1972 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1972 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
The United States presidential election of 1972 was the 47th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. The Democratic Party's nomination was eventually won by Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, who ran an anti-war campaign against incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon, but was handicapped by his outsider status, limited support from his own party, the perception of many voters that he was a left-wing extremist and the scandal that resulted from the stepping down of vice-presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton.
1972 US Presidential Election Result
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral | Running mate | |||
| Count | Pct | vote | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Elect. vote | |||
| Richard Milhous Nixon(Incumbent) | Republican | California | 4,71,68,710 | 60.67% | 520 | Spiro Theodore Agnew | Maryland | 520 |
| George Stanley McGovern | Democratic | South Dakota | 2,91,73,222 | 37.52% | 17 | Robert Sargent Shriver | Maryland | 17 |
| John G. Schmitz | American Independent | California | 11,00,868 | 1.42% | 0 | Thomas J. Anderson | Tennessee | 0 |
| Linda Jenness | Socialist Workers | Georgia | 83,380(b) | 0.11% | 0 | Andrew Pulley | Illinois | 0 |
| Benjamin Spock | People's | California | 78,759 | 0.10% | 0 | Julius Hobson | District of Columbia | 0 |
| Louis Fisher | Socialist Labor | Illinois | 53,814 | 0.07% | 0 | Genevieve Gunderson | Minnesota | 0 |
| Gus Hall | Communist | New York | 25,597 | 0.03% | 0 | Jarvis Tyner | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| Evelyn Reed | Socialist Workers | New York | 13,878 | 0.02% | 0 | Clifton DeBerry | Illinois | 0 |
| E. Harold Munn | Prohibition | Michigan | 13,497 | 0.02% | 0 | Marshall Uncapher | Kansas | 0 |
| John G. Hospers | Libertarian | California | 3,674 | 0.00% | 1(a) | Theodora Nathan | Oregon | 1(a) |
| Other | 28,628 | 0.04% | — | Other | — | |||
| Total | 7,77,44,027 | 100% | 538 | 538 | ||||
| Needed to win | 270 | 270 | ||||||
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