1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
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Nixon 40-50% 50-60%
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Elections in Rhode Island |
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The 1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1972 as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Rhode Island voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern. Nixon took 53.00% of the vote to McGovern's 46.81%, a margin of 6.19%. This was the first election in 116 years in which Rhode Island did not vote for the same candidate as neighbouring Massachusetts, which has recurred only in 1980.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Providence County voted for the Republican candidate, and Nixon won the county by only 186 votes. This was the last presidential election where a Republican presidential candidate was able to win every county in the state of Rhode Island and also the last time a Republican presidential candidate won East Providence and North Providence.
Results[]
1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1][2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 220,383 | 53.00% | 4 | |
Democratic | George McGovern | 194,645 | 46.81% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | Linda Jenness | 729 | 0.18% | 0 | |
American Independent | John G. Schmitz (write-in) | 25 | 0.01% | 0 | |
People's | Benjamin Spock (write-in) | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Libertarian | John Hospers (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Write-ins | Scattered (write-ins) | 19 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Totals | 415,808 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Voter turnout | — |
By county[]
County | Nixon% | Nixon# | McGovern% | McGovern# | Others% | Others# |
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Newport | 59.8% | 19,142 | 40.1% | 12,844 | 0.2% | 49 |
Washington | 58.5% | 19,280 | 41.4% | 13,637 | 0.2% | 62 |
Kent | 58.2% | 40,534 | 41.6% | 29,004 | 0.2% | 115 |
Bristol | 54.6% | 12,009 | 45.2% | 9,928 | 0.2% | 48 |
Providence | 49.9% | 129,418 | 49.9% | 129,232 | 0.2% | 506 |
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Rhode Island
References[]
- ^ "Guide to U.S. Elections (p. 848)". CQ Press (12 January 2016). Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ^ "1972 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- United States presidential elections in Rhode Island
- 1972 United States presidential election by state
- 1972 Rhode Island elections
- Rhode Island election stubs