1972 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1972 Presidential election year November 7 Republican Party (US)Richard Nixon (R) 93rd Republican hold Republican +23.2% Richard Nixon (R) 520 George McGovern (D) 17 1972 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Nixon, blue denotes states won by McGovern. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. 34 of 100 seats(33 seats of Class 2 + 2 special elections)The Class 2 Senate seat in Georgia held concurrent regular and special elections in November 1972. That special election is not included in the total number of seats contested. Democratic hold Democratic +2 1972 Senate results #92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain All 435 voting members Democratic hold Democratic +5.6% Republican +12 400px 1972 House of Representatives results #92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain#666666 Independent gain 20 (18 states, 2 territories) Democratic +1 1972 gubernatorial election resultsTerritorial races not shown #92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain Elections were held on November 7, 1972, and elected the members of the 93rd United States Congress. The election took place during the later stages of the Vietnam War. The Republican Party won a landslide victory in the presidential election, and picked up seats in the House, but the Democratic Party easily retained control of Congress. This was the first election after the ratification of the 26th Amendment granted the right to vote to those aged 18–20.Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk 10 April 2017 Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon won re-election, defeating Democratic Senator George McGovern from South Dakota.1972 Presidential Election https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1972 The American Presidency Project 13 August 2011 Nixon won a landslide victory, taking just under 61% of the popular vote and winning every state but Massachusetts and Washington, D. C. Libertarian John Hospers won the electoral vote of one faithless elector. McGovern won the Democratic nomination, after defeating Washington Senator Henry M. Jackson, Alabama Governor George Wallace, and New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. This was the first presidential election after the McGovern–Fraser Commission (which McGovern himself had chaired) caused an increase in the number of states holding primary elections.Schulman Bruce McGovern: Forging a modern political party http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/10/25/mcgovern-forging-a-modern-political-party/ https://web.archive.org/web/20121028173847/http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/10/25/mcgovern-forging-a-modern-political-party dead 28 October 2012 8 September 2015 Reuters 25 October 2015 In the House, the Republican Party picked up twelve seats, but Democrats easily retained a majority. In the Senate, the Democratic Party picked up two seats, increasing their majority. The House elections took place after the 1970 United States census and the subsequent congressional re-apportionment. In the gubernatorial elections, Democrats won a net gain of one seat. One of the newly elected Senate Democrats was future president Joe Biden who narrowly defeated the incumbent Republican Delaware Senator in an upset victory. See also 1972 United States presidential election 1972 United States House of Representatives elections 1972 United States Senate elections 1972 United States gubernatorial elections 1970 United States redistricting cycle References expanded 1972