1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

none June 2025 September 2023 1972 United States presidential election 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1968 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1968 1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1976 November 7, 1972 x200px Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Spiro Agnew 27 2,714,521 59.11% George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) South Dakota Sargent Shriver 0 1,796,951 39.13% 300px County results 300px Municipality results Nixon #e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70%#d40000 70–80%#AA0000 80–90%#800000 90–100% McGovern #86b6f2 50–60%#4389e3 60–70%#1666cb 70–80% Tie/No Data #D4C4DC #808080 President Richard Nixon Republican Richard Nixon Republican The 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1972, and was part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Senator George McGovern. Nixon won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 19.98%, winning every county except for Philadelphia. This result nonetheless was over 3% more Democratic than the nation at large. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Allegheny County, which hosts Pittsburgh, voted Republican,Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 as well as the last time when the Republican presidential nominee carried the state by double digits. Nixon became the first Republican since Herbert Hoover in 1928 to carry the coal-mining, unionized Southwestern Pennsylvania counties of Fayette County, Greene County, Washington County, and Westmoreland County. Results 1972 United States presidential election in PennsylvaniaDavid Leip Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1972&fips=42&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1972 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania 2018-03-24PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 2,714,521 59.11% 27 Democratic George McGovern 1,796,951 39.13% 0 Constitution John G. Schmitz 70,593 1.54% 0 Socialist Workers Linda Jenness 4,639"notcompletelyseparated" Although these candidates are included in the “other” total from Dave Leip’s Atlas, they are not separated by county in any available data set. 0.10% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 2,715"notcompletelyseparated" 0.06% 0 Communist Gus Hall 2,686"notcompletelyseparated" 0.06% 0 Totals 4,592,106 100.0% 27 Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) 56%/78% Results by county County Richard NixonRepublican George McGovernDemocratic John G. Schmitzhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2355 PA US President Race, November 02, 1976 Our CampaignsConstitutional Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Adams 13,593 70.19% 5,529 28.55%2271.17% 16 0.08% 8,064 41.64% 19,365 Allegheny 371,737 55.60% 282,496 42.26%12,4911.87% 1,811 0.27% 89,241 13.34% 668,535 Armstrong 17,557 61.61% 10,490 36.81%4121.45% 39 0.14% 7,067 24.80% 28,498 Beaver 43,637 56.42% 31,570 40.82%1,7182.22% 412 0.53% 12,067 15.60% 77,337 Bedford 11,243 73.30% 3,836 25.01%2271.48% 32 0.21% 7,407 48.29% 15,338 Berks 66,172 62.35% 36,563 34.45%3,1302.95% 262 0.25% 29,609 27.90% 106,127 Blair 33,126 75.10% 10,023 22.72%9132.07% 48 0.11% 23,103 52.38% 44,110 Bradford 15,050 73.57% 5,204 25.44%1790.87% 25 0.12% 9,846 48.13% 20,458 Bucks 99,684 62.28% 56,784 35.48%3,2452.03% 346 0.22% 42,900 26.80% 160,059 Butler 29,665 65.09% 14,695 32.24%1,0752.36% 139 0.30% 14,970 32.85% 45,574 Cambria 43,825 60.05% 27,950 38.30%8941.23% 306 0.42% 15,875 21.75% 72,975 Cameron 1,935 68.45% 828 29.29%481.70% 16 0.57% 1,107 39.16% 2,827 Carbon 11,639 59.05% 7,774 39.44%2741.39% 25 0.13% 3,865 19.61% 19,712 Centre 20,683 60.48% 13,194 38.58%2730.80% 47 0.14% 7,489 21.90% 34,197 Chester 72,726 68.44% 31,118 29.29%2,2812.15% 134 0.13% 41,608 39.15% 106,259 Clarion 10,073 67.96% 4,509 30.42%1931.30% 46 0.31% 5,564 37.54% 14,821 Clearfield 16,780 63.54% 9,246 35.01%2991.13% 84 0.32% 7,534 28.53% 26,409 Clinton 8,205 62.54% 4,772 36.37%1070.82% 35 0.27% 3,433 26.17% 13,119 Columbia 14,187 63.59% 7,222 32.37%8573.84% 43 0.19% 6,965 31.22% 22,309 Crawford 18,393 64.38% 9,371 32.80%7602.66% 45 0.16% 9,022 31.58% 28,569 Cumberland 42,099 72.87% 14,562 25.20%1,0101.75% 104 0.18% 27,537 47.67% 57,775 Dauphin 54,307 69.38% 22,587 28.86%1,2701.62% 106 0.14% 31,720 40.52% 78,270 Delaware 175,414 63.91% 94,144 34.30%4,5021.64% 391 0.14% 81,270 29.61% 274,451 Elk 7,900 61.20% 4,710 36.49%2451.90% 53 0.41% 3,190 24.71% 12,908 Erie 61,542 58.22% 42,022 39.75%1,9861.88% 163 0.15% 19,520 18.47% 105,713 Fayette 27,288 54.06% 22,475 44.52%6491.29% 67 0.13% 4,813 9.54% 50,479 Forest 1,374 71.75% 509 26.58%211.10% 11 0.57% 865 45.17% 1,915 Franklin 24,093 70.01% 9,456 27.48%8082.35% 58 0.17% 14,637 42.53% 34,415 Fulton 2,515 66.24% 1,192 31.39%862.26% 4 0.11% 1,323 34.85% 3,797 Greene 7,790 57.52% 5,562 41.07%1511.11% 40 0.30% 2,228 16.45% 13,543 Huntingdon 9,606 72.68% 3,394 25.68%2031.54% 13 0.10% 6,212 47.00% 13,216 Indiana 18,122 61.90% 10,833 37.01%2900.99% 29 0.10% 7,289 24.89% 29,274 Jefferson 11,631 68.92% 5,024 29.77%2041.21% 17 0.10% 6,607 39.15% 16,876 Juniata 4,412 66.32% 2,156 32.41%610.92% 24 0.36% 2,256 33.91% 6,653 Lackawanna 58,838 56.11% 45,465 43.35%4950.47% 71 0.07% 13,373 12.76% 104,869 Lancaster 81,036 75.64% 24,223 22.61%1,7601.64% 119 0.11% 56,813 53.03% 107,138 Lawrence 23,712 56.06% 17,595 41.60%8321.97% 158 0.37% 6,117 14.46% 42,297 Lebanon 25,008 77.38% 6,683 20.68%5731.77% 56 0.17% 18,325 56.70% 32,320 Lehigh 58,023 62.39% 33,325 35.83%1,5181.63% 136 0.15% 24,698 26.56% 93,002 Luzerne 81,358 60.89% 51,128 38.27%9730.73% 147 0.11% 30,230 22.62% 133,606 Lycoming 28,913 68.70% 11,999 28.51%1,0582.51% 117 0.28% 16,914 40.19% 42,087 McKean 11,958 71.72% 4,513 27.07%1761.06% 26 0.16% 7,445 44.65% 16,673 Mercer 27,961 59.37% 18,087 38.40%9852.09% 67 0.14% 9,874 20.97% 47,100 Mifflin 9,989 72.10% 3,667 26.47%1691.22% 30 0.22% 6,322 45.63% 13,855 Monroe 12,701 67.51% 5,619 29.87%4502.39% 44 0.23% 7,082 37.64% 18,814 Montgomery 173,662 64.31% 91,959 34.06%3,9601.47% 437 0.16% 81,703 30.25% 270,018 Montour 4,386 69.64% 1,755 27.87%1522.41% 5 0.08% 2,631 41.77% 6,298 Northampton 41,822 56.30% 32,335 43.53%930.13% 31 0.04% 9,487 12.77% 74,281 Northumberland 25,912 64.16% 13,885 34.38%5411.34% 47 0.12% 12,027 29.78% 40,385 Perry 8,082 73.31% 2,731 24.77%1971.79% 15 0.14% 5,351 48.54% 11,025 Philadelphia 344,096 43.89% 431,736 55.07%5,9250.76% 2,213 0.28% -87,640 -11.18% 783,970 Pike 4,568 74.79% 1,385 22.68%1432.34% 12 0.20% 3,183 52.11% 6,108 Potter 4,422 70.91% 1,710 27.42%811.30% 23 0.37% 2,712 43.49% 6,236 Schuylkill 44,071 61.56% 26,077 36.42%1,2611.76% 186 0.26% 17,994 25.14% 71,595 Snyder 7,308 78.20% 1,834 19.63%1902.03% 13 0.14% 5,474 58.57% 9,345 Somerset 19,739 68.44% 8,743 30.31%3031.05% 56 0.19% 10,996 38.13% 28,841 Sullivan 1,886 67.17% 885 31.52%321.14% 5 0.18% 1,001 35.65% 2,808 Susquehanna 9,476 67.79% 4,154 29.72%3282.35% 21 0.15% 5,322 38.07% 13,979 Tioga 10,028 72.05% 3,733 26.82%1421.02% 15 0.11% 6,295 45.23% 13,918 Union 6,905 73.57% 2,278 24.27%1581.68% 44 0.47% 4,627 49.30% 9,385 Venango 13,991 67.28% 6,302 30.31%4742.28% 27 0.13% 7,689 36.97% 20,794 Warren 10,018 66.05% 4,877 32.16%2521.66% 20 0.13% 5,141 33.89% 15,167 Washington 42,587 54.00% 34,781 44.10%1,1191.42% 375 0.48% 7,806 9.90% 78,862 Wayne 8,948 74.51% 2,733 22.76%3112.59% 17 0.14% 6,215 51.75% 12,009 Westmoreland 75,085 54.60% 59,322 43.13%2,8142.05% 306 0.22% 15,763 11.47% 137,527 Wyoming 6,423 74.42% 2,112 24.47%861.00% 10 0.12% 4,311 49.95% 8,631 York 63,606 68.19% 27,520 29.50%1,9532.09% 201 0.22% 36,086 38.69% 93,280Totals2,714,52159.11%1,796,95139.13%70,5931.54%10,0400.22%917,57019.98%4,592,105 See also United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania Notes References expanded Pennsylvania 1972 Category:1972 Pennsylvania elections