The 1972 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose three[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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North Dakota was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 62.07 percent of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 35.79 percent of the popular vote, a 26.28 percent margin of victory.[3][4] Three other candidates were on the ballot as independents, but only California Congressman John G. Schmitz received a significant vote tally, although even Schmitz received just 2.01 percent of North Dakota's total.
In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results,[5][6] the Democratic nominee only won one county (Rolette) in North Dakota.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon (inc.) | 174,109 | 62.07% | |
| Democratic–NPL | George McGovern | 100,384 | 35.79% | |
| Independent | John G. Schmitz | 5,646 | 2.01% | |
| Independent | Linda Jenness | 288 | 0.10% | |
| Independent | Gus Hall | 87 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 280,514 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County[7] | Richard Nixon Republican |
George McGovern Democratic-NPL |
John G. Schmitz Independent |
Linda Jenness Independent |
Gus Hall Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,177 | 62.77% | 665 | 35.47% | 32 | 1.71% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 512 | 27.30% | 1,875 |
| Barnes | 4,518 | 61.14% | 2,804 | 37.95% | 66 | 0.89% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,714 | 23.19% | 7,389 |
| Benson | 2,050 | 55.09% | 1,635 | 43.94% | 36 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 415 | 11.15% | 3,721 |
| Billings | 509 | 69.82% | 192 | 26.34% | 28 | 3.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 317 | 43.48% | 729 |
| Bottineau | 3,263 | 69.60% | 1,369 | 29.20% | 52 | 1.11% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,894 | 40.40% | 4,688 |
| Bowman | 1,111 | 61.69% | 643 | 35.70% | 47 | 2.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 468 | 25.99% | 1,801 |
| Burke | 1,446 | 66.36% | 651 | 29.88% | 81 | 3.72% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 795 | 36.48% | 2,179 |
| Burleigh | 13,909 | 67.38% | 5,841 | 28.29% | 838 | 4.06% | 48 | 0.23% | 8 | 0.04% | 8,068 | 39.09% | 20,644 |
| Cass | 21,770 | 59.96% | 14,073 | 38.76% | 388 | 1.07% | 57 | 0.16% | 18 | 0.05% | 7,697 | 21.20% | 36,306 |
| Cavalier | 2,898 | 60.07% | 1,867 | 38.70% | 54 | 1.12% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,031 | 21.37% | 4,824 |
| Dickey | 2,277 | 63.59% | 1,266 | 35.35% | 38 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,011 | 28.24% | 3,581 |
| Divide | 1,230 | 60.29% | 774 | 37.94% | 36 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 456 | 22.35% | 2,040 |
| Dunn | 1,438 | 65.45% | 644 | 29.31% | 113 | 5.14% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 794 | 36.14% | 2,197 |
| Eddy | 1,022 | 52.04% | 911 | 46.38% | 28 | 1.43% | 3 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 111 | 5.66% | 1,964 |
| Emmons | 2,194 | 64.53% | 1,115 | 32.79% | 89 | 2.62% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,079 | 31.74% | 3,400 |
| Foster | 1,352 | 60.28% | 861 | 38.39% | 29 | 1.29% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 491 | 21.89% | 2,243 |
| Golden Valley | 774 | 62.98% | 362 | 29.45% | 93 | 7.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 412 | 33.53% | 1,229 |
| Grand Forks | 13,361 | 56.92% | 9,416 | 40.11% | 631 | 2.69% | 59 | 0.25% | 8 | 0.03% | 3,945 | 16.81% | 23,475 |
| Grant | 1,569 | 70.17% | 596 | 26.65% | 69 | 3.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 973 | 43.52% | 2,236 |
| Griggs | 1,312 | 58.10% | 901 | 39.90% | 45 | 1.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 411 | 18.20% | 2,258 |
| Hettinger | 1,511 | 64.93% | 726 | 31.20% | 89 | 3.82% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 785 | 33.73% | 2,327 |
| Kidder | 1,315 | 67.06% | 557 | 28.40% | 89 | 4.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 758 | 38.66% | 1,961 |
| LaMoure | 2,110 | 59.62% | 1,399 | 39.53% | 30 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 711 | 20.09% | 3,539 |
| Logan | 1,408 | 69.33% | 554 | 27.28% | 67 | 3.30% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 854 | 42.05% | 2,031 |
| McHenry | 2,765 | 63.62% | 1,554 | 35.76% | 26 | 0.60% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,211 | 27.86% | 4,346 |
| McIntosh | 2,440 | 81.61% | 521 | 17.42% | 29 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,919 | 64.19% | 2,990 |
| McKenzie | 1,913 | 65.87% | 937 | 32.27% | 53 | 1.83% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 976 | 33.60% | 2,904 |
| McLean | 3,575 | 66.23% | 1,703 | 31.55% | 115 | 2.13% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,872 | 34.68% | 5,398 |
| Mercer | 2,567 | 74.28% | 784 | 22.69% | 104 | 3.01% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,783 | 51.59% | 3,456 |
| Morton | 5,494 | 59.87% | 3,312 | 36.09% | 358 | 3.90% | 8 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.05% | 2,182 | 23.78% | 9,177 |
| Mountrail | 2,038 | 58.30% | 1,391 | 39.79% | 64 | 1.83% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.06% | 647 | 18.51% | 3,496 |
| Nelson | 1,625 | 53.67% | 1,358 | 44.85% | 40 | 1.32% | 5 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 267 | 8.82% | 3,028 |
| Oliver | 669 | 65.14% | 293 | 28.53% | 64 | 6.23% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 376 | 36.61% | 1,027 |
| Pembina | 3,317 | 63.75% | 1,801 | 34.61% | 84 | 1.61% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,516 | 29.14% | 5,203 |
| Pierce | 1,970 | 66.15% | 973 | 32.67% | 32 | 1.07% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.07% | 997 | 33.48% | 2,978 |
| Ramsey | 3,954 | 61.78% | 2,384 | 37.25% | 61 | 0.95% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,570 | 24.53% | 6,400 |
| Ransom | 2,056 | 59.85% | 1,355 | 39.45% | 23 | 0.67% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 701 | 20.40% | 3,435 |
| Renville | 1,121 | 61.09% | 702 | 38.26% | 10 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 419 | 22.83% | 1,835 |
| Richland | 5,194 | 60.23% | 3,367 | 39.04% | 60 | 0.70% | 1 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,827 | 21.19% | 8,624 |
| Rolette | 1,713 | 48.13% | 1,803 | 50.66% | 38 | 1.07% | 2 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.08% | −90 | −2.53% | 3,559 |
| Sargent | 1,616 | 54.48% | 1,331 | 44.88% | 19 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 285 | 9.60% | 2,966 |
| Sheridan | 1,460 | 80.71% | 334 | 18.46% | 15 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,126 | 62.25% | 1,809 |
| Sioux | 561 | 49.12% | 557 | 48.77% | 24 | 2.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.35% | 1,142 |
| Slope | 413 | 59.86% | 249 | 36.09% | 28 | 4.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 164 | 23.77% | 690 |
| Stark | 5,115 | 62.91% | 2,636 | 32.42% | 349 | 4.29% | 27 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,479 | 30.49% | 8,131 |
| Steele | 1,063 | 53.96% | 892 | 45.28% | 15 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 171 | 8.68% | 1,970 |
| Stutsman | 6,269 | 62.51% | 3,589 | 35.79% | 156 | 1.56% | 11 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,680 | 26.72% | 10,028 |
| Towner | 1,349 | 58.02% | 944 | 40.60% | 30 | 1.29% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 405 | 17.42% | 2,325 |
| Traill | 3,118 | 61.40% | 1,892 | 37.26% | 65 | 1.28% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,226 | 24.14% | 5,078 |
| Walsh | 3,991 | 56.29% | 2,908 | 41.02% | 184 | 2.60% | 4 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,083 | 15.27% | 7,090 |
| Ward | 13,900 | 66.61% | 6,706 | 32.14% | 227 | 1.09% | 28 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.03% | 7,194 | 34.47% | 20,868 |
| Wells | 2,519 | 64.42% | 1,297 | 33.17% | 94 | 2.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,222 | 31.25% | 3,910 |
| Williams | 4,800 | 59.90% | 2,989 | 37.30% | 211 | 2.63% | 8 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.07% | 1,811 | 22.60% | 8,014 |
| Totals | 174,109 | 62.07% | 100,384 | 35.79% | 5,646 | 2.01% | 288 | 0.10% | 87 | 0.03% | 73,725 | 26.28% | 280,514 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ The McGovern vote was under a state-specific Democratic-NPL that was separate to the National Democratic Party, similar to the Minnesota-DFL Party that ran McGovern in the presidential election in Minnesota.
References
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1972 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "1972 Election for the Forty-Seventh Term (1973-77)". Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "1972 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1972". Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "1972 Presidential Election - 270toWin.com". Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "1972 Election - Voting America". Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "ND US President Race, November 07, 1972". Our Campigns.