-01 McGovern won seven counties (out of 131 county-equivalents including three in Alaska that he won nationally)‘1972 Presidential Election Statistics’ receiving as usual his highest vote in almost wholly Native American Menominee County where he won 62.3 percent of the vote. McGovern and Shriver also achieved clear majorities in Milwaukee, Dane, Ashland, Douglas and Portage Counties, and Rusk County by 1.1 points. Nixon won Manitowoc County by one hundred and ten votes, achieved pluralities in Pepin, Chippewa and Forest Counties, and won majorities in the remaining sixty-one – the largest being in Waupaca County where Nixon won by forty-two percentage points. Rusk County was one of six nationwide (outside of McGovern's home state of South Dakota) to flip Democratic from the previous election. Nixon became the first Republican since Warren G. Harding in 1920 to win Iron County, and was the last Republican until Donald Trump in 2016 to win Pepin and Kenosha Counties, and remains the last Republican to claim Bayfield County.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Primaries Democratic 1972 Wisconsin Democratic Party presidential primary Wisconsin primary no 1968 United States Presidential Election in Wisconsin 1968 April 4, 1972 1976 United States Presidential Election in Wisconsin 1976 File:George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg 150x150px ff0000 George McGovern South Dakota 333,528 29.55% File:George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace 008000 Alabama 248,676 22.03% File:Hubert Humphrey in New York, 1968 (3x4 crop).jpg Hubert Humphrey 0000ff Minnesota 233,748 20.71% Edmund Muskie 1968 DNC.jpg Edmund Muskie 803300 Maine 115,811 10.26% Scoop Jackson campaigning in 1976 (cropped).jpg Henry M. Jackson 6500ea Washington 88,068 7.80% File:John Lindsay 1970s High Res.jpg John Lindsay b61b28 New York 75,579 6.70% Wisconsin Democratic Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 1972.svg 290px County Results McGovern #f3d0d4 20-30% #efadb2 30-40% #ee868d 40-50% Wallace #d3dbd1 20-30% #a7c6a5 30-40% #81b27e 40-50% Humphrey #ccd1f6 20-30% #a8aff4 30-40% George McGovern defeated Alabama Governor, George Wallace, and previous Democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey in the Wisconsin presidential primary on April 4, 1972 Democratic primary resultsThe State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1973 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Democratic Presidential Preference Vote By County Madison, Wisconsin 786–787 https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AZKQZSCWLXXUFN8R/pages/A2TUUN3DNAG7348R George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) 333,528 29.55% George Wallace Democratic Party (United States) 248,676 22.03% Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) 233,748 20.71% Edmund S. Muskie Democratic Party (United States) 115,811 10.26% Henry M. Jackson Democratic Party (United States) 88,068 7.80% John Lindsay Democratic Party (United States) 75,579 6.70% Eugene McCarthy Democratic Party (United States) 15,543 1.38% Shirley Chisholm Democratic Party (United States) 9,198 0.82% None of the above Democratic Party (United States) 2,450 0.22% Sam Yorty Democratic Party (United States) 2,349 0.21% Patsy Mink Democratic Party (United States) 1,213 0.11% Wilbur Mills Democratic Party (United States) 913 0.08% Vance Hartke Democratic Party (United States) 766 0.07% Ted Kennedy (write-in) Democratic Party (United States) 183 0.02% Scattering"scattering" Not listed directly in the Blue Book but can be obtained by subtracting the candidate totals from the statewide and county totals. Democratic Party (United States) 559 0.05% 1,128,584 100.00% Republican Incumbent president Richard Nixon easily defeated token opposition from Pete McCloskey and John M. Ashbrook. Republican primary resultsThe State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1973 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Republican Presidential Preference Vote By County Madison, Wisconsin 792 https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AZKQZSCWLXXUFN8R/full/A3UPSTCW3AJL448S Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 277,601 96.91% Pete McCloskey Republican Party (United States) 3,651 1.27% John M. Ashbrook Republican Party (United States) 2,604 0.91% None of the above Republican Party (United States) 2,315 0.81% George Wallace (write-in) Republican Party (United States) 46 0.02% Scattering"scattering" Republican Party (United States) 227 0.08% 286,444 100.00% Results 1972 United States presidential election in WisconsinWisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers for President, Vice President and Presidential Electors - General Election - November 7, 1972The State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1973 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Vote For President And Vice President By County Madison, Wisconsin 817 https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AZKQZSCWLXXUFN8R/full/AF4AUQQIM32ZCZ8FPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 989,430 53.40% 11 Democratic George McGovern 810,174 43.72% 0 American John G. Schmitz 47,525 2.56% 0 People's"Independent People's Party" Benjamin Spock 2,701 0.15% 0 Socialist Labor"Independent Socialist Labor" Louis Fisher 998 0.05% 0 Communist"Independent Communist Party USA" Gus Hall 663 0.04% 0 Socialist Workers"Independent Socialist Workers" Evelyn Reed 506 0.03% 0 Write-in ScatteringNot listed in the 1973 Blue Book, but are shown separately by county in the Board of Canvassers report 893 0.05% 0 Totals 1,852,890 100.00% 11 Results by county County Richard NixonRepublican George McGovernDemocratic John G. SchmitzAmerican Benjamin SpockPeople's All OthersVarious Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adams 2,200 53.18% 1,833 44.31% 96 2.32% 3 0.07% 5 0.12% 367 8.87% 4,137 Ashland 3,478 46.91% 3,771 50.86% 135 1.82% 5 0.07% 25 0.34% -293 -3.95% 7,414 Barron 8,418 59.89% 5,376 38.25% 211 1.50% 21 0.15% 29 0.21% 3,042 21.64% 14,055 Bayfield 3,045 51.79% 2,736 46.54% 74 1.26% 4 0.07% 20 0.34% 309 5.26% 5,879 Brown 37,101 56.49% 26,511 40.37% 1,907 2.90% 94 0.14% 62 0.09% 10,590 16.12% 65,675 Buffalo 3,079 54.28% 2,461 43.39% 110 1.94% 4 0.07% 18 0.32% 618 10.90% 5,672 Burnett 2,972 54.37% 2,389 43.71% 92 1.68% 8 0.15% 5 0.09% 583 10.66% 5,466 Calumet 6,446 55.85% 4,804 41.62% 243 2.11% 31 0.27% 18 0.16% 1,642 14.23% 11,542 Chippewa 8,451 49.35% 8,210 47.95% 416 2.43% 34 0.20% 12 0.07% 241 1.40% 17,123 Clark 7,138 56.47% 4,617 36.52% 859 6.80% 18 0.14% 9 0.07% 2,521 19.95% 12,641 Columbia 10,122 58.02% 7,083 40.60% 216 1.24% 11 0.06% 15 0.09% 3,039 17.42% 17,447 Crawford 3,705 58.67% 2,487 39.38% 115 1.82% 5 0.08% 3 0.05% 1,218 19.29% 6,315 Dane 56,020 40.84% 79,567 58.00% 1,040 0.76% 219 0.16% 331 0.24% -23,547 -17.17% 137,177 Dodge 17,068 61.54% 9,898 35.69% 715 2.58% 29 0.10% 27 0.10% 7,170 25.85% 27,737 Door 6,503 64.25% 3,430 33.89% 167 1.65% 18 0.18% 3 0.03% 3,073 30.36% 10,121 Douglas 8,419 42.58% 11,054 55.91% 202 1.02% 36 0.18% 60 0.30% -2,635 -13.33% 19,771 Dunn 6,660 53.00% 5,681 45.21% 185 1.47% 16 0.13% 23 0.18% 979 7.79% 12,565 Eau Claire 15,883 51.28% 14,300 46.17% 671 2.17% 57 0.18% 60 0.19% 1,583 5.11% 30,971 Florence 971 54.06% 757 42.15% 64 3.56% 1 0.06% 3 0.17% 214 11.91% 1,796 Fond du Lac 21,007 60.94% 12,050 34.96% 1,291 3.75% 55 0.16% 67 0.19% 8,957 25.98% 34,470 Forest 1,856 49.77% 1,678 45.00% 190 5.10% 4 0.11% 1 0.03% 178 4.77% 3,729 Grant 11,873 62.29% 6,915 36.28% 240 1.26% 15 0.08% 18 0.09% 4,958 26.01% 19,061 Green 7,422 66.14% 3,634 32.38% 145 1.29% 13 0.12% 8 0.07% 3,788 33.76% 11,222 Green Lake 5,046 67.67% 2,174 29.15% 227 3.04% 6 0.08% 4 0.05% 2,872 38.52% 7,457 Iowa 4,387 57.53% 3,131 41.06% 97 1.27% 7 0.09% 4 0.05% 1,256 16.47% 7,626 Iron 1,723 49.93% 1,648 47.75% 70 2.03% 5 0.14% 5 0.14% 75 2.18% 3,451 Jackson 3,937 60.79% 2,445 37.75% 84 1.30% 9 0.14% 1 0.02% 1,492 23.04% 6,476 Jefferson 14,621 59.32% 9,303 37.74% 611 2.48% 22 0.09% 91 0.37% 5,318 21.58% 24,648 Juneau 4,833 60.19% 2,943 36.65% 237 2.95% 7 0.09% 10 0.12% 1,890 23.54% 8,030 Kenosha 24,041 53.93% 19,441 43.61% 966 2.17% 66 0.15% 62 0.14% 4,600 10.32% 44,576 Kewaunee 4,802 57.15% 3,360 39.99% 229 2.73% 11 0.13% 1 0.01% 1,442 17.16% 8,403 La Crosse 21,992 63.29% 12,152 34.97% 541 1.56% 36 0.10% 25 0.07% 9,840 28.32% 34,746 Lafayette 4,898 62.91% 2,804 36.01% 73 0.94% 6 0.08% 5 0.06% 2,094 26.90% 7,786 Langlade 4,368 57.26% 3,011 39.47% 238 3.12% 6 0.08% 6 0.08% 1,357 17.79% 7,629 Lincoln 6,206 57.25% 4,175 38.51% 437 4.03% 11 0.10% 11 0.10% 2,031 18.74% 10,840 Manitowoc 16,599 48.48% 16,489 48.16% 1,070 3.13% 38 0.11% 41 0.12% 110 0.32% 34,237 Marathon 21,454 51.24% 18,500 44.18% 1,813 4.33% 42 0.10% 63 0.15% 2,954 7.05% 41,872 Marinette 8,740 57.36% 5,900 38.72% 537 3.52% 40 0.26% 21 0.14% 2,840 18.64% 15,238 Marquette 2,682 62.53% 1,537 35.84% 54 1.26% 6 0.14% 10 0.23% 1,145 26.70% 4,289 Menominee 355 36.37% 608 62.30% 11 1.13% 2 0.20% 0 0.00% -253 -25.93% 976 Milwaukee 191,874 46.02% 210,802 50.55% 12,567 3.01% 724 0.17% 1,010 0.24% -18,928 -4.54% 416,977 Monroe 7,625 66.68% 3,640 31.83% 149 1.30% 10 0.09% 12 0.10% 3,985 34.85% 11,436 Oconto 6,511 59.38% 4,041 36.85% 385 3.51% 13 0.12% 15 0.14% 2,470 22.53% 10,965 Oneida 6,811 58.83% 4,262 36.81% 471 4.07% 23 0.20% 10 0.09% 2,549 22.02% 11,577 Outagamie 27,533 59.80% 17,447 37.89% 896 1.95% 101 0.22% 67 0.15% 10,086 21.91% 46,044 Ozaukee 15,759 61.88% 8,503 33.39% 1,149 4.51% 20 0.08% 35 0.14% 7,256 28.49% 25,466 Pepin 1,458 49.21% 1,409 47.55% 86 2.90% 5 0.17% 5 0.17% 49 1.65% 2,963 Pierce 5,899 50.35% 5,611 47.89% 184 1.57% 10 0.09% 12 0.10% 288 2.46% 11,716 Polk 6,567 52.40% 5,738 45.78% 204 1.63% 11 0.09% 13 0.10% 829 6.62% 12,533 Portage 9,346 40.04% 13,564 58.11% 365 1.56% 46 0.20% 20 0.09% -4,218 -18.07% 23,341 Price 3,694 54.39% 2,831 41.68% 250 3.68% 2 0.03% 15 0.22% 863 12.71% 6,792 Racine 38,490 56.41% 27,778 40.71% 1,785 2.62% 101 0.15% 82 0.12% 10,712 15.70% 68,236 Richland 5,062 66.14% 2,492 32.56% 90 1.18% 3 0.04% 7 0.09% 2,570 33.58% 7,654 Rock 30,361 58.03% 21,033 40.20% 823 1.57% 65 0.12% 37 0.07% 9,328 17.83% 52,319 Rusk 3,007 47.89% 3,075 48.97% 176 2.80% 10 0.16% 11 0.18% -68 -1.08% 6,279 Sauk 10,285 58.70% 6,980 39.84% 204 1.16% 12 0.07% 41 0.23% 3,305 18.86% 17,522 Sawyer 3,081 62.52% 1,765 35.82% 72 1.46% 7 0.14% 3 0.06% 1,316 26.70% 4,928 Shawano 8,807 66.95% 3,940 29.95% 378 2.87% 7 0.05% 22 0.17% 4,867 37.00% 13,154 Sheboygan 21,500 49.38% 21,114 48.50% 779 1.79% 81 0.19% 63 0.14% 386 0.89% 43,537 St. Croix 8,553 52.50% 7,488 45.96% 213 1.31% 21 0.13% 16 0.10% 1,065 6.54% 16,291 Taylor 4,125 55.76% 2,934 39.66% 313 4.23% 4 0.05% 22 0.30% 1,191 16.10% 7,398 Trempealeau 5,723 56.69% 4,232 41.92% 126 1.25% 4 0.04% 10 0.10% 1,491 14.77% 10,095 Vernon 6,836 65.71% 3,407 32.75% 127 1.22% 10 0.10% 23 0.22% 3,429 32.96% 10,403 Vilas 4,422 65.92% 1,907 28.43% 366 5.46% 4 0.06% 9 0.13% 2,515 37.49% 6,708 Walworth 17,823 65.95% 8,598 31.82% 485 1.79% 38 0.14% 79 0.29% 9,225 34.14% 27,023 Washburn 3,220 56.84% 2,336 41.24% 96 1.69% 6 0.11% 7 0.12% 884 15.60% 5,665 Washington 15,338 56.76% 10,434 38.61% 1,161 4.30% 45 0.17% 46 0.17% 4,904 18.15% 27,024 Waukesha 59,399 60.85% 34,573 35.42% 3,404 3.49% 151 0.15% 95 0.10% 24,826 25.43% 97,622 Waupaca 11,040 70.07% 4,418 28.04% 257 1.63% 20 0.13% 20 0.13% 6,622 42.03% 15,755 Waushara 4,466 66.27% 2,094 31.07% 166 2.46% 8 0.12% 5 0.07% 2,372 35.20% 6,739 Winnebago 29,488 57.28% 20,450 39.72% 1,400 2.72% 93 0.18% 51 0.10% 9,038 17.56% 51,482 Wood 14,806 54.88% 10,415 38.60% 1,719 6.37% 25 0.09% 15 0.06% 4,391 16.28% 26,980Totals989,43053.40%810,17443.72%47,5252.56%2,7010.15%3,0600.17%179,2569.67%1,852,890 Electors These were the names of the electors on each ticket. Richard M. Nixon & Spiro AgnewRepublican Party George McGovern & Sargent ShriverDemocratic Party John G. Schmitz & Thomas J. AndersonAmerican Party text-align:center Harold V. Froelich Robert Warren Merrill Stalbaum Esther Doughty Luckhardt Elaine Yerly James C. Devitt David Sullivan Ernest Keppler Daniel Theo Gerald Lorge Byron Wackett text-align:center Patrick J. Lucey Martin Schreiber Arnold Goodman Charles P. Smith Harvey L. Dueholm Roger Szymanski Ray Majerus Anthony Werner Mrs. Milton Schneider Larry Longley Jeanette Swed text-align:center John Couture Joseph Birkenstock Robert Morgan Karl E. Koehler Keith Ellison John Zierhut Earl Denny Harvey Raidy R. David Pennings Edward Duquaine David Beirle Benjamin Spock & Julius HobsonPeople's Party Louis Fisher & Genevieve GundersonSocialist Labor Party Gus Hall & Jarvis TynerCommunist Party Evelyn Reed & Clifton DeBerrySocialist Workers Party text-align:center James E. Bouton Rohn F. Webb Dale E. Najdowski Elizabeth Boardman David Webb Richard Crawford John Gnewuch Gene J. Shermeister Pope Wright Lester Sieglaff Daniel D. Olson text-align:center Louis Fisher Genevieve Gunderson Martin Tobert Henry A. Ochsner C. James Matuschka Arthur Wepfer Adolf Wiggert Alfred Teichert Clarence Wardall Anton Jonas Carol Cozzini text-align:center Eino Maatta Lucille Berrien Alex Regis Broeske Marianne Rice Irene Zvaigznitis John G. Repensek Mary E. Blair Ida Gudex Joe A. Lima Lillian Rahkonen Ernst Ave Lallemont text-align:center Patrick M. Quinn Martha M. Quinn John P. Holton Gregory Spicer Susan E. James Sam K. Hunt Walter L. Chesser Douglas G. Zoerb Mark E. Kiland Linda T. Montello Thomas T. Tank See also United States presidential elections in Wisconsin Notes References Category:1972 Wisconsin elections 1972 Wisconsin