1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1972 United States presidential election 1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas Arkansas 1924 presidential no 1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1968 1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1976 November 7, 1972https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1972 United States Presidential election of 1972 - Encyclopædia Britannica January 7, 2017 x200px Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Spiro Agnew 6 445,751 68.82% George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) South Dakota Sargent Shriver 0 198,899 30.71% 1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas results map by county.svg 250px County results Nixon #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) The 1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. State voters chose sixhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1965_1969.html#1972 1972 Election for the Forty-Seventh Term (1973-77) January 7, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arkansas was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 68.82% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 30.71% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=5&year=1972 1972 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas January 7, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1972 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1972 January 7, 2017 John G. Schmitz was the only other candidate on the ballot, and, as the candidate for the American Independent Party, he received just over three thousand votes. In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results,1972 Presidential Election - 270toWin.com http://www.270towin.com/1972_Election/ January 7, 20171972 Election - Voting America http://dsl.richmond.edu/voting/indelections.php?year=1972 January 7, 2017 the Democratic nominee did not win a single county in Arkansas. This marked the first time that Arkansas had voted Republican in a presidential election since Ulysses S. Grant carried the state 100 years prior in 1872, and made Nixon only the second Republican (after Grant) to ever carry the state. 2020 11 As of 2024, this remains the strongest-ever Republican presidential performance in Arkansas, the only time that a Republican has swept every county in the state, and, along with 1932, the second of two times any candidate has done so. As of 2024, this is the last presidential election in which the Republican carried Phillips County, Jefferson County, Lee County, and Chicot County in a presidential election. Hot Spring County would not vote Republican again until 2004, Jackson, Lincoln, and Clark counties until 2008, Woodruff County until 2016, and Desha County until 2024.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Among white voters, 80% supported Nixon while 19% supported McGovern.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results 1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas Richard Nixon (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 445,751 68.82% George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) 198,899 30.71% John G. Schmitz American Independent Party 3,016 0.47% 647,666 100% Results by county CountyRichard NixonRepublicanGeorge McGovernDemocraticJohn G. SchmitzAmerican IndependentMarginTotals votes cast#%#%#%#% Arkansas 5,225 73.46% 1,849 25.99% 39 0.55% 3,376 47.47% 7,113 Ashley 5,506 76.44% 1,680 23.32% 17 0.24% 3,826 53.12% 7,203 Baxter 6,754 70.65% 2,677 28.00% 129 1.35% 4,077 42.65% 9,560 Benton 14,621 77.86% 4,083 21.74% 74 0.39% 10,538 56.12% 18,778 Boone 5,484 74.49% 1,862 25.29% 16 0.22% 3,622 49.20% 7,362 Bradley 3,218 69.74% 1,368 29.65% 28 0.61% 1,850 40.09% 4,614 Calhoun 1,298 64.26% 707 35.00% 15 0.74% 591 29.26% 2,020 Carroll 3,565 70.09% 1,401 27.55% 120 2.36% 2,164 42.54% 5,086 Chicot 2,858 65.96% 1,469 33.90% 6 0.14% 1,389 32.06% 4,333 Clark 4,173 59.96% 2,741 39.38% 46 0.66% 1,432 20.58% 6,960 Clay 4,381 69.39% 1,933 30.61% 0 0.00% 2,448 38.78% 6,314 Cleburne 2,870 67.15% 1,400 32.76% 4 0.09% 1,470 34.39% 4,274 Cleveland 1,837 71.45% 734 28.55% 0 0.00% 1,103 42.90% 2,571 Columbia 5,801 72.30% 2,193 27.33% 29 0.36% 3,608 44.97% 8,023 Conway 4,187 58.11% 3,009 41.76% 9 0.12% 1,178 16.35% 7,205 Craighead 11,312 65.94% 5,843 34.06% 0 0.00% 5,469 31.88% 17,155 Crawford 6,974 81.41% 1,520 17.74% 72 0.84% 5,454 63.67% 8,566 Crittenden 7,971 71.06% 3,246 28.94% 0 0.00% 4,725 42.12% 11,217 Cross 3,743 72.78% 1,221 23.74% 179 3.48% 2,522 49.04% 5,143 Dallas 2,152 60.55% 1,402 39.45% 0 0.00% 750 21.10% 3,554 Desha 3,385 66.92% 1,665 32.92% 8 0.16% 1,720 34.00% 5,058 Drew 3,334 74.06% 1,168 25.94% 0 0.00% 2,166 48.12% 4,502 Faulkner 6,746 59.44% 4,604 40.56% 0 0.00% 2,142 18.88% 11,350 Franklin 3,678 74.60% 1,252 25.40% 0 0.00% 2,426 49.20% 4,930 Fulton 2,030 67.89% 960 32.11% 0 0.00% 1,070 35.78% 2,990 Garland 15,602 73.90% 5,207 24.66% 303 1.44% 10,395 49.24% 21,112 Grant 2,414 67.41% 1,147 32.03% 20 0.56% 1,267 35.38% 3,581 Greene 6,128 73.03% 2,263 26.97% 0 0.00% 3,865 46.06% 8,391 Hempstead 4,963 70.80% 2,047 29.20% 0 0.00% 2,916 41.60% 7,010 Hot Spring 5,378 64.54% 2,872 34.47% 83 1.00% 2,506 30.07% 8,333 Howard 2,682 71.50% 1,069 28.50% 0 0.00% 1,613 43.00% 3,751 Independence 5,076 65.74% 2,630 34.06% 15 0.19% 2,446 31.68% 7,721 Izard 2,001 64.26% 1,108 35.58% 5 0.16% 893 28.68% 3,114 Jackson 4,196 66.73% 2,092 33.27% 0 0.00% 2,104 33.46% 6,288 Jefferson 16,888 61.95% 10,346 37.95% 26 0.10% 6,542 24.00% 27,260 Johnson 4,107 66.76% 2,045 33.24% 0 0.00% 2,062 33.52% 6,152 Lafayette 2,460 71.91% 952 27.83% 9 0.26% 1,508 44.08% 3,421 Lawrence 3,981 69.45% 1,751 30.55% 0 0.00% 2,230 38.90% 5,732 Lee 3,540 64.59% 1,907 34.79% 34 0.62% 1,633 29.80% 5,481 Lincoln 2,318 67.52% 1,115 32.48% 0 0.00% 1,203 35.04% 3,433 Little River 2,550 70.04% 1,091 29.96% 0 0.00% 1,459 40.08% 3,641 Logan 4,964 71.42% 1,956 28.14% 30 0.43% 3,008 43.28% 6,950 Lonoke 5,298 67.62% 2,504 31.96% 33 0.42% 2,794 35.66% 7,835 Madison 3,372 64.09% 1,889 35.91% 0 0.00% 1,483 28.18% 5,261 Marion 2,331 66.66% 1,108 31.68% 58 1.66% 1,223 34.98% 3,497 Miller 8,355 74.53% 2,855 25.47% 0 0.00% 5,500 49.06% 11,210 Mississippi 10,931 74.73% 3,544 24.23% 152 1.04% 7,387 50.50% 14,627 Monroe 2,897 63.45% 1,578 34.56% 91 1.99% 1,319 28.89% 4,566 Montgomery 1,555 68.17% 688 30.16% 38 1.67% 867 38.01% 2,281 Nevada 2,513 68.07% 1,179 31.93% 0 0.00% 1,334 36.14% 3,692 Newton 1,924 69.84% 831 30.16% 0 0.00% 1,093 39.68% 2,755 Ouachita 6,620 62.68% 3,931 37.22% 11 0.10% 2,689 25.46% 10,562 Perry 1,445 63.88% 810 35.81% 7 0.31% 635 28.07% 2,262 Phillips 6,235 58.90% 4,283 40.46% 68 0.64% 1,952 18.44% 10,586 Pike 2,316 73.69% 798 25.39% 29 0.92% 1,518 48.30% 3,143 Poinsett 7,010 77.91% 1,908 21.20% 80 0.89% 5,102 56.71% 8,998 Polk 3,609 74.83% 1,120 23.22% 94 1.95% 2,489 51.61% 4,823 Pope 6,917 67.52% 3,302 32.23% 25 0.24% 3,615 35.29% 10,244 Prairie 2,186 71.46% 873 28.54% 0 0.00% 1,313 42.92% 3,059 Pulaski 57,576 62.95% 33,611 36.75% 281 0.31% 23,965 26.20% 91,468 Randolph 2,578 62.83% 1,525 37.17% 0 0.00% 1,053 25.66% 4,103 St. Francis 5,692 65.95% 2,674 30.98% 265 3.07% 3,018 34.97% 8,631 Saline 7,972 63.64% 4,503 35.95% 52 0.42% 3,469 27.69% 12,527 Scott 2,424 75.87% 771 24.13% 0 0.00% 1,653 51.74% 3,195 Searcy 3,163 78.76% 853 21.24% 0 0.00% 2,310 57.52% 4,016 Sebastian 25,219 81.23% 5,770 18.58% 58 0.19% 19,449 62.65% 31,047 Sevier 2,526 69.91% 1,048 29.01% 39 1.08% 1,478 40.90% 3,613 Sharp 2,677 69.71% 1,154 30.05% 9 0.23% 1,523 39.66% 3,840 Stone 1,989 67.38% 958 32.45% 5 0.17% 1,031 34.93% 2,952 Union 11,925 76.72% 3,531 22.72% 87 0.56% 8,394 54.00% 15,543 Van Buren 2,622 61.91% 1,594 37.64% 19 0.45% 1,028 24.27% 4,235 Washington 17,523 70.94% 7,108 28.78% 70 0.28% 10,415 42.16% 24,701 White 8,701 67.24% 4,161 32.15% 79 0.61% 4,540 35.09% 12,941 Woodruff 1,989 61.73% 1,183 36.72% 50 1.55% 806 25.01% 3,222Yell 3,310 66.48% 1,669 33.52% 0 0.00% 1,641 32.96% 4,979Totals445,75168.82%198,89930.71%3,0160.47%246,85238.11%647,666 See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 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