1972 United States presidential election in Colorado

none June 2025 September 2023 1972 United States presidential election 1972 United States presidential election in Colorado Colorado presidential no 1968 United States presidential election in Colorado 1968 1976 United States presidential election in Colorado 1976 November 7, 1972 x200px Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Spiro Agnew 7 597,189 62.61% George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) South Dakota Sargent Shriver 0 329,980 34.59% 1972 United States presidential election in Colorado results map by county.svg 280px County results Nixon #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% McGovern #86b6f2 50–60% President Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) The 1972 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. State voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Colorado voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern. Nixon took 62.61% of the vote to McGovern's 34.59%, a margin of 28.01 points. Like most of the rest of the Mountain West, Colorado voted powerfully Republican in 1972, giving Nixon a margin in excess of his national margin by 4.8%. Nevertheless, Pitkin County, home to Aspen, shifted powerfully against the national trend, switching from supporting Nixon in 1968 to supporting McGovern in 1972, one of six counties outside of McGovern's home state of South Dakota to do so. Nixon thus became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Pitkin County since William Howard Taft in 1908. Results 1972 United States presidential election in Coloradohttps://books.google.com/books?id=9CZECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA848 Guide to U.S. Elections (p. 848) December 24, 2015 2016-02-09 CQ Press (12 January 2016) 978-1-4833-8035-3 http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1972&fips=8&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1972 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado 2016-02-09 Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 597,189 62.61% 7 Democratic George McGovern 329,980 34.59% 0 American Independent John G. Schmitz 17,269 1.81% 0 Socialist Labor Louis Fisher 4,361 0.46% 0 People's Benjamin Spock 2,403 0.25% 0 Libertarian John Hospers 1,111 0.12% 0 Socialist Workers Linda Jenness 666 0.07% 0 Prohibition E. Harold Munn 467 0.05% 0 Communist Gus Hall 432 0.05% 0 Write-ins Scattered (write-ins) 6 0.00% 0 Totals 953,884 100.00% 7 Voter turnout — By county CountyOur Campaigns; CO US President, November 07, 1972Richard NixonRepublicanGeorge McGovernDemocraticJohn G. SchmitzAmerican IndependentVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Adams 40,372 60.79% 24,170 36.39% 1,133 1.71% 737 1.11% 16,202 24.40% 66,412 Alamosa 2,916 62.51% 1,540 33.01% 191 4.09% 18 0.39% 1,376 29.50% 4,665 Arapahoe 52,283 72.24% 18,631 25.74% 816 1.13% 646 0.89% 33,652 46.50% 72,376 Archuleta 606 64.47% 300 31.91% 30 3.19% 4 0.43% 306 32.56% 940 Baca 1,645 73.93% 527 23.69% 50 2.25% 3 0.13% 1,118 50.24% 2,225 Bent 1,525 64.29% 787 33.18% 52 2.19% 8 0.34% 738 31.11% 2,372 Boulder 40,766 56.80% 29,484 41.08% 837 1.17% 683 0.95% 11,282 15.72% 71,770 Chaffee 2,859 66.63% 1,354 31.55% 45 1.05% 33 0.77% 1,505 35.08% 4,291 Cheyenne 815 63.37% 400 31.10% 68 5.29% 3 0.24% 415 32.27% 1,286 Clear Creek 1,557 62.23% 815 32.57% 94 3.76% 36 1.44% 742 29.66% 2,502 Conejos 1,658 55.51% 1,140 38.17% 184 6.16% 5 0.15% 518 17.34% 2,987 Costilla 602 42.16% 744 52.10% 18 1.26% 64 4.48% -142 -9.94% 1,428 Crowley 1,094 70.67% 414 26.74% 35 2.26% 5 0.32% 680 43.93% 1,548 Custer 495 71.43% 154 22.22% 43 6.20% 1 0.14% 341 49.21% 693 Delta 4,890 67.73% 1,903 26.36% 396 5.48% 31 0.43% 2,987 41.37% 7,220 Denver 121,995 54.14% 98,062 43.52% 2,306 1.02% 2,972 1.32% 23,933 10.62% 225,335 Dolores 498 71.76% 166 23.92% 28 4.03% 2 0.28% 332 47.84% 694 Douglas 3,625 75.52% 1,048 21.83% 100 2.08% 27 0.28% 2,577 53.69% 4,800 Eagle 1,920 58.16% 1,306 39.56% 50 1.51% 25 0.77% 614 18.60% 3,301 El Paso 53,892 69.11% 21,234 27.23% 2,262 2.90% 597 0.76% 32,658 41.88% 77,985 Elbert 1,416 73.29% 451 23.34% 56 2.90% 9 0.47% 965 49.95% 1,932 Fremont 6,701 68.41% 2,813 28.72% 248 2.53% 33 0.34% 3,888 39.69% 9,795 Garfield 4,452 66.27% 2,088 31.08% 143 2.13% 35 0.51% 2,364 35.19% 6,718 Gilpin 516 57.02% 362 40.00% 19 2.10% 8 0.88% 154 17.02% 905 Grand 1,721 69.93% 685 27.83% 40 1.63% 15 0.61% 1,036 42.10% 2,461 Gunnison 2,231 63.60% 1,187 33.84% 58 1.65% 32 0.91% 1,044 29.76% 3,508 Hinsdale 172 77.48% 44 19.82% 5 2.25% 1 0.45% 128 57.66% 222 Huerfano 1,620 53.52% 1,341 44.30% 48 1.59% 18 0.59% 279 9.22% 3,027 Jackson 623 76.72% 178 21.92% 7 0.86% 4 0.50% 445 54.80% 812 Jefferson 80,082 69.88% 31,555 27.54% 1,813 1.58% 1,147 0.32% 48,527 42.34% 114,597 Kiowa 849 67.92% 372 29.76% 27 2.16% 2 0.16% 477 38.16% 1,250 Kit Carson 2,316 70.89% 824 25.22% 124 3.80% 3 0.09% 1,492 45.67% 3,267 La Plata 5,691 62.24% 2,830 30.95% 575 6.29% 48 0.52% 2,861 31.29% 9,144 Lake 1,556 53.67% 1,263 43.57% 28 0.97% 52 1.79% 293 10.10% 2,899 Larimer 27,462 65.02% 13,731 32.51% 658 1.56% 383 0.91% 13,731 32.51% 42,234 Las Animas 3,659 52.59% 3,222 46.31% 59 0.85% 17 0.25% 437 6.28% 6,957 Lincoln 1,678 70.03% 685 28.59% 28 1.17% 5 0.20% 993 41.44% 2,396 Logan 5,352 67.27% 2,426 30.49% 150 1.89% 28 0.36% 2,926 36.78% 7,956 Mesa 15,527 68.66% 6,358 28.12% 628 2.78% 100 0.44% 9,169 40.54% 22,613 Mineral 247 70.98% 96 27.59% 4 1.15% 1 0.29% 151 43.39% 348 Moffat 1,928 67.70% 591 20.75% 329 11.15% 0 0.00% 1,337 46.95% 2,848 Montezuma 3,391 73.49% 1,223 26.51% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,168 46.98% 4,614 Montrose 4,571 64.75% 1,870 26.49% 585 8.29% 33 0.47% 2,701 38.26% 7,059 Morgan 5,365 70.40% 2,081 27.31% 138 1.81% 37 0.48% 3,284 43.09% 7,621 Otero 6,016 65.75% 2,929 32.01% 70 0.77% 135 1.47% 3,087 33.74% 9,060 Ouray 669 74.58% 186 20.74% 33 3.68% 9 1.00% 483 53.84% 897 Park 1,001 70.29% 386 27.11% 23 1.62% 14 0.98% 615 43.18% 1,424 Phillips 1,480 65.31% 687 30.32% 94 4.15% 5 0.21% 793 34.99% 2,266 Pitkin 2,064 44.16% 2,531 54.15% 33 0.71% 46 0.98% -467 -9.99% 4,674 Prowers 3,272 61.58% 1,860 35.01% 159 2.99% 22 0.42% 1,412 26.57% 5,313 Pueblo 25,607 54.43% 19,620 41.70% 1,113 2.37% 705 1.50% 5,987 12.73% 47,045 Rio Blanco 1,586 77.25% 414 20.17% 46 2.24% 7 0.34% 1,172 57.08% 2,053 Rio Grande 2,787 69.69% 1,029 25.73% 171 4.28% 12 0.30% 1,758 43.96% 3,999 Routt 2,629 59.33% 1,613 36.40% 159 3.59% 30 0.68% 1,016 22.93% 4,431 Saguache 1,062 63.18% 578 34.38% 38 2.26% 3 0.18% 484 28.80% 1,681 San Juan 238 58.33% 140 34.31% 28 6.86% 2 0.50% 98 24.02% 408 San Miguel 583 54.95% 426 40.15% 42 3.96% 10 0.94% 157 14.80% 1,061 Sedgwick 1,129 67.85% 485 29.15% 43 2.58% 7 0.42% 644 38.70% 1,664 Summit 1,082 59.03% 707 38.57% 14 0.76% 30 1.64% 375 20.46% 1,833 Teller 1,440 70.45% 535 26.17% 50 2.45% 19 0.93% 905 44.28% 2,044 Washington 1,837 69.87% 643 24.46% 135 5.14% 14 0.53% 1,194 45.41% 2,629 Weld 24,695 66.29% 11,690 31.38% 416 1.12% 454 1.21% 13,005 34.91% 37,255 Yuma 2,873 71.03% 1,066 26.35% 94 2.32% 12 0.30% 1,807 44.68% 4,045Total597,18962.61%329,98034.59%17,2691.81%9,4460.99%267,20928.02%953,884 References expanded 1972 Colorado Presidential election in Colorado