Introduction
This is a revision of the United States presidential election of 1972, the year of Republican President Richard Nixon’s landslide reelection against Democrat George McGovern.
In the 1972 election of the current timeline, Nixon received close to 61% of the popular vote compared to about 37.5% for McGovern. This revised version of history makes the 1972 landslide a little wider. In this revision, Nixon has barely over 61% of the popular vote compared to McGovern’s 37.2%, for a victory margin of close to 24%.
I’m doing this because since I recorded each state county-by-county in this election, I had to adjust some of the counties to go more toward Nixon’s favor, to pave the way for the Reagan landslides, which will stand as the most massive landslides in the 20th century.
The revised election below is organized state-by-state in alphabetical order, for a total of 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
United States presidential election, 1972 (results estimated)
Alabama
Richard Nixon (R): 728,701 (72.4%)
George McGovern (D): 256,923 (25.5%)
Other: 20,469 (2%)
Total: 1,006,093
Alaska
Nixon: 55,349 (58.1%)
McGovern: 32,967 (34.6%)
Other: 6,903 (7.2%)
Total: 95,219
Arizona
Nixon: 402,812 (61.6%)
McGovern: 198,540 (30.4%)
Other: 52,153 (8%)
Total: 653,505
Arkansas
Nixon: 445,751 (68.8%)
McGovern: 198,899 (30.7%)
Other: 3,016 (0.5%)
Total: 647,666
California
Nixon: 4,646,446 (55.5%)
McGovern: 3,431,497 (41%)
Other: 289,919 (3.5%)
Total: 8,367,862
Colorado
Nixon: 597,189 (62.6%)
McGovern: 329,980 (34.6%)
Other: 26,716 (2.8%)
Total: 953,885
Connecticut
Nixon: 810,763 (58.6%)
McGovern: 555,498 (40.2%)
Other: 17,239 (1.2%)
Total: 1,383,500
Delaware
Nixon: 140,357 (59.6%)
McGovern: 92,283 (39.2%)
Other: 2,876 (1.2%)
Total: 235,516
District of Columbia
McGovern: 127,627 (78.1%)
Nixon: 35,226 (21.6%)
Other: 568 (0.3%)
Total: 163,421
Florida
Nixon: 1,857,759 (71.9%)
McGovern: 718,117 (27.8%)
Other: 7,407 (0.3%)
Total: 2,583,283
Georgia
Nixon: 881,496 (75.3%)
McGovern: 289,529 (24.7%)
Total: 1,171,025
Hawaii
Nixon: 168,865 (62.5%)
McGovern: 101,409 (37.5%)
Total: 270,274
Idaho
Nixon: 199,384 (64.2%)
McGovern: 80,826 (26%)
Other: 30,169 (9.7%)
Total: 310,379
Illinois
Nixon: 2,813,212 (59.6%)
McGovern: 1,888,439 (40%)
Other: 21,585 (0.5%)
Total: 4,723,236
Indiana
Nixon: 1,405,154 (66.1%)
McGovern: 708,568 (33.3%)
Other: 11,807 (0.6%)
Total: 2,125,529
Iowa
Nixon: 706,207 (57.6%)
McGovern: 496,206 (40.5%)
Other: 23,531 (1.9%)
Total: 1,225,944
Kansas
Nixon: 619,812 (67.7%)
McGovern: 270,287 (29.5%)
Other: 25,996 (2.8%)
Total: 916,095
Kentucky
Nixon: 676,446 (63.4%)
McGovern: 371,159 (34.8%)
Other: 19,894 (1.9%)
Total: 1,067,499
Louisiana
Nixon: 686,852 (65.3%)
McGovern: 298,142 (28.4%)
Other: 66,497 (6.3%)
Total: 1,051,491
Maine
Nixon: 256,458 (61.5%)
McGovern: 160,584 (38.5%)
Other: 229 (0.1%)
Total: 417,271
Maryland
Nixon: 829,305 (61.9%)
McGovern: 505,781 (37.8%)
Other: 3,843 (0.3%)
Total: 1,338,929
Massachusetts
McGovern: 1,267,961 (51.6%)
Nixon: 1,176,657 (47.9%)
Other: 14,138 (0.6%)
Total: 2,458,756
Michigan
Nixon: 1,961,721 (56.2%)
McGovern: 1,459,435 (41.8%)
Other: 69,169 (2%)
Total: 3,490,325
Minnesota
Nixon: 898,269 (51.6%)
McGovern: 802,346 (46.1%)
Other: 41,037 (2.4%)
Total: 1,741,652
Mississippi
Nixon: 505,125 (78.2%)
McGovern: 126,782 (19.6%)
Other: 14,056 (2.2%)
Total: 645,963
Missouri
Nixon: 1,153,852 (62.3%)
McGovern: 697,147 (37.7%)
Total: 1,850,999
Montana
Nixon: 183,976 (57.9%)
McGovern: 120,197 (37.8%)
Other: 13,430 (4.2%)
Total: 317,603
Nebraska
Nixon: 406,298 (70.5%)
McGovern: 169,991 (29.5%)
Total: 576,289
Nevada
Nixon: 115,750 (63.7%)
McGovern: 66,016 (36.3%)
Total: 181,766
New Hampshire
Nixon: 213,724 (64%)
McGovern: 116,435 (34.9%)
Other: 3,900 (1.2%)
Total: 334,059
New Jersey
Nixon: 1,861,387 (62.1%)
McGovern: 1,086,326 (36.2%)
Other: 49,516 (1.7%)
Total: 2,997,229
New Mexico
Nixon: 235,606 (61%)
McGovern: 141,084 (36.6%)
Other: 9,241 (2.4%)
Total: 385,931
New York
Nixon: 4,230,227 (59.1%)
McGovern: 2,913,635 (40.7%)
Other: 17,968 (0.3%)
Total: 7,161,830
North Carolina
Nixon: 1,054,889 (69.5%)
McGovern: 438,705 (28.9%)
Other: 25,018 (1.6%)
Total: 1,518,612
North Dakota
Nixon: 174,109 (62.1%)
McGovern: 100,384 (35.8%)
Other: 6,021 (2.1%)
Total: 280,514
Ohio
Nixon: 2,463,529 (60.2%)
McGovern: 1,537,187 (37.5%)
Other: 94,071 (2.3%)
Total: 4,094,787
Oklahoma
Nixon: 759,025 (73.7%)
McGovern: 247,147 (24%)
Other: 23,728 (2.3%)
Total: 1,029,900
Oregon
Nixon: 486,686 (52.4%)
McGovern: 392,760 (42.3%)
Other: 48,500 (5.2%)
Total: 927,946
Pennsylvania
Nixon: 2,738,859 (59.6%)
McGovern: 1,772,613 (38.6%)
Other: 80,634 (1.8%)
Total: 4,592,106
Rhode Island
Nixon: 220,383 (53%)
McGovern: 194,645 (46.8%)
Other: 780 (0.2%)
Total: 415,808
South Carolina
Nixon: 478,427 (70.6%)
McGovern: 189,270 (27.9%)
Other: 10,166 (1.5%)
Total: 677,863
South Dakota
Nixon: 166,476 (54.2%)
McGovern: 139,945 (45.5%)
Other: 994 (0.3%)
Total: 307,415
Tennessee
Nixon: 813,147 (67.7%)
McGovern: 357,293 (29.7%)
Other: 30,742 (2.6%)
Total: 1,201,182
Texas
Nixon: 2,298,896 (66.2%)
McGovern: 1,154,291 (33.2%)
Other: 19,527 (0.6%)
Total: 3,472,714
Utah
Nixon: 323,643 (67.6%)
McGovern: 126,284 (26.4%)
Other: 28,549 (6%)
Total: 478,476
Vermont
Nixon: 117,149 (62.7%)
McGovern: 68,174 (36.5%)
Other: 1,623 (0.9%)
Total: 186,946
Virginia
Nixon: 988,493 (67.8%)
McGovern: 438,887 (30.1%)
Other: 29,639 (2%)
Total: 1,457,019
Washington
Nixon: 837,135 (56.9%)
McGovern: 568,334 (38.6%)
Other: 65,378 (4.4%)
Total: 1,470,847
West Virginia
Nixon: 484,964 (63.6%)
McGovern: 277,435 (36.4%)
Total: 762,399
Wisconsin
Nixon: 989,430 (53.4%)
McGovern: 810,174 (43.7%)
Other: 52,393 (2.8%)
Total: 1,851,997
Wyoming
Nixon: 115,331 (79.2%)
McGovern: 29,491 (20.3%)
Other: 748 (0.5%)
Total: 145,570
United States (total)
Nixon: 47,416,707 (61%)
McGovern: 28,923,635 (37.2%)
Other: 1,381,783 (1.8%)
Total: 77,722,125