1972 United States presidential election in New Mexico

none June 2025 September 2023 1972 United States presidential election 1972 United States presidential election in New Mexico New Mexico presidential no 1968 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1968 1976 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1976 November 7, 1972 x200px Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Spiro Agnew 4 235,606 61.05% George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) South Dakota Sargent Shriver 0 141,084 36.56% President 1972 United States presidential election in New Mexico results map by county.svg 265px County results Nixon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% McGovern #86b6f2 50–60% Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) The 1972 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 1972. This was the fifteenth Presidential Election which New Mexico participated in. All fifty states plus the District of Columbia, were part of this presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for the President and Vice President. South Dakota Senator George McGovern was nominated to run against Nixon, and was defeated in one of the most lopsided elections in United States history. McGovern lost every state except Massachusetts to Nixon.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1972&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1972 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-02-11 February 12, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083154/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1972&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0 live New Mexico was won by President Richard Nixon by a 24-point landslide, mirroring the national popular vote margin by a near-perfect amount and making New Mexico 1.3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. McGovern won only two counties: he comfortably won Rio Arriba County by 12.6 percentage points, and also won San Miguel County by 2.5 percentage points.Dave Leip’s Atlas of US Presidential Elections; 1972 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – New Mexico by County https://web.archive.org/web/20161220083757/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1972&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0 December 20, 2016 Nixon was the first Republican to carry Grant County since 1928. The 1972 election remains the last when Santa Fe, Taos or Mora counties provided a Republican majority or plurality,Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ https://web.archive.org/web/20161116163625/http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century November 16, 2016 ; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016. and Nixon won Mora County by a mere thirty votes. At the other extreme, solidly Republican Lea County in the Plains region was won by Nixon by 55.4 percent, and Lincoln County, which had not voted Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1936 landslide, by 55.9 percent. As of 2024, this was the best performance for a Republican presidential nominee in New Mexico. Primaries Democratic 1972 New Mexico Democratic Party presidential primary New Mexico primary no 1968 United States Presidential Election in New Mexico 1968 June 6, 1972 1976 United States Presidential Election in New Mexico 1976 File:George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg 150x150px ff0000 George McGovern South Dakota 51,011 33.28% File:George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace 008000 Alabama 44,843 29.25% File:Hubert Humphrey in New York, 1968 (3x4 crop).jpg Hubert Humphrey 0000ff Minnesota 39,768 25.94% New Mexico Democratic Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 1972.svg 265px County Results McGovern #efadb2 30-40% #ee868d 40-50% #f15d63 50-60% Wallace #a7c6a5 30-40% #81b27e 40-50% #59a055 50-60% George McGovern would defeat Alabama Governor, George Wallace, and previous Democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36098 Our Campaigns - NM US President - D Primary Race - Jun 06, 1972 December 25, 2024 August 5, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240805203231/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36098 live DemocraticPrimary – June 6, 1972 George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) 51,011 33.28% George Wallace Democratic Party (United States) 44,843 29.25% Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) 39,768 25.94% Edmund Muskie Democratic Party (United States) 6,411 4.18% Henry M. Jackson Democratic Party (United States) 4,236 2.76% Uncommitted Democratic Party (United States) 3,819 2.49% Shirley Chisholm Democratic Party (United States) 3,205 2.09% 153,293 100 Republican Results 1972 United States presidential election in New Mexico Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon (incumbent) Spiro Agnew (incumbent) 235,606 61.05% +9.20 Democratic Party (United States) George McGovern Sargent Shriver 141,084 36.56% −3.19 American Independent Party John G. Schmitz Thomas J. Anderson 8,767 2.27% −5.59 Socialist Workers Party (United States) Linda Jenness Andrew Pulley 474 0.12% +0.04 385,931 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Results by county CountyOur Campaigns; NM US President 1972 Richard NixonRepublican George McGovernDemocratic John G. SchmitzAmerican Independent Linda JennessSocialist Workers Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Bernalillo 79,993 60.80% 48,753 37.06% 2,651 2.02% 165 0.13% 31,240 23.74% 131,562 Catron 829 73.49% 271 24.02% 26 2.30% 2 0.18% 558 49.47% 1,128 Chaves 11,493 70.87% 4,296 26.49% 415 2.56% 12 0.07% 7,197 44.38% 16,216 Colfax 2,663 57.88% 1,855 40.32% 82 1.78% 1 0.02% 808 17.56% 4,601 Curry 8,392 75.85% 2,416 21.84% 246 2.22% 10 0.09% 5,976 54.01% 11,064 De Baca 752 71.82% 270 25.79% 24 2.29% 1 0.10% 482 46.03% 1,047 Dona Ana 14,562 59.76% 9,416 38.64% 367 1.51% 21 0.09% 5,146 21.12% 24,366 Eddy 9,921 64.65% 5,040 32.84% 368 2.40% 17 0.11% 4,881 31.81% 15,346 Grant 4,431 50.46% 4,081 46.48% 262 2.98% 7 0.08% 350 3.98% 8,781 Guadalupe 1,297 51.37% 1,202 47.60% 23 0.91% 3 0.12% 95 3.77% 2,525 Harding 522 68.68% 220 28.95% 18 2.37% 0 0.00% 302 39.73% 760 Hidalgo 1,051 63.43% 562 33.92% 44 2.65% 0 0.00% 489 29.51% 1,657 Lea 12,478 76.41% 3,429 21.00% 409 2.50% 15 0.09% 9,049 55.41% 16,331 Lincoln 2,528 77.07% 696 21.22% 52 1.59% 4 0.12% 1,832 55.85% 3,280 Los Alamos 5,039 66.09% 2,435 31.94% 138 1.81% 12 0.16% 2,604 34.15% 7,624 Luna 2,958 63.25% 1,560 33.35% 157 3.36% 2 0.04% 1,398 29.90% 4,677 McKinley 5,366 49.74% 5,124 47.49% 273 2.53% 26 0.24% 242 2.25% 10,789 Mora 1,165 50.26% 1,135 48.96% 15 0.65% 3 0.13% 30 1.30% 2,318 Otero 7,033 65.91% 2,981 27.94% 646 6.05% 10 0.09% 4,052 37.97% 10,670 Quay 3,224 71.30% 1,161 25.67% 133 2.94% 4 0.09% 2,063 45.63% 4,522 Rio Arriba 4,351 42.68% 5,642 55.34% 192 1.88% 10 0.10% -1,291 -12.66% 10,195 Roosevelt 4,727 73.03% 1,612 24.90% 132 2.04% 2 0.03% 3,115 48.13% 6,473 San Juan 10,788 67.55% 4,296 26.90% 828 5.18% 58 0.36% 6,492 40.65% 15,970 San Miguel 4,434 47.71% 4,663 50.18% 175 1.88% 21 0.23% -229 -2.47% 9,293 Sandoval 3,507 50.25% 3,293 47.18% 169 2.42% 10 0.14% 214 3.07% 6,979 Santa Fe 12,211 52.53% 10,761 46.29% 255 1.10% 19 0.08% 1,450 6.24% 23,246 Sierra 2,074 67.47% 934 30.38% 62 2.02% 4 0.13% 1,140 37.09% 3,074 Socorro 2,658 56.19% 1,994 42.16% 72 1.52% 6 0.13% 664 14.03% 4,730 Taos 3,617 50.49% 3,472 48.46% 65 0.91% 10 0.14% 145 2.03% 7,164 Torrance 1,758 64.54% 908 33.33% 56 2.06% 2 0.07% 850 31.21% 2,724 Union 1,545 72.50% 496 23.28% 87 4.08% 3 0.14% 1,049 49.22% 2,131 Valencia 8,239 56.09% 6,110 41.60% 325 2.21% 14 0.10% 2,129 14.49% 14,688Totals235,60661.05%141,08436.56%8,7672.27%4740.12%94,52224.49%385,931 References Category:1972 New Mexico elections 1972 New Mexico