1972 United States presidential election in Iowa

none June 2025 September 2023 1972 United States presidential election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 1968 United States presidential election in Iowa 1968 1976 United States presidential election in Iowa 1976 November 7, 1972 x200px Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Spiro Agnew 8 706,207 57.61% George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) South Dakota Sargent Shriver 0 496,206 40.48% President Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 1972 United States presidential election in Iowa results map by county.svg 280px County results Nixon #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% McGovern #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% The 1972 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Iowa was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, Senator George McGovern of neighboring South Dakota and his running mate U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland. Nixon carried Iowa with 57.61 percent of the vote to McGovern's 40.48 percent, a victory margin of 17.13 percent, making Iowa about 6% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. This would be the last time until Donald Trump in 2016 when a Republican presidential candidate won Wapello County and Des Moines County.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Results 1972 United States presidential election in IowaDavid Leip https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1972&fips=19&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1972 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2020-09-10 Richard Nixon (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 706,207 57.61% George McGovern Democratic Party (United States) 496,206 40.48% John G. Schmitz American Independent Party 22,056 1.80% Linda Jenness Socialist Workers Party (United States) 448 0.04% Write-ins Independent (politician) 321 0.03% Gus Hall Communist Party USA 272 0.02% Gabriel Green Independent (politician) 199 0.02% Louis Fisher Socialist Labor Party of America 195 0.02% 1,225,944 100% Results by county Countyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2383 IA US President Race, November 07, 1972 Our Campaigns Richard NixonRepublican George McGovernDemocratic John G. SchmitzAmerican Independent Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Adair 3,041 63.59% 1,642 34.34% 95 1.99% 4 0.08% 1,399 29.25% 4,782 Adams 1,814 59.57% 1,161 38.13% 70 2.30% 0 0.00% 653 21.44% 3,045 Allamakee 4,150 63.24% 2,271 34.61% 135 2.06% 6 0.09% 1,879 28.63% 6,562 Appanoose 4,321 64.04% 2,283 33.84% 137 2.03% 6 0.09% 2,038 30.20% 6,747 Audubon 2,515 61.61% 1,533 37.56% 32 0.78% 2 0.05% 982 24.05% 4,082 Benton 5,273 54.09% 4,282 43.92% 183 1.88% 11 0.11% 991 10.17% 9,749 Black Hawk 30,929 57.51% 21,721 40.39% 1,022 1.90% 110 0.20% 9,208 17.12% 53,782 Boone 6,271 54.29% 5,057 43.78% 214 1.85% 9 0.08% 1,214 10.51% 11,551 Bremer 6,333 65.89% 3,122 32.48% 150 1.56% 6 0.06% 3,211 33.41% 9,611 Buchanan 5,277 58.32% 3,609 39.89% 143 1.58% 19 0.21% 1,668 18.43% 9,048 Buena Vista 5,685 61.25% 3,460 37.28% 133 1.43% 3 0.03% 2,225 23.97% 9,281 Butler 4,615 71.82% 1,682 26.17% 126 1.96% 3 0.05% 2,933 45.65% 6,426 Calhoun 3,821 60.00% 2,446 38.41% 98 1.54% 3 0.05% 1,375 21.59% 6,368 Carroll 4,415 47.55% 4,608 49.63% 254 2.74% 8 0.09% -193 -2.08% 9,285 Cass 5,234 72.06% 1,923 26.48% 97 1.34% 9 0.12% 3,311 45.58% 7,263 Cedar 4,452 63.39% 2,465 35.10% 98 1.40% 8 0.11% 1,987 28.29% 7,023 Cerro Gordo 11,856 54.65% 9,460 43.61% 358 1.65% 19 0.09% 2,396 11.04% 21,693 Cherokee 4,726 62.23% 2,780 36.61% 78 1.03% 10 0.13% 1,946 25.62% 7,594 Chickasaw 3,836 54.57% 3,134 44.58% 59 0.84% 1 0.01% 702 9.99% 7,030 Clarke 2,214 56.75% 1,590 40.76% 97 2.49% 0 0.00% 624 15.99% 3,901 Clay 4,564 59.30% 2,887 37.51% 235 3.05% 10 0.13% 1,677 21.79% 7,696 Clayton 5,447 60.20% 3,366 37.20% 218 2.41% 17 0.19% 2,081 23.00% 9,048 Clinton 12,768 55.60% 9,895 43.09% 275 1.20% 26 0.11% 2,873 12.51% 22,964 Crawford 4,493 58.60% 3,018 39.36% 145 1.89% 11 0.14% 1,475 19.24% 7,667 Dallas 6,143 53.72% 5,085 44.46% 192 1.68% 16 0.14% 1,058 9.26% 11,436 Davis 2,287 54.61% 1,806 43.12% 94 2.24% 1 0.02% 481 11.49% 4,188 Decatur 2,638 57.44% 1,880 40.93% 67 1.46% 8 0.17% 758 16.51% 4,593 Delaware 4,848 61.21% 2,944 37.17% 120 1.52% 8 0.10% 1,904 24.04% 7,920 Des Moines 10,216 52.77% 8,869 45.82% 258 1.33% 15 0.08% 1,347 6.95% 19,358 Dickinson 3,739 58.60% 2,373 37.19% 259 4.06% 10 0.16% 1,366 21.41% 6,381 Dubuque 17,272 47.29% 18,417 50.43% 806 2.21% 26 0.07% -1,145 -3.14% 36,521 Emmet 3,436 62.92% 1,970 36.07% 53 0.97% 2 0.04% 1,466 26.85% 5,461 Fayette 7,263 60.83% 4,413 36.96% 247 2.07% 17 0.14% 2,850 23.87% 11,940 Floyd 4,726 57.69% 3,338 40.75% 121 1.48% 7 0.09% 1,388 16.94% 8,192 Franklin 3,643 62.96% 1,986 34.32% 153 2.64% 4 0.07% 1,657 28.64% 5,786 Fremont 2,642 67.62% 1,210 30.97% 51 1.31% 4 0.10% 1,432 36.65% 3,907 Greene 3,371 59.35% 2,152 37.89% 154 2.71% 3 0.05% 1,219 21.46% 5,680 Grundy 4,706 71.03% 1,844 27.83% 70 1.06% 5 0.08% 2,862 43.20% 6,625 Guthrie 3,655 60.69% 2,258 37.50% 108 1.79% 1 0.02% 1,397 23.19% 6,022 Hamilton 4,803 60.87% 2,913 36.92% 170 2.15% 4 0.05% 1,890 23.95% 7,890 Hancock 3,706 60.47% 2,349 38.33% 71 1.16% 3 0.05% 1,357 22.14% 6,129 Hardin 5,869 61.42% 3,516 36.79% 160 1.67% 11 0.12% 2,353 24.63% 9,556 Harrison 4,721 65.83% 2,369 33.04% 71 0.99% 10 0.14% 2,352 32.79% 7,171 Henry 5,066 64.26% 2,721 34.51% 94 1.19% 3 0.04% 2,345 29.75% 7,884 Howard 2,980 54.37% 2,439 44.50% 59 1.08% 3 0.05% 541 9.87% 5,481 Humboldt 3,622 62.53% 2,062 35.60% 105 1.81% 3 0.05% 1,560 26.93% 5,792 Ida 2,819 64.67% 1,490 34.18% 50 1.15% 0 0.00% 1,329 30.49% 4,359 Iowa 4,202 60.34% 2,578 37.02% 179 2.57% 5 0.07% 1,624 23.32% 6,964 Jackson 4,975 55.75% 3,704 41.51% 237 2.66% 8 0.09% 1,271 14.24% 8,924 Jasper 9,133 55.31% 7,007 42.43% 364 2.20% 9 0.05% 2,126 12.88% 16,513 Jefferson 4,628 64.83% 2,362 33.09% 144 2.02% 5 0.07% 2,266 31.74% 7,139 Johnson 14,823 40.91% 20,922 57.74% 372 1.03% 119 0.33% -6,099 -16.83% 36,236 Jones 4,962 58.23% 3,468 40.70% 88 1.03% 3 0.04% 1,494 17.53% 8,521 Keokuk 3,831 58.35% 2,619 39.89% 106 1.61% 9 0.14% 1,212 18.46% 6,565 Kossuth 5,841 56.39% 4,393 42.41% 121 1.17% 3 0.03% 1,448 13.98% 10,358 Lee 9,748 55.33% 7,510 42.63% 345 1.96% 15 0.09% 2,238 12.70% 17,618 Linn 36,503 52.78% 31,370 45.36% 1,187 1.72% 100 0.14% 5,133 7.42% 69,160 Louisa 2,806 61.31% 1,707 37.30% 63 1.38% 1 0.02% 1,099 24.01% 4,577 Lucas 2,851 60.79% 1,759 37.51% 78 1.66% 2 0.04% 1,092 23.28% 4,690 Lyon 3,788 72.12% 1,407 26.79% 52 0.99% 5 0.10% 2,381 45.33% 5,252 Madison 3,480 59.35% 2,234 38.10% 148 2.52% 2 0.03% 1,246 21.25% 5,864 Mahaska 6,374 63.82% 3,382 33.86% 220 2.20% 12 0.12% 2,992 29.96% 9,988 Marion 6,583 57.09% 4,643 40.27% 290 2.51% 15 0.13% 1,940 16.82% 11,531 Marshall 10,798 60.85% 6,618 37.30% 304 1.71% 24 0.14% 4,180 23.55% 17,744 Mills 3,531 74.94% 1,060 22.50% 114 2.42% 7 0.15% 2,471 52.44% 4,712 Mitchell 3,395 57.44% 2,449 41.43% 66 1.12% 1 0.02% 946 16.01% 5,911 Monona 3,237 58.91% 2,189 39.84% 66 1.20% 3 0.05% 1,048 19.07% 5,495 Monroe 2,357 56.73% 1,736 41.78% 58 1.40% 4 0.10% 621 14.95% 4,155 Montgomery 4,391 72.69% 1,559 25.81% 88 1.46% 3 0.05% 2,832 46.88% 6,041 Muscatine 8,436 61.84% 4,917 36.04% 270 1.98% 19 0.14% 3,519 25.80% 13,642 O'Brien 5,159 68.87% 2,224 29.69% 102 1.36% 6 0.08% 2,935 39.18% 7,491 Osceola 2,262 62.56% 1,317 36.42% 36 1.00% 1 0.03% 945 26.14% 3,616 Page 6,200 76.43% 1,790 22.07% 114 1.41% 8 0.10% 4,410 54.36% 8,112 Palo Alto 3,141 51.78% 2,845 46.90% 75 1.24% 5 0.08% 296 4.88% 6,066 Plymouth 6,339 60.57% 4,033 38.53% 92 0.88% 2 0.02% 2,306 22.04% 10,466 Pocahontas 3,138 57.19% 2,241 40.84% 102 1.86% 6 0.11% 897 16.35% 5,487 Polk 70,245 52.95% 59,169 44.60% 2,988 2.25% 257 0.19% 11,076 8.35% 132,659 Pottawattamie 19,722 69.32% 8,074 28.38% 628 2.21% 26 0.09% 11,648 40.94% 28,450 Poweshiek 4,785 55.33% 3,718 42.99% 134 1.55% 11 0.13% 1,067 12.34% 8,648 Ringgold 2,264 68.54% 1,003 30.37% 34 1.03% 2 0.06% 1,261 38.17% 3,303 Sac 4,017 61.41% 2,452 37.49% 67 1.02% 5 0.08% 1,565 23.92% 6,541 Scott 34,135 57.41% 23,810 40.05% 1,440 2.42% 70 0.12% 10,325 17.36% 59,455 Shelby 4,052 62.93% 2,259 35.08% 117 1.82% 11 0.17% 1,793 27.85% 6,439 Sioux 10,721 78.27% 2,867 20.93% 82 0.60% 27 0.20% 7,854 57.34% 13,697 Story 16,617 53.56% 13,972 45.03% 377 1.22% 59 0.19% 2,645 8.53% 31,025 Tama 5,058 56.96% 3,693 41.59% 117 1.32% 12 0.14% 1,365 15.37% 8,880 Taylor 3,042 70.16% 1,247 28.76% 46 1.06% 1 0.02% 1,795 41.40% 4,336 Union 3,734 62.47% 2,112 35.34% 123 2.06% 8 0.13% 1,622 27.13% 5,977 Van Buren 2,272 63.18% 1,268 35.26% 55 1.53% 1 0.03% 1,004 27.92% 3,596 Wapello 9,301 51.19% 8,348 45.94% 490 2.70% 32 0.18% 953 5.25% 18,171 Warren 7,332 57.26% 5,143 40.17% 320 2.50% 9 0.07% 2,189 17.09% 12,804 Washington 5,187 64.12% 2,784 34.42% 116 1.43% 2 0.02% 2,403 29.70% 8,089 Wayne 2,681 62.00% 1,574 36.40% 69 1.60% 0 0.00% 1,107 25.60% 4,324 Webster 11,133 55.96% 8,358 42.01% 385 1.94% 17 0.09% 2,775 13.95% 19,893 Winnebago 4,300 64.48% 2,324 34.85% 41 0.61% 4 0.06% 1,976 29.63% 6,669 Winneshiek 5,877 56.23% 4,401 42.11% 165 1.58% 9 0.09% 1,476 14.12% 10,452 Woodbury 23,757 57.34% 16,974 40.97% 662 1.60% 37 0.09% 6,783 16.37% 41,430 Worth 2,564 55.31% 2,034 43.87% 36 0.78% 2 0.04% 530 11.44% 4,636 Wright 4,278 59.73% 2,780 38.82% 98 1.37% 6 0.08% 1,498 20.91% 7,162Totals706,20757.61%496,20640.48%22,0561.80%1,4750.12%210,00117.13%1,225,944 See also United States presidential elections in Iowa References expanded Iowa 1972 Category:1972 Iowa elections