1972 United States presidential election in Georgia
The 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Georgia was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 75.04% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 24.65% of the popular vote.[3][4] This made Georgia, even amidst a Republican landslide, 26% more Republican than the nation at-large and made it Nixon's second strongest state in the 1972 election.[5]
90% of white voters supported Nixon while 10% supported McGovern.[6][7]
It is the last time the following counties have ever voted Republican: Calhoun, Clay, Fulton (which contains the state's capital and largest city, Atlanta), Macon, Stewart, Talbot, Taliaferro, and Warren.[8] This was the first time any candidate had swept every Georgia county.[9]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard Nixon (inc.) | 881,496 | 75.04% | |
Democratic | George McGovern | 289,529 | 24.65% | |
Write–in | 3,747[lower-alpha 1] | 0.32% | ||
Total votes | 1,174,772 | 100% |
Results by county
County | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
George Stanley McGovern Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Appling | 2,755 | 84.33% | 512 | 15.67% | 2,243 | 68.66% | 3,267 |
Atkinson | 924 | 74.94% | 309 | 25.06% | 615 | 49.88% | 1,233 |
Bacon | 1,771 | 90.22% | 192 | 9.78% | 1,579 | 80.44% | 1,963 |
Baker | 965 | 73.66% | 345 | 26.34% | 620 | 47.33% | 1,310 |
Baldwin | 4,826 | 77.08% | 1,435 | 22.92% | 3,391 | 54.16% | 6,261 |
Banks | 1,336 | 78.96% | 356 | 21.04% | 980 | 57.92% | 1,692 |
Barrow | 3,423 | 79.79% | 867 | 20.21% | 2,556 | 59.58% | 4,290 |
Bartow | 4,836 | 75.26% | 1,590 | 24.74% | 3,246 | 50.51% | 6,426 |
Ben Hill | 2,104 | 74.96% | 703 | 25.04% | 1,401 | 49.91% | 2,807 |
Berrien | 2,285 | 86.03% | 371 | 13.97% | 1,914 | 72.06% | 2,656 |
Bibb | 27,402 | 72.87% | 10,201 | 27.13% | 17,201 | 45.74% | 37,603 |
Bleckley | 2,308 | 85.96% | 377 | 14.04% | 1,931 | 71.92% | 2,685 |
Brantley | 1,587 | 82.44% | 338 | 17.56% | 1,249 | 64.88% | 1,925 |
Brooks | 2,430 | 79.08% | 643 | 20.92% | 1,787 | 58.15% | 3,073 |
Bryan | 1,409 | 84.27% | 263 | 15.73% | 1,146 | 68.54% | 1,672 |
Bulloch | 5,683 | 78.85% | 1,524 | 21.15% | 4,159 | 57.71% | 7,207 |
Burke | 2,846 | 72.90% | 1,058 | 27.10% | 1,788 | 45.80% | 3,904 |
Butts | 1,968 | 73.02% | 727 | 26.98% | 1,241 | 46.05% | 2,695 |
Calhoun | 892 | 64.31% | 495 | 35.69% | 397 | 28.62% | 1,387 |
Camden | 2,380 | 75.97% | 753 | 24.03% | 1,627 | 51.93% | 3,133 |
Candler | 1,427 | 85.71% | 238 | 14.29% | 1,189 | 71.41% | 1,665 |
Carroll | 8,296 | 79.36% | 2,158 | 20.64% | 6,138 | 58.71% | 10,454 |
Catoosa | 6,008 | 87.05% | 894 | 12.95% | 5,114 | 74.09% | 6,902 |
Charlton | 1,244 | 80.05% | 310 | 19.95% | 934 | 60.10% | 1,554 |
Chatham | 38,079 | 70.98% | 15,566 | 29.02% | 22,513 | 41.97% | 53,645 |
Chattahoochee | 345 | 74.03% | 121 | 25.97% | 224 | 48.07% | 466 |
Chattooga | 3,188 | 77.55% | 923 | 22.45% | 2,265 | 55.10% | 4,111 |
Cherokee | 5,509 | 82.62% | 1,159 | 17.38% | 4,350 | 65.24% | 6,668 |
Clarke | 11,465 | 65.31% | 6,090 | 34.69% | 5,375 | 30.62% | 17,555 |
Clay | 632 | 69.07% | 283 | 30.93% | 349 | 38.14% | 915 |
Clayton | 23,681 | 86.36% | 3,740 | 13.64% | 19,941 | 72.72% | 27,421 |
Clinch | 1,127 | 82.50% | 239 | 17.50% | 888 | 65.01% | 1,366 |
Cobb | 43,977 | 85.12% | 7,688 | 14.88% | 36,289 | 70.24% | 51,665 |
Coffee | 3,934 | 86.63% | 607 | 13.37% | 3,327 | 73.27% | 4,541 |
Colquitt | 6,900 | 88.12% | 930 | 11.88% | 5,970 | 76.25% | 7,830 |
Columbia | 4,839 | 83.65% | 946 | 16.35% | 3,893 | 67.29% | 5,785 |
Cook | 2,135 | 80.26% | 525 | 19.74% | 1,610 | 60.53% | 2,660 |
Coweta | 5,751 | 78.66% | 1,560 | 21.34% | 4,191 | 57.32% | 7,311 |
Crawford | 1,167 | 69.51% | 512 | 30.49% | 655 | 39.01% | 1,679 |
Crisp | 3,623 | 84.16% | 682 | 15.84% | 2,941 | 68.32% | 4,305 |
Dade | 2,110 | 93.45% | 148 | 6.55% | 1,962 | 86.89% | 2,258 |
Dawson | 828 | 78.26% | 230 | 21.74% | 598 | 56.52% | 1,058 |
Decatur | 4,292 | 78.21% | 1,196 | 21.79% | 3,096 | 56.41% | 5,488 |
DeKalb | 104,750 | 77.35% | 30,671 | 22.65% | 74,079 | 54.70% | 135,421 |
Dodge | 4,346 | 83.10% | 884 | 16.90% | 3,462 | 66.20% | 5,230 |
Dooly | 1,904 | 76.34% | 590 | 23.66% | 1,314 | 52.69% | 2,494 |
Dougherty | 12,878 | 78.03% | 3,625 | 21.97% | 9,253 | 56.07% | 16,503 |
Douglas | 6,610 | 87.07% | 982 | 12.93% | 5,628 | 74.13% | 7,592 |
Early | 2,396 | 82.37% | 513 | 17.63% | 1,883 | 64.73% | 2,909 |
Echols | 404 | 85.59% | 68 | 14.41% | 336 | 71.19% | 472 |
Effingham | 3,175 | 86.47% | 497 | 13.53% | 2,678 | 72.93% | 3,672 |
Elbert | 2,875 | 76.48% | 884 | 23.52% | 1,991 | 52.97% | 3,759 |
Emanuel | 3,684 | 80.09% | 916 | 19.91% | 2,768 | 60.17% | 4,600 |
Evans | 1,666 | 81.63% | 375 | 18.37% | 1,291 | 63.25% | 2,041 |
Fannin | 3,783 | 79.95% | 949 | 20.05% | 2,834 | 59.89% | 4,732 |
Fayette | 3,401 | 88.31% | 450 | 11.69% | 2,951 | 76.63% | 3,851 |
Floyd | 15,485 | 82.12% | 3,372 | 17.88% | 12,113 | 64.24% | 18,857 |
Forsyth | 2,968 | 84.39% | 549 | 15.61% | 2,419 | 68.78% | 3,517 |
Franklin | 2,022 | 82.30% | 435 | 17.70% | 1,587 | 64.59% | 2,457 |
Fulton | 96,256 | 56.43% | 74,329 | 43.57% | 21,927 | 12.85% | 170,585 |
Gilmer | 2,729 | 78.04% | 768 | 21.96% | 1,961 | 56.08% | 3,497 |
Glascock | 578 | 93.38% | 41 | 6.62% | 537 | 86.75% | 619 |
Glynn | 9,443 | 75.88% | 3,002 | 24.12% | 6,441 | 51.76% | 12,445 |
Gordon | 4,344 | 83.31% | 870 | 16.69% | 3,474 | 66.63% | 5,214 |
Grady | 3,732 | 81.02% | 874 | 18.98% | 2,858 | 62.05% | 4,606 |
Greene | 1,679 | 64.63% | 919 | 35.37% | 760 | 29.25% | 2,598 |
Gwinnett | 18,181 | 86.26% | 2,896 | 13.74% | 15,285 | 72.52% | 21,077 |
Habersham | 971 | 84.95% | 172 | 15.05% | 799 | 69.90% | 1,143 |
Hall | 10,686 | 81.41% | 2,440 | 18.59% | 8,246 | 62.82% | 13,126 |
Hancock | 1,595 | 51.50% | 1,502 | 48.50% | 93 | 3.00% | 3,097 |
Haralson | 3,460 | 81.85% | 767 | 18.15% | 2,693 | 63.71% | 4,227 |
Harris | 2,617 | 78.87% | 701 | 21.13% | 1,916 | 57.75% | 3,318 |
Hart | 2,308 | 74.64% | 784 | 25.36% | 1,524 | 49.29% | 3,092 |
Heard | 1,239 | 81.78% | 276 | 18.22% | 963 | 63.56% | 1,515 |
Henry | 5,155 | 77.93% | 1,460 | 22.07% | 3,695 | 55.86% | 6,615 |
Houston | 13,576 | 84.16% | 2,556 | 15.84% | 11,020 | 68.31% | 16,132 |
Irwin | 1,851 | 84.68% | 335 | 15.32% | 1,516 | 69.35% | 2,186 |
Jackson | 4,124 | 79.63% | 1,055 | 20.37% | 3,069 | 59.26% | 5,179 |
Jasper | 1,289 | 73.57% | 463 | 26.43% | 826 | 47.15% | 1,752 |
Jeff Davis | 1,857 | 86.01% | 302 | 13.99% | 1,555 | 72.02% | 2,159 |
Jefferson | 2,777 | 70.11% | 1,184 | 29.89% | 1,593 | 40.22% | 3,961 |
Jenkins | 1,769 | 78.52% | 484 | 21.48% | 1,285 | 57.04% | 2,253 |
Johnson | 2,201 | 84.07% | 417 | 15.93% | 1,784 | 68.14% | 2,618 |
Jones | 2,483 | 74.25% | 861 | 25.75% | 1,622 | 48.50% | 3,344 |
Lamar | 1,844 | 73.47% | 666 | 26.53% | 1,178 | 46.93% | 2,510 |
Lanier | 850 | 81.50% | 193 | 18.50% | 657 | 62.99% | 1,043 |
Laurens | 7,350 | 77.53% | 2,130 | 22.47% | 5,220 | 55.06% | 9,480 |
Lee | 1,441 | 78.70% | 390 | 21.30% | 1,051 | 57.40% | 1,831 |
Liberty | 2,337 | 65.76% | 1,217 | 34.24% | 1,120 | 31.51% | 3,554 |
Lincoln | 1,246 | 78.56% | 340 | 21.44% | 906 | 57.12% | 1,586 |
Long | 764 | 76.40% | 236 | 23.60% | 528 | 52.80% | 1,000 |
Lowndes | 7,812 | 79.50% | 2,015 | 20.50% | 5,797 | 58.99% | 9,827 |
Lumpkin | 1,477 | 79.32% | 385 | 20.68% | 1,092 | 58.65% | 1,862 |
Macon | 2,005 | 70.55% | 837 | 29.45% | 1,168 | 41.10% | 2,842 |
Madison | 2,606 | 82.00% | 572 | 18.00% | 2,034 | 64.00% | 3,178 |
Marion | 850 | 83.83% | 164 | 16.17% | 686 | 67.65% | 1,014 |
McDuffie | 2,990 | 75.01% | 996 | 24.99% | 1,994 | 50.03% | 3,986 |
McIntosh | 1,367 | 62.14% | 833 | 37.86% | 534 | 24.27% | 2,200 |
Meriwether | 3,420 | 73.82% | 1,213 | 26.18% | 2,207 | 47.64% | 4,633 |
Miller | 1,269 | 91.49% | 118 | 8.51% | 1,151 | 82.98% | 1,387 |
Mitchell | 2,400 | 68.18% | 1,120 | 31.82% | 1,280 | 36.36% | 3,520 |
Monroe | 2,181 | 73.43% | 789 | 26.57% | 1,392 | 46.87% | 2,970 |
Montgomery | 1,370 | 80.26% | 337 | 19.74% | 1,033 | 60.52% | 1,707 |
Morgan | 2,007 | 75.03% | 668 | 24.97% | 1,339 | 50.06% | 2,675 |
Murray | 2,643 | 80.41% | 644 | 19.59% | 1,999 | 60.82% | 3,287 |
Muscogee | 28,449 | 77.55% | 8,234 | 22.45% | 20,215 | 55.11% | 36,683 |
Newton | 4,647 | 77.10% | 1,380 | 22.90% | 3,267 | 54.21% | 6,027 |
Oconee | 2,029 | 81.39% | 464 | 18.61% | 1,565 | 62.78% | 2,493 |
Oglethorpe | 1,712 | 84.00% | 326 | 16.00% | 1,386 | 68.01% | 2,038 |
Paulding | 2,814 | 73.70% | 1,004 | 26.30% | 1,810 | 47.41% | 3,818 |
Peach | 3,747 | 60.83% | 2,413 | 39.17% | 1,334 | 21.66% | 6,160 |
Pickens | 2,101 | 80.16% | 520 | 19.84% | 1,581 | 60.32% | 2,621 |
Pierce | 1,982 | 88.05% | 269 | 11.95% | 1,713 | 76.10% | 2,251 |
Pike | 1,432 | 77.20% | 423 | 22.80% | 1,009 | 54.39% | 1,855 |
Polk | 4,929 | 78.91% | 1,317 | 21.09% | 3,612 | 57.83% | 6,246 |
Pulaski | 1,966 | 81.58% | 444 | 18.42% | 1,522 | 63.15% | 2,410 |
Putnam | 1,963 | 76.47% | 604 | 23.53% | 1,359 | 52.94% | 2,567 |
Quitman | 502 | 78.19% | 140 | 21.81% | 362 | 56.39% | 642 |
Rabun | 1,477 | 80.14% | 366 | 19.86% | 1,111 | 60.28% | 1,843 |
Randolph | 1,603 | 66.76% | 798 | 33.24% | 805 | 33.53% | 2,401 |
Richmond | 24,362 | 72.55% | 9,219 | 27.45% | 15,143 | 45.09% | 33,581 |
Rockdale | 3,560 | 81.82% | 791 | 18.18% | 2,769 | 63.64% | 4,351 |
Schley | 694 | 81.07% | 162 | 18.93% | 532 | 62.15% | 856 |
Screven | 2,402 | 80.69% | 575 | 19.31% | 1,827 | 61.37% | 2,977 |
Seminole | 1,851 | 83.12% | 376 | 16.88% | 1,475 | 66.23% | 2,227 |
Spalding | 7,183 | 80.84% | 1,702 | 19.16% | 5,481 | 61.69% | 8,885 |
Stephens | 3,773 | 81.24% | 871 | 18.76% | 2,902 | 62.49% | 4,644 |
Stewart | 1,020 | 74.29% | 353 | 25.71% | 667 | 48.58% | 1,373 |
Sumter | 4,533 | 78.14% | 1,268 | 21.86% | 3,265 | 56.28% | 5,801 |
Talbot | 990 | 66.09% | 508 | 33.91% | 482 | 32.18% | 1,498 |
Taliaferro | 585 | 61.13% | 372 | 38.87% | 213 | 22.26% | 957 |
Tattnall | 2,892 | 85.46% | 492 | 14.54% | 2,400 | 70.92% | 3,384 |
Taylor | 1,580 | 75.45% | 514 | 24.55% | 1,066 | 50.91% | 2,094 |
Telfair | 2,245 | 76.57% | 687 | 23.43% | 1,558 | 53.14% | 2,932 |
Terrell | 2,057 | 74.99% | 686 | 25.01% | 1,371 | 49.98% | 2,743 |
Thomas | 6,668 | 75.44% | 2,171 | 24.56% | 4,497 | 50.88% | 8,839 |
Tift | 4,591 | 84.91% | 816 | 15.09% | 3,775 | 69.82% | 5,407 |
Toombs | 4,080 | 85.80% | 675 | 14.20% | 3,405 | 71.61% | 4,755 |
Towns | 1,573 | 79.56% | 404 | 20.44% | 1,169 | 59.13% | 1,977 |
Treutlen | 1,346 | 86.50% | 210 | 13.50% | 1,136 | 73.01% | 1,556 |
Troup | 8,350 | 80.24% | 2,056 | 19.76% | 6,294 | 60.48% | 10,406 |
Turner | 2,120 | 82.91% | 437 | 17.09% | 1,683 | 65.82% | 2,557 |
Twiggs | 1,363 | 55.05% | 1,113 | 44.95% | 250 | 10.10% | 2,476 |
Union | 2,317 | 75.74% | 742 | 24.26% | 1,575 | 51.49% | 3,059 |
Upson | 4,892 | 84.52% | 896 | 15.48% | 3,996 | 69.04% | 5,788 |
Walker | 8,728 | 84.72% | 1,574 | 15.28% | 7,154 | 69.44% | 10,302 |
Walton | 3,994 | 77.80% | 1,140 | 22.20% | 2,854 | 55.59% | 5,134 |
Ware | 6,578 | 79.23% | 1,724 | 20.77% | 4,854 | 58.47% | 8,302 |
Warren | 1,175 | 71.21% | 475 | 28.79% | 700 | 42.42% | 1,650 |
Washington | 3,901 | 75.79% | 1,246 | 24.21% | 2,655 | 51.58% | 5,147 |
Wayne | 3,677 | 83.38% | 733 | 16.62% | 2,944 | 66.76% | 4,410 |
Webster | 483 | 81.73% | 108 | 18.27% | 375 | 63.45% | 591 |
Wheeler | 1,093 | 78.80% | 294 | 21.20% | 799 | 57.61% | 1,387 |
White | 1,537 | 81.76% | 343 | 18.24% | 1,194 | 63.51% | 1,880 |
Whitfield | 8,591 | 81.46% | 1,955 | 18.54% | 6,636 | 62.92% | 10,546 |
Wilcox | 1,863 | 85.54% | 315 | 14.46% | 1,548 | 71.07% | 2,178 |
Wilkes | 2,195 | 77.26% | 646 | 22.74% | 1,549 | 54.52% | 2,841 |
Wilkinson | 2,196 | 74.52% | 751 | 25.48% | 1,445 | 49.03% | 2,947 |
Worth | 2,942 | 84.44% | 542 | 15.56% | 2,400 | 68.89% | 3,484 |
Totals | 881,496 | 75.04% | 289,529 | 24.65% | 591,967 | 50.39% | 1,174,772[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes
- These write-in votes were not separated by county but given only as a state-wide total.
- This total included 3,747 write-in votes not separated by county but given only as a state-wide total.
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1972 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- "1972 Election for the Forty-Seventh Term (1973-77)". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- "1972 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1972". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- "1972 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 425 ISBN 0313257957
Works cited
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.