1972 United States presidential election in Texas

none June 2025 September 2023 1972 United States presidential election 1972 United States presidential election in Texas Texas presidential no 1968 United States presidential election in Texas 1968 1976 United States presidential election in Texas 1976 November 7, 1972 66.59% (of registered voters)44.90% (of voting age population)https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/70-92.shtml Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970–current) www.sos.state.tx.us x200px Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Spiro Agnew 26 2,298,896 66.20% George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) South Dakota Sargent Shriver 0 1,154,291 33.24% 350px County results 350px Congressional district results 350px Nixon #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% McGovern #86b6f2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #0645b4 80–90% President Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) The 1972 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon overwhelmingly won the state of Texas with 66.20% of the vote,http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=48&year=1972 1972 Presidential General Election Results – Texas April 13, 2016 to the Democratic Party candidate George McGovern's 33.24%, thus giving him the state's 26 electoral votes. This result made Texas 9.8% more Republican than the nation-at-large. This was the first time a Republican won the state of Texas since Texas-born Dwight D. Eisenhower won it in 1956, even as Democrat Dolph Briscoe won the gubernatorial election on the same Ballot. Nixon's win in Texas made him the first ever Republican presidential candidate to break sixty percent of Texas' popular vote in a presidential election, surpassing former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's performance of 55.26% in 1956, and even native son Lyndon B. Johnson's 63.32% in 1964. Nixon is so far the only Republican candidate to break 65% or more of the state's popular vote. At the county level, 246 of Texas' 254 counties voted for Nixon, all by wide margins except for Robertson County, where Nixon won by a single vote. Nixon won 22 of Texas' 24 congressional districts – with the 18th (Harris County) and 20th (Bexar County) constituting the only congressional districts McGovern won anywhere in the former Confederacy. McGovern, however, did not win either county each of these districts were located in. McGovern's only county wins came from the south Texas region along the U.S.-Mexico border and Cottle County in the northern part of the state, though even his performances here were underwhelming. In fact, this is the only election since 1952 in which Dimmit County and Presidio County voted for the Republican candidate. This is the first since the 1956 United States presidential election in which a Republican carried Travis County. This is also the last election in which Zavala County 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 though that county did so even in 1960. Duval County, however, gave McGovern over 85 percent of the vote, which was the highest percentage of votes he received in any county nationally.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1972 Presidential Election Statistics 1972 was the third successive election when Duval proved the most Democratic county in the nation. He was the first Republican to ever carry La Salle, Hidalgo, Jim Wells, Willacy, Brooks, Cameron, Kenedy, and Nueces counties (all in South Texas), and the first since 1920 to carry Zavala County; and the first since 1928 to carry Dimmit, Frio, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. He was the first Republican to carry many historically Democratic East Texas counties as well. Nixon had previously narrowly lost Texas to John F. Kennedy in 1960 and had lost it narrowly again to Hubert Humphrey in 1968. However, as with the rest of the country in 1972, with the exception of Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., Texas voted for the Republican ticket of incumbent Nixon and Agnew. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the best Republican election performance in Texas, as well as the last time every single county in the Texas Triangle was won by the Republican candidate. Jefferson County would not vote Republican again until 2016, La Salle and Jim Wells counties until 2020, and Hidalgo and Willacy counties until 2024. Campaign McGovern campaign In the national race, McGovern was constantly portrayed throughout the election campaign as being a left-wing extremist because of his support for busing and civil rights, his opposition to the Vietnam War, support for granting amnesty to draft dodgers,Perry, James Moorhead; Us and Them: How the Press Covered the 1972 Election, p. 136 0517505525 and support for a thousand-dollar giveaway to each American as a solution to poverty.Grantham, Dewey W.; The Life and Death of the Solid South: A Political History, p. 179 0813148723 McGovern was also viewed as inconsistent following the replacement of his first running mate, Thomas Eagleton, while many Republican campaigners believed McGovern would legalize abortion and illicit drugs if he were electedDavis, Lanny; Scandal: How "Gotcha" Politics Is Destroying America, pp. 65–66 1466892803 – despite the fact that his ultimate running mate Sargent Shriver was firmly pro-life.May 2021 McGovern's Texas campaign was managed by Bill Clinton. Senator Lloyd Bentsen had originally been asked to manage the Texas campaign, but declined.Wisk Allison From the archives: Lone Star stumping gig in '72 race helped shape Hillary Clinton's '08 bid https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2016/03/01/from-the-archives-lone-star-stumping-gig-in-72-race-helped-shape-hillary-clinton-s-08-bid/ Dallas News 22 May 2021 en 2016-03-01 While those working on the campaign expected McGovern to lose in Texas, they aimed to decrease his margin of defeat. McGovern's campaign received little support from Democratic statewide officeholders. Additionally, Dolph Briscoe, the Democratic nominee in the coinciding 1972 Texas gubernatorial election refused to make any campaign appearances alongside McGovern. One of the few statewide office holders to support McGovern's campaign was Texas Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong. Lloyd Bentsen also endorsed McGovern.Naughton Jim The Prime of Lloyd Bentsen https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/05/02/the-prime-of-lloyd-bentsen/bcf54ce0-e76c-47dc-9ae0-5302e7203cad/ Washington Post 22 May 2021 1989-05-02 Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson would occasionally observe the Texas campaign operation. In addition to manager Bill Clinton, a future United States president, and his then-girlfriend (and future wife) Hillary, a future Democratic Party presidential nominee herself, there were a number of individuals who worked on McGovern's Texas campaign effort who would later achieve individual notability. Role of the Clintons Bill Clinton, and his then-girlfriend (and future wife) Hillary (both Yale Law School students at the time) had both moved to Austin to work on the Texas McGovern campaign.https://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/16/clintons-take-texas-1972/ Allies Remember a Driven Hillary Rodham During 1972 Texas Campaign Livingston Abby May 16, 2015 www.texastribune.org Texas Tribune January 3, 2018 Bill had originally planned to begin working as a southern states coordinator for the McGovern campaign during the summer of 1971. However, he postponed those plans in order to spend that summer with Hillary, who had taken a summer job in California.http://www.nysun.com/national/clintons-berkeley-summer-of-love/66982 The Clintons' Berkeley Summer of Love Gerstein, Josh The New York Sun November 26, 2007 May 9, 2009 The following summer, Bill took a job as the state manager of McGovern's campaign in Texas.Manager of George McGovern's 1972 Presidential campaign in Texas Bill Clinton and unidentified woman (photograph) https://tamucc-ir.tdl.org/handle/1969.6/13106 tamucc-ir.tdl.org December 13, 2017 Texas A&M University Corpus Christi 22 May 2021 en He asked Hillary if she would be interested in joining him there. In her memoir Living History, Hillary recalled, "Bill asked if I wanted to go too. I did, but only if I had a specific job." thumb|right|Hillary's workload of registering voters was large due to the 1972 presidential election being the first since the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 Hillary was tasked with registering black and Hispanic voters in South Texas on behalf of the Democratic National Committee. With the 1972 election being the first in which 18-year-olds were able to vote, the task of voter registration was much greater than in other years. In addition to registering voters, as a law student, Clinton was utilized as a legal resource.Todd Wiseman and Abby Todd Livingston Abby A Current Look at Some of Hillary and Bill Clinton's 1972 Texas Haunts https://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/16/clinton-haunts/ The Texas Tribune 22 May 2021 en 2015-05-16 Hillary worked alongside Sara Ehrman, with whom she bonded.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sara-ehrman-hill-staffer-mideast-peace-activist-and-hillary-clinton-mentor-dies-at-98/2017/06/03/e8b69416-424e-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html Sara Ehrman, Hill staffer, Mideast peace activist and Hillary Clinton mentor, dies at 98 Barnes Bart June 3, 2017 The Washington Post June 5, 2017 She also bonded with Betsey Wright while working on the campaign, with whom she frequently would travel to Barton Springs. Bill, meanwhile, worked closely with Eddie Bernice Johnson. He also worked with Ron Kirk (future mayor of Dallas), Ann Richards (future governor of Texas).Medley Jasmine William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center and the Clinton School of Public Service http://nasje.org/william-jefferson-clinton-presidential-center-and-the-clinton-school-of-public-service/ National Association of State Judicial Educators 20 July 2013 November 22, 2016 March 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210305132811/https://nasje.org/william-jefferson-clinton-presidential-center-and-the-clinton-school-of-public-service/ deadSlater Wayne Texas stumping in '72 helped shape Clinton's campaign http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2016/03/01/from-the-archives-lone-star-stumping-gig-in-72-race-helped-shape-hillary-clintons-08-bid November 22, 2016 Dallas Morning News December 16, 2007 Dallas Morning News December 16, 2007 He additionally worked with Steven Spielberg who, at the time, was a little-known television producer.Felsenthal Carol George McGovern and Bill Clinton: the State of the Friendship http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-felsenthal/george-mcgovern-and-bill_b_98845.html November 22, 2016 Huffington Post May 7, 2008 Huffington Post May 7, 2008 He traveled frequently across the state to organize events and to hang posters in county courthouses. He spent considerable time in Dallas, where he had an office in the campaign's local headquarters on Lemmon Avenue. The Clintons worked with Garry Mauro, a University of Texas Law School student, on the campaign. Mauro would go on to later serve as Texas Land Commissioner, and would head Bill's 1992 campaign in Texas. They also worked alongside future Austin advertising executives Roy Spence and Judy Trabulsi, who would both go on to work on Bill Clinton's presidential campaigns. Spence would also work as a media adviser to Hillary in her 2008 presidential campaign, while Trablusi supported the candidacy of Barack Obama. Both worked in support of her 2016 presidential campaign. While working in Texas, the Clintons also networked with some donors that would later contribute to their own campaigns for political office, such as Bernard Rapoport. Occasionally, Bill would receive phone calls from former president Lyndon B. Johnson, who would inquire about the campaign effort and offer advice. Both Clintons were absent from attending their fall classes that term in order to work for the campaign. However, they both managed to ace their finals. Nixon campaign Incumbent president Richard Nixon emphasized on a good economy and his successes in foreign affairs, such as coming near to ending American involvement in the Vietnam War and establishing relations with China. Though he had narrowly lost the state in 1968, Texas was beginning to trend Republican, with a lone Representative pickup and a pickup of a handful of state senate seats. He campaigned in Laredo at the Laredo Air Force Base, and he also visited Harlingen.Campaign 1972: Nixon Through the Lens https://artsandculture.google.com/story/campaign-1972-nixon-through-the-lens/EwVxavAhJoxaJQ 2022-02-17 Google Arts & Culture en Nixon had the support of former Democratic Texas governor John Connally, who headed the group Democrats for Nixon. Connally would, however, join the Republican party in 1973. Overall, Nixon's campaigning was less so than in 1968, as he rode a good economy and incumbency to a landslide victory in the state. Among white voters, 73% supported Nixon while 26% supported McGovern.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results 1972 United States presidential election in TexasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 2,298,896 66.20% 26 Democratic George McGovern 1,154,291 33.24% 0 Socialist Workers Linda Jenness 8,664 0.25% 0 Write-in John G. Schmitz 7,098 0.20% 0 Write-ins – 3,765 0.11% 0 Totals 3,472,714 100.00% 26 Voter turnout — Results by county CountyRichard NixonRepublicanGeorge McGovernDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % Anderson 5,826 72.24% 2,233 27.69% 6 0.07% 3,593 44.55% 8,065 Andrews 2,615 79.00% 677 20.45% 18 0.54% 1,938 58.55% 3,310 Angelina 11,453 69.04% 4,970 29.96% 166 1.00% 6,483 39.08% 16,589 Aransas 2,037 70.48% 844 29.20% 9 0.31% 1,193 41.28% 2,890 Archer 1,494 69.42% 632 29.37% 26 1.21% 862 40.05% 2,152 Armstrong 768 80.76% 177 18.61% 6 0.63% 591 62.15% 951 Atascosa 3,400 65.28% 1,804 34.64% 4 0.08% 1,596 30.64% 5,208 Austin 3,084 74.24% 1,043 25.11% 27 0.65% 2,041 49.13% 4,154 Bailey 1,837 79.70% 465 20.17% 3 0.13% 1,372 59.53% 2,305 Bandera 1,796 79.50% 434 19.21% 29 1.28% 1,362 60.29% 2,259 Bastrop 3,097 61.82% 1,906 38.04% 7 0.14% 1,191 23.78% 5,010 Baylor 1,190 66.52% 598 33.43% 1 0.06% 592 33.09% 1,789 Bee 3,779 64.42% 2,067 35.24% 20 0.34% 1,712 29.18% 5,866 Bell 17,525 71.79% 6,848 28.05% 38 0.16% 10,677 43.74% 24,411 Bexar 137,572 59.76% 91,662 39.82% 959 0.42% 45,910 19.94% 230,193 Blanco 1,215 71.68% 460 27.14% 20 1.18% 755 44.54% 1,695 Borden 330 76.21% 96 22.17% 7 1.62% 234 54.04% 433 Bosque 2,947 74.12% 1,014 25.50% 15 0.38% 1,933 48.62% 3,976 Bowie 14,722 73.55% 5,227 26.12% 66 0.33% 9,495 47.43% 20,015 Brazoria 21,045 64.89% 11,350 35.00% 37 0.11% 9,695 29.89% 32,432 Brazos 14,243 71.03% 5,692 28.39% 116 0.58% 8,551 42.64% 20,051 Brewster 1,524 62.31% 904 36.96% 18 0.74% 620 25.35% 2,446 Briscoe 642 64.20% 349 34.90% 9 0.90% 293 29.30% 1,000 Brooks 1,117 40.17% 1,657 59.58% 7 0.25% -540 -19.41% 2,781 Brown 5,990 72.76% 2,171 26.37% 72 0.87% 3,819 46.39% 8,233 Burleson 1,762 56.38% 1,361 43.55% 2 0.06% 401 12.83% 3,125 Burnet 3,438 73.34% 1,227 26.17% 23 0.49% 2,211 47.17% 4,688 Caldwell 3,171 61.45% 1,974 38.26% 15 0.29% 1,197 23.19% 5,160 Calhoun 3,614 64.93% 1,936 34.78% 16 0.29% 1,678 30.15% 5,566 Callahan 2,223 75.64% 665 22.63% 51 1.74% 1,558 53.01% 2,939 Cameron 20,816 60.69% 13,340 38.89% 144 0.42% 7,476 21.80% 34,300 Camp 1,599 60.55% 1,041 39.42% 1 0.04% 558 21.13% 2,641 Carson 1,868 75.75% 561 22.75% 37 1.50% 1,307 53.00% 2,466 Cass 5,303 72.76% 1,981 27.18% 4 0.05% 3,322 45.58% 7,288 Castro 1,685 68.75% 751 30.64% 15 0.61% 934 38.11% 2,451 Chambers 2,390 66.35% 1,206 33.48% 6 0.17% 1,184 32.87% 3,602 Cherokee 5,743 69.29% 2,467 29.77% 78 0.94% 3,276 39.52% 8,288 Childress 1,716 69.81% 729 29.66% 13 0.53% 987 40.15% 2,458 Clay 1,893 64.28% 1,023 34.74% 29 0.98% 870 29.54% 2,945 Cochran 1,106 72.01% 415 27.02% 15 0.98% 691 44.99% 1,536 Coke 761 67.11% 358 31.57% 15 1.32% 403 35.54% 1,134 Coleman 2,386 76.67% 721 23.17% 5 0.16% 1,665 53.50% 3,112 Collin 17,667 78.04% 4,783 21.13% 187 0.83% 12,884 56.91% 22,637 Collingsworth 1,250 71.39% 501 28.61% 0 0.00% 749 42.78% 1,751 Colorado 3,495 69.66% 1,502 29.94% 20 0.40% 1,993 39.72% 5,017 Comal 6,761 78.36% 1,823 21.13% 44 0.51% 4,938 57.23% 8,628 Comanche 2,608 68.31% 1,176 30.80% 34 0.89% 1,432 37.51% 3,818 Concho 709 66.95% 350 33.05% 0 0.00% 359 33.90% 1,059 Cooke 6,317 78.28% 1,702 21.09% 51 0.63% 4,615 57.19% 8,070 Coryell 5,077 79.75% 1,235 19.40% 54 0.85% 3,842 60.35% 6,366 Cottle 564 49.69% 571 50.31% 0 0.00% -7 -0.62% 1,135 Crane 1,123 73.78% 349 22.93% 50 3.29% 774 50.85% 1,522 Crockett 851 72.12% 329 27.88% 0 0.00% 522 44.24% 1,180 Crosby 1,503 59.15% 1,021 40.18% 17 0.67% 482 18.97% 2,541 Culberson 555 69.12% 238 29.64% 10 1.25% 317 39.48% 803 Dallam 1,271 78.02% 327 20.07% 31 1.90% 944 57.95% 1,629 Dallas 305,112 69.53% 129,662 29.55% 4,021 0.92% 175,450 39.98% 438,795 Dawson 3,247 79.29% 846 20.66% 2 0.05% 2,401 58.63% 4,095 Deaf Smith 3,690 73.67% 1,240 24.76% 79 1.58% 2,450 48.91% 5,009 Delta 957 61.90% 581 37.58% 8 0.52% 376 24.32% 1,546 Denton 19,138 66.18% 9,720 33.61% 62 0.21% 9,418 32.57% 28,920 DeWitt 3,755 72.96% 1,357 26.36% 35 0.68% 2,398 46.60% 5,147 Dickens 708 56.87% 534 42.89% 3 0.24% 174 13.98% 1,245 Dimmit 1,172 51.81% 1,078 47.66% 12 0.53% 94 4.15% 2,262 Donley 1,229 77.74% 350 22.14% 2 0.13% 879 55.60% 1,581 Duval 623 14.32% 3,729 85.68% 0 0.00% -3,106 -71.36% 4,352 Eastland 4,106 71.50% 1,630 28.38% 7 0.12% 2,476 43.12% 5,743 Ector 21,386 79.32% 5,449 20.21% 125 0.46% 15,937 59.11% 26,960 Edwards 520 82.02% 109 17.19% 5 0.79% 411 64.83% 634 Ellis 8,779 69.53% 3,839 30.41% 8 0.06% 4,940 39.12% 12,626 El Paso 49,981 60.15% 32,435 39.04% 674 0.81% 17,546 21.11% 83,090 Erath 4,777 74.26% 1,648 25.62% 8 0.12% 3,129 48.64% 6,433 Falls 3,017 62.12% 1,825 37.57% 15 0.31% 1,192 24.55% 4,857 Fannin 3,826 61.90% 2,295 37.13% 60 0.97% 1,531 24.77% 6,181 Fayette 3,882 73.37% 1,400 26.46% 9 0.17% 2,482 46.91% 5,291 Fisher 1,207 56.22% 933 43.46% 7 0.33% 274 12.76% 2,147 Floyd 2,181 72.17% 841 27.83% 0 0.00% 1,340 44.34% 3,022 Foard 369 53.87% 312 45.55% 4 0.58% 57 8.32% 685 Fort Bend 10,475 69.42% 4,541 30.09% 73 0.48% 5,934 39.33% 15,089 Franklin 1,059 65.90% 546 33.98% 2 0.12% 513 31.92% 1,607 Freestone 2,459 65.61% 1,283 34.23% 6 0.16% 1,176 31.38% 3,748 Frio 1,904 54.23% 1,588 45.23% 19 0.54% 316 9.00% 3,511 Gaines 1,923 73.26% 669 25.49% 33 1.26% 1,254 47.77% 2,625 Galveston 30,936 57.49% 22,565 41.93% 310 0.58% 8,371 15.56% 53,811 Garza 1,153 72.11% 446 27.89% 0 0.00% 707 44.22% 1,599 Gillespie 3,490 85.67% 526 12.91% 58 1.42% 2,964 72.76% 4,074 Glasscock 288 78.05% 75 20.33% 6 1.63% 213 57.72% 369 Goliad 1,018 68.60% 464 31.27% 2 0.13% 554 37.33% 1,484 Gonzales 2,707 69.84% 1,164 30.03% 5 0.13% 1,543 39.81% 3,876 Gray 7,968 84.37% 1,367 14.47% 109 1.15% 6,601 69.90% 9,444 Grayson 16,769 70.65% 6,952 29.29% 13 0.05% 9,817 41.36% 23,734 Gregg 19,927 77.49% 5,325 20.71% 464 1.80% 14,602 56.78% 25,716 Grimes 2,243 66.44% 1,116 33.06% 17 0.50% 1,127 33.38% 3,376 Guadalupe 8,287 70.84% 3,404 29.10% 7 0.06% 4,883 41.74% 11,698 Hale 7,051 76.04% 2,135 23.02% 87 0.94% 4,916 53.02% 9,273 Hall 1,303 67.37% 607 31.39% 24 1.24% 696 35.98% 1,934 Hamilton 1,931 73.79% 685 26.18% 1 0.04% 1,246 47.61% 2,617 Hansford 1,947 88.90% 202 9.22% 41 1.87% 1,745 79.68% 2,190 Hardeman 1,357 68.29% 614 30.90% 16 0.81% 743 37.39% 1,987 Hardin 5,190 63.63% 2,952 36.19% 15 0.18% 2,238 27.44% 8,157 Harris 365,672 62.56% 215,916 36.94% 2,943 0.50% 149,756 25.62% 584,531 Harrison 9,600 68.28% 4,333 30.82% 127 0.90% 5,267 37.46% 14,060 Hartley 946 80.17% 206 17.46% 28 2.37% 740 62.71% 1,180 Haskell 1,744 64.74% 950 35.26% 0 0.00% 794 29.48% 2,694 Hays 5,406 56.79% 4,068 42.74% 45 0.47% 1,338 14.05% 9,519 Hemphill 942 81.42% 214 18.50% 1 0.09% 728 62.92% 1,157 Henderson 6,263 69.49% 2,741 30.41% 9 0.10% 3,522 39.08% 9,013 Hidalgo 22,920 55.23% 18,366 44.26% 213 0.51% 4,554 10.97% 41,499 Hill 4,481 70.25% 1,882 29.50% 16 0.25% 2,599 40.75% 6,379 Hockley 4,084 70.84% 1,625 28.19% 56 0.97% 2,459 42.65% 5,765 Hood 1,743 64.32% 949 35.02% 18 0.66% 794 29.30% 2,710 Hopkins 3,903 69.20% 1,710 30.32% 27 0.48% 2,193 38.88% 5,640 Houston 3,317 63.95% 1,844 35.55% 26 0.50% 1,473 28.40% 5,187 Howard 7,343 72.85% 2,714 26.92% 23 0.23% 4,629 45.93% 10,080 Hudspeth 467 64.24% 250 34.39% 10 1.38% 217 29.85% 727 Hunt 9,535 72.02% 3,655 27.61% 49 0.37% 5,880 44.41% 13,239 Hutchinson 7,411 81.25% 1,405 15.40% 305 3.34% 6,006 65.85% 9,121 Irion 363 76.10% 111 23.27% 3 0.63% 252 52.83% 477 Jack 1,719 68.57% 775 30.91% 13 0.52% 944 37.66% 2,507 Jackson 2,743 69.81% 1,163 29.60% 23 0.59% 1,580 40.21% 3,929 Jasper 4,575 62.46% 2,746 37.49% 4 0.05% 1,829 24.97% 7,325 Jeff Davis 382 64.20% 202 33.95% 11 1.85% 180 30.25% 595 Jefferson 45,819 60.42% 29,909 39.44% 109 0.14% 15,910 20.98% 75,837 Jim Hogg 765 47.28% 848 52.41% 5 0.31% -83 -5.13% 1,618 Jim Wells 5,283 54.48% 4,404 45.41% 11 0.11% 879 9.07% 9,698 Johnson 10,042 71.04% 3,968 28.07% 126 0.89% 6,074 42.97% 14,136 Jones 3,202 75.11% 1,050 24.63% 11 0.26% 2,152 50.48% 4,263 Karnes 2,639 59.60% 1,780 40.20% 9 0.20% 859 19.40% 4,428 Kaufman 5,100 64.51% 2,795 35.35% 11 0.14% 2,305 29.16% 7,906 Kendall 2,681 84.23% 484 15.21% 18 0.57% 2,197 69.02% 3,183 Kenedy 124 58.22% 88 41.31% 1 0.47% 36 16.91% 213 Kent 465 67.59% 223 32.41% 0 0.00% 242 35.18% 688 Kerr 6,039 77.82% 1,511 19.47% 210 2.71% 4,528 58.35% 7,760 Kimble 971 78.12% 266 21.40% 6 0.48% 705 56.72% 1,243 King 143 65.30% 75 34.25% 1 0.46% 68 31.05% 219 Kinney 425 64.39% 234 35.45% 1 0.15% 191 28.94% 660 Kleberg 5,312 54.19% 4,481 45.71% 10 0.10% 831 8.48% 9,803 Knox 1,148 63.78% 638 35.44% 14 0.78% 510 28.34% 1,800 Lamar 7,736 72.62% 2,865 26.90% 51 0.48% 4,871 45.72% 10,652 Lamb 3,981 74.19% 1,350 25.16% 35 0.65% 2,631 49.03% 5,366 Lampasas 2,251 76.33% 688 23.33% 10 0.34% 1,563 53.00% 2,949 La Salle 1,073 65.11% 567 34.41% 8 0.49% 506 30.70% 1,648 Lavaca 3,288 69.65% 1,429 30.27% 4 0.08% 1,859 39.38% 4,721 Lee 1,877 66.70% 920 32.69% 17 0.60% 957 34.01% 2,814 Leon 1,699 66.16% 863 33.61% 6 0.23% 836 32.55% 2,568 Liberty 6,111 64.79% 3,311 35.10% 10 0.11% 2,800 29.69% 9,432 Limestone 2,949 66.67% 1,452 32.83% 22 0.50% 1,497 33.84% 4,423 Lipscomb 1,226 87.57% 156 11.14% 18 1.29% 1,070 76.43% 1,400 Live Oak 1,745 73.97% 610 25.86% 4 0.17% 1,135 48.11% 2,359 Llano 2,164 73.53% 766 26.03% 13 0.44% 1,398 47.50% 2,943 Loving 55 88.71% 7 11.29% 0 0.00% 48 77.42% 62 Lubbock 43,564 73.47% 15,353 25.89% 379 0.64% 28,211 47.58% 59,296 Lynn 1,766 71.47% 697 28.21% 8 0.32% 1,069 43.26% 2,471 McCulloch 1,769 70.06% 753 29.82% 3 0.12% 1,016 40.24% 2,525 McLennan 33,377 67.45% 15,947 32.23% 161 0.33% 17,430 35.22% 49,485 McMullen 304 76.77% 88 22.22% 4 1.01% 216 54.55% 396 Madison 1,540 73.30% 561 26.70% 0 0.00% 979 46.60% 2,101 Marion 1,680 60.22% 1,106 39.64% 4 0.14% 574 20.58% 2,790 Martin 935 75.22% 287 23.09% 21 1.69% 648 52.13% 1,243 Mason 1,096 73.71% 369 24.82% 22 1.48% 727 48.89% 1,487 Matagorda 5,003 66.75% 2,473 33.00% 19 0.25% 2,530 33.75% 7,495 Maverick 1,477 46.20% 1,710 53.49% 10 0.31% -233 -7.29% 3,197 Medina 4,059 71.85% 1,507 26.68% 83 1.47% 2,552 45.17% 5,649 Menard 644 69.92% 273 29.64% 4 0.43% 371 40.28% 921 Midland 18,905 79.60% 4,388 18.48% 457 1.92% 14,517 61.12% 23,750 Milam 3,554 62.14% 2,159 37.75% 6 0.10% 1,395 24.39% 5,719 Mills 1,089 73.43% 388 26.16% 6 0.40% 701 47.27% 1,483 Mitchell 1,790 71.83% 699 28.05% 3 0.12% 1,091 43.78% 2,492 Montague 3,463 72.63% 1,286 26.97% 19 0.40% 2,177 45.66% 4,768 Montgomery 15,067 77.48% 4,358 22.41% 22 0.11% 10,709 55.07% 19,447 Moore 3,620 79.77% 863 19.02% 55 1.21% 2,757 60.75% 4,538 Morris 2,699 69.47% 1,162 29.91% 24 0.62% 1,537 39.56% 3,885 Motley 657 72.52% 230 25.39% 19 2.10% 427 47.13% 906 Nacogdoches 8,757 70.41% 3,656 29.40% 24 0.19% 5,101 41.01% 12,437 Navarro 6,039 64.91% 3,246 34.89% 18 0.19% 2,793 30.02% 9,303 Newton 1,946 53.98% 1,636 45.38% 23 0.64% 310 8.60% 3,605 Nolan 3,634 73.03% 1,338 26.89% 4 0.08% 2,296 46.14% 4,976 Nueces 41,682 55.39% 33,277 44.22% 291 0.39% 8,405 11.17% 75,250 Ochiltree 2,861 89.35% 298 9.31% 43 1.34% 2,563 80.04% 3,202 Oldham 666 77.17% 173 20.05% 24 2.78% 493 57.12% 863 Orange 13,234 64.63% 7,172 35.02% 72 0.35% 6,062 29.61% 20,478 Palo Pinto 5,058 69.79% 2,181 30.10% 8 0.11% 2,877 39.69% 7,247 Panola 4,324 73.74% 1,511 25.77% 29 0.49% 2,813 47.97% 5,864 Parker 7,152 69.11% 3,184 30.77% 13 0.13% 3,968 38.34% 10,349 Parmer 2,304 81.62% 495 17.53% 24 0.85% 1,809 64.09% 2,823 Pecos 2,419 73.10% 847 25.60% 43 1.30% 1,572 47.50% 3,309 Polk 3,048 63.13% 1,760 36.45% 20 0.41% 1,288 26.68% 4,828 Potter 18,891 74.56% 6,264 24.72% 180 0.71% 12,627 49.84% 25,335 Presidio 785 53.69% 674 46.10% 3 0.21% 111 7.59% 1,462 Rains 865 61.61% 532 37.89% 7 0.50% 333 23.72% 1,404 Randall 18,557 83.13% 3,470 15.54% 296 1.33% 15,087 67.59% 22,323 Reagan 703 73.61% 244 25.55% 8 0.84% 459 48.06% 955 Real 483 75.23% 150 23.36% 9 1.40% 333 51.87% 642 Red River 3,112 69.54% 1,361 30.41% 2 0.04% 1,751 39.13% 4,475 Reeves 2,427 61.57% 1,510 38.31% 5 0.13% 917 23.26% 3,942 Refugio 1,937 64.57% 1,060 35.33% 3 0.10% 877 29.24% 3,000 Roberts 467 84.91% 71 12.91% 12 2.18% 396 72.00% 550 Robertson 1,977 50.01% 1,976 49.99% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 3,953 Rockwall 1,890 75.06% 610 24.23% 18 0.71% 1,280 50.83% 2,518 Runnels 2,752 78.83% 739 21.17% 0 0.00% 2,013 57.66% 3,491 Rusk 8,179 73.87% 2,867 25.89% 26 0.23% 5,312 47.98% 11,072 Sabine 1,333 58.64% 936 41.18% 4 0.18% 397 17.46% 2,273 San Augustine 1,508 66.49% 753 33.20% 7 0.31% 755 33.29% 2,268 San Jacinto 1,296 55.81% 1,020 43.93% 6 0.26% 276 11.88% 2,322 San Patricio 7,179 57.42% 5,097 40.77% 226 1.81% 2,082 16.65% 12,502 San Saba 1,106 65.79% 567 33.73% 8 0.48% 539 32.06% 1,681 Schleicher 630 71.51% 250 28.38% 1 0.11% 380 43.13% 881 Scurry 3,777 74.79% 1,223 24.22% 50 0.99% 2,554 50.57% 5,050 Shackelford 909 73.07% 331 26.61% 4 0.32% 578 46.46% 1,244 Shelby 4,292 70.45% 1,792 29.42% 8 0.13% 2,500 41.03% 6,092 Sherman 996 84.34% 169 14.31% 16 1.35% 827 70.03% 1,181 Smith 23,671 74.37% 8,041 25.26% 115 0.36% 15,630 49.11% 31,827 Somervell 703 71.23% 284 28.77% 0 0.00% 419 42.46% 987 Starr 2,389 41.82% 3,320 58.11% 4 0.07% -931 -16.29% 5,713 Stephens 2,259 76.73% 678 23.03% 7 0.24% 1,581 53.70% 2,944 Sterling 286 74.67% 94 24.54% 3 0.78% 192 50.13% 383 Stonewall 662 61.58% 394 36.65% 19 1.77% 268 24.93% 1,075 Sutton 705 73.67% 245 25.60% 7 0.73% 460 48.07% 957 Swisher 1,790 57.34% 1,300 41.64% 32 1.02% 490 15.70% 3,122 Tarrant 151,596 68.55% 69,187 31.29% 355 0.16% 82,409 37.26% 221,138 Taylor 22,417 78.02% 6,024 20.97% 290 1.01% 16,393 57.05% 28,731 Terrell 467 79.02% 124 20.98% 0 0.00% 343 58.04% 591 Terry 3,057 72.96% 1,099 26.23% 34 0.81% 1,958 46.73% 4,190 Throckmorton 568 61.81% 348 37.87% 3 0.33% 220 23.94% 919 Titus 3,671 68.07% 1,703 31.58% 19 0.35% 1,968 36.49% 5,393 Tom Green 15,784 71.87% 6,082 27.69% 95 0.43% 9,702 44.18% 21,961 Travis 70,561 56.30% 54,157 43.21% 611 0.49% 16,404 13.09% 125,329 Trinity 1,467 63.92% 826 35.99% 2 0.09% 641 27.93% 2,295 Tyler 2,955 68.88% 1,321 30.79% 14 0.33% 1,634 38.09% 4,290 Upshur 4,736 71.50% 1,879 28.37% 9 0.14% 2,857 43.13% 6,624 Upton 1,186 81.07% 256 17.50% 21 1.44% 930 63.57% 1,463 Uvalde 3,883 72.89% 1,438 26.99% 6 0.11% 2,445 45.90% 5,327 Val Verde 4,052 66.17% 2,049 33.46% 23 0.38% 2,003 32.71% 6,124 Van Zandt 4,839 71.33% 1,939 28.58% 6 0.09% 2,900 42.75% 6,784 Victoria 11,246 72.56% 4,226 27.27% 26 0.17% 7,020 45.29% 15,498 Walker 5,082 63.20% 2,940 36.56% 19 0.24% 2,142 26.64% 8,041 Waller 2,263 58.95% 1,538 40.06% 38 0.99% 725 18.89% 3,839 Ward 2,687 70.86% 1,049 27.66% 56 1.48% 1,638 43.20% 3,792 Washington 3,862 74.30% 1,323 25.45% 13 0.25% 2,539 48.85% 5,198 Webb 6,011 41.58% 8,435 58.34% 12 0.08% -2,424 -16.76% 14,458 Wharton 6,271 64.27% 3,481 35.68% 5 0.05% 2,790 28.59% 9,757 Wheeler 1,766 77.87% 502 22.13% 0 0.00% 1,264 55.74% 2,268 Wichita 25,197 68.69% 10,948 29.85% 537 1.46% 14,249 38.84% 36,682 Wilbarger 3,183 70.44% 1,139 25.20% 197 4.36% 2,044 45.24% 4,519 Willacy 2,317 62.12% 1,384 37.10% 29 0.78% 933 25.02% 3,730 Williamson 6,998 64.40% 3,806 35.02% 63 0.58% 3,192 29.38% 10,867 Wilson 2,953 58.68% 2,072 41.18% 7 0.14% 881 17.50% 5,032 Winkler 2,467 79.71% 602 19.45% 26 0.84% 1,865 60.26% 3,095 Wise 4,230 70.43% 1,741 28.99% 35 0.58% 2,489 41.44% 6,006 Wood 4,746 71.28% 1,842 27.67% 70 1.05% 2,904 43.61% 6,658 Yoakum 1,952 79.90% 457 18.71% 34 1.39% 1,495 61.19% 2,443 Young 3,353 69.28% 1,486 30.70% 1 0.02% 1,867 38.58% 4,840 Zapata 695 47.51% 768 52.49% 0 0.00% -73 -4.98% 1,463Zavala 1,288 52.96% 1,122 46.13% 22 0.90% 166 6.83% 2,432Totals2,298,89666.20%1,154,29133.24%19,5270.56%1,144,60532.96%3,472,714 See also United States presidential elections in Texas Notes References 2 Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 expanded Texas Category:1972 Texas elections 1972 1972 United States presidential election Texas 1972 United States presidential election Texas