1972 United States presidential election in Alaska

none June 2025 September 2023 1972 United States presidential election 1972 United States presidential election in Alaska Alaska presidential no 1968 United States presidential election in Alaska 1968 1976 United States presidential election in Alaska 1976 November 7, 1972 x160px Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Spiro Agnew 3 55,349 58.10% George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) South Dakota Sargent Shriver 0 32,967 34.61% John G. Schmitz (cropped 3x4).jpg John G. Schmitz American Independent Party ff9955 California Thomas J. Anderson 0 6,903 7.25% 400px Borough and census area results, estimated 400px Borough and census area results (historical, estimated) 350px State House district results 2 Nixon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% McGovern #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) The 1972 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Alaska was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R-California) with 58.1% of the popular vote against George McGovern (D-South Dakota) with 34.6%. Nixon ultimately won the national vote as well, defeating McGovern and Representative John G. Schmitz (R-California), who ran under the American Independent Party ticket. Results 1972 United States presidential election in Alaskahttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148043/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190501221957/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148043/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/ dead 2019-05-01 No change in state racesPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 55,349 58.10% 3 Democratic George McGovern 32,967 34.61% 0 American Independent John G. Schmitz 6,903 7.25% 0 Libertarian John Hospers (write-in) 45 0.05% 0 Totals 95,264 100.00% 3 Analysis Although Alaska has only voted Democratic once, which was for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, during the state's first four presidential elections Alaska was not substantially more Republican than the nation at-large: indeed owing to a fairly strong third-party campaign Nixon won 2.57 percent less of the vote in Alaska than over the entire country, although McGovern received 2.88 percent less than his national share.Counting the Votes; Alaska https://web.archive.org/web/20170107171406/http://www.countingthevotes.com/alaska 2017-01-07 While Alaska would prove to be John Schmitz's second strongest state after Idaho,https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1972&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1972 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 he failed to equal the success of George Wallace’s campaign in the previous election.http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1972election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 Clerk.house.gov 2013-09-03 See also United States presidential elections in Alaska References Alaska 1972 Category:1972 Alaska elections