1972 United States presidential election in Utah

none June 2025 September 2023 1972 United States presidential election 1972 United States presidential election in Utah Utah 1922 presidential no 1968 United States presidential election in Utah 1968 1976 United States presidential election in Utah 1976 November 7, 1972 x160px Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Spiro Agnew 4 323,643 67.64% George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) South Dakota Sargent Shriver 0 126,284 26.39% John G. Schmitz (cropped 3x4).jpg John G. Schmitz American Independent Party ff9955 California Thomas J. Anderson 0 28,549 5.97% 1972 United States presidential election in Utah 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 Utah took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Utah overwhelmingly voted for incumbent President Richard Nixon (R-California) with over 67 percent of the popular vote, beating Democratic South Dakota Senator George McGovern with a margin of over forty percent,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 carrying every county in the state. Nixon carried every county with over sixty percent of the vote except for Carbon County, which had typically been the most Democratic area of the state.Abstract of the Returns of the General Election Held in the State of Utah - November 7, 1972 https://vote.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1972Gen.pdf 29 December 2025 This occurred even as incumbent Democratic Governor Cal Rampton won reelection with nearly 70% of the vote on the same ballot. 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 U.S. Representative John G. Schmitz (R-California) of the American Independent Party received 5.97 percent of the popular vote, and his results in Utah proved to be his third strongest state in the 1972 election after Idaho and Alaska. Results 1972 United States presidential election in UtahScammon Richard M. America Votes 10: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics 1973 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. 368 https://archive.org/details/americavotes10ha00scam/page/368/mode/2up 29 December 2025 Richard Nixon (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 323,643 67.64% George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) 126,284 26.39% John G. Schmitz American Independent Party 28,549 5.97% 478,476 100.00% Results by county County Richard NixonRepublican George McGovernDemocratic John G. SchmitzAmerican Independent Margin Total votescast # % # % # %# % Beaver 1,332 64.88% 682 33.22% 39 1.90% 650 31.66% 2,053 Box Elder 9,880 77.22% 2,134 16.68% 780 6.10% 7,746 60.54% 12,794 Cache 16,538 76.83% 4,018 18.67% 969 4.50% 12,520 58.16% 21,525 Carbon 3,956 53.19% 3,335 44.84% 147 1.98% 621 8.35% 7,438 Daggett 204 72.86% 50 17.86% 26 9.29% 154 55.00% 280 Davis 29,706 72.61% 7,954 19.44% 3,251 7.95% 21,752 53.17% 40,911 Duchesne 2,183 70.49% 629 20.31% 285 9.20% 1,554 50.18% 3,097 Emery 1,666 65.33% 769 30.16% 115 4.51% 897 35.17% 2,550 Garfield 1,290 80.47% 242 15.10% 71 4.43% 1,048 65.37% 1,603 Grand 1,837 72.15% 560 22.00% 149 5.85% 1,277 50.15% 2,546 Iron 5,085 76.49% 1,098 16.52% 465 6.99% 3,987 59.97% 6,648 Juab 1,629 67.06% 691 28.45% 109 4.49% 938 38.61% 2,429 Kane 1,146 78.82% 218 14.99% 90 6.19% 928 63.83% 1,454 Millard 2,689 70.48% 777 20.37% 349 9.15% 1,912 50.11% 3,815 Morgan 1,456 71.51% 363 17.83% 217 10.66% 1,093 53.68% 2,036 Piute 475 78.77% 102 16.92% 26 4.31% 373 61.85% 603 Rich 604 79.58% 120 15.81% 35 4.61% 484 63.77% 759 Salt Lake 132,066 62.99% 68,489 32.67% 9,111 4.35% 63,577 30.32% 209,666 San Juan 1,893 68.27% 677 24.41% 203 7.32% 1,216 43.86% 2,773 Sanpete 3,995 70.68% 1,220 21.59% 437 7.73% 2,775 49.09% 5,652 Sevier 3,700 72.96% 820 16.17% 551 10.87% 2,880 56.79% 5,071 Summit 2,209 69.95% 836 26.47% 113 3.58% 1,373 43.48% 3,158 Tooele 5,641 66.02% 2,621 30.67% 283 3.31% 3,020 35.35% 8,545 Uintah 4,712 80.30% 716 12.20% 440 7.50% 3,996 68.10% 5,868 Utah 42,179 70.94% 10,828 18.21% 6,453 10.85% 31,351 52.73% 59,460 Wasatch 2,046 70.21% 693 23.78% 175 6.01% 1,353 46.43% 2,914 Washington 5,176 77.69% 956 14.35% 530 7.96% 4,220 63.34% 6,662 Wayne 597 71.75% 183 22.00% 52 6.25% 414 49.75% 832 Weber 37,753 68.23% 14,503 26.21% 3,078 5.56% 23,250 42.02% 55,334Totals323,64367.64%126,28426.39%28,5495.97%197,35941.25%478,476 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carbon Tooele See also United States presidential elections in Utah References expanded Utah 1972 United States presidential