1972 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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The 1972 United States presidential election in Washington refers to how Washington participated in the 1972 United States presidential election.
Washington voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern. Nixon took 56.92% of the vote to McGovern's 38.64%, a margin of 18.28%.
Results
| United States presidential election in Washington, 1972[1][2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 837,135 | 56.92% | 9 | |
| Democratic | George McGovern | 568,334 | 38.64% | 0 | |
| American Independent | John G. Schmitz | 58,906 | 4.00% | 0 | |
| independent (People's) | Benjamin Spock | 2,644 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | John Hospers | 1,537 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher | 1,102 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Linda Jenness | 623 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Communist | Gus Hall | 566 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,470,847 | 100.00% | 9 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
References
- ^ "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2016 (p. 4145)". Simon and Schuster (8 December 2015). Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ^ "1972 Presidential General Election Results - Washington". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
