Primary and general election totals George McGovern presidential campaign, 1972

1972 democratic primaries state results



1972 presidential election state results



1972 presidential election county results

1972 democratic presidential primaries

hubert humphrey - 4,121,372 (25.77%)
george mcgovern - 4,053,451 (25.34%)
george wallace - 3,755,424 (23.48%)
edmund muskie - 1,840,217 (11.51%)
eugene mccarthy - 553,990 (3.46%)
henry m. jackson - 505,198 (3.16%)
shirley chisholm - 430,703 (2.69%)
terry sanford - 331,415 (2.07%)
john lindsay - 196,406 (1.23%)
samuel yorty - 79,446 (0.50%)
wilbur mills - 37,401 (0.23%)
walter e. fauntroy - 21,217 (0.13%)
unpledged - 19,533 (0.12%)
ted kennedy - 16,693 (0.10%)
vance hartke - 11,798 (0.07%)
patsy mink - 8,286 (0.05%)
none - 6,269 (0.04%)

1972 democratic national convention (presidential tally):

george mcgovern - 1,729 (57.37%)
henry m. jackson - 525 (17.42%)
george wallace - 382 (12.67%)
shirley chisholm - 152 (5.04%)
terry sanford - 78 (2.59%)
hubert humphrey - 67 (2.22%)
wilbur mills - 34 (1.13%)
edmund muskie - 25 (0.83%)
ted kennedy - 13 (0.43%)
wayne l. hays - 5 (0.17%)
eugene mccarthy - 2 (0.07%)
ramsey clark - 1 (0.03%)
walter mondale - 1 (0.03%)

1972 liberal party convention (presidential tally):

george mcgovern - 218 (95.61%)
benjamin spock - 8 (3.51%)
abstaining - 2 (0.88%)

united states presidential election, 1972:

richard nixon/spiro agnew (r) (inc.) - 47,168,710 (60.7%) , 520 electoral votes (49 states carried)
george mcgovern/sargent shriver (d) - 29,173,222 (37.5%) , 17 electoral votes (1 state , d.c. carried)
john hospers/theodora nathan (lbt) - 3,674 (0.0%) , 1 electoral vote (virginia republican faithless elector)
john g. schmitz/thomas j. anderson (ai) - 1,100,868 (1.4%)
linda jenness/andrew pulley (socialist workers) - 83,380 (0.1%)
benjamin spock/julius hobson (people s) - 78,759 (0.1%)
others - 135,414 (0.2%)




^ president - d primaries race - mar 07, 1972 . our campaigns. retrieved 2011-01-21. 
^ president - d convention race - jul 10, 1972 . our campaigns. retrieved 2011-01-21. 
^ ny president - l convention race - aug 12, 1972 . our campaigns. retrieved 2011-01-21.