United States Presidential Election, 1972

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