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The1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the1972 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Arkansas was won byincumbent PresidentRichard Nixon (R–California), with 68.82% of the popular vote, againstGeorge McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 30.71% of the popular vote.[3][4]John G. Schmitz was the only other candidate on the ballot, and, as the candidate for theAmerican Independent Party, he received just over three thousand votes.
In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results,[5][6] the Democratic nominee did not win a single county in Arkansas. This marked the first time that Arkansas had voted Republican in a presidential election sinceUlysses S. Grant carried the state in1872, and made Nixon only the second Republican (after Grant) to ever carry the state. As of2024[update], this remains the strongest-ever Republican presidential performance in Arkansas, the only time that a Republican has swept every county in the state, and, along with 1932, the second of two times any candidate has done so.
As of2024, this is the last presidential election in which the Republican carriedPhillips County,Jefferson County,Lee County, andChicot County in a presidential election.Hot Spring County would not vote Republican again until 2004,Jackson,Lincoln, andClark counties until 2008,Woodruff County until 2016, andDesha County until 2024.[7] Among white voters, 80% supported Nixon while 19% supported McGovern.[8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon (inc.) | 445,751 | 68.82% | |
| Democratic | George McGovern | 198,899 | 30.71% | |
| American Independent | John G. Schmitz | 3,016 | 0.47% | |
| Total votes | 647,666 | 100% | ||
| County | Richard Nixon Republican | George McGovern Democratic | John G. Schmitz American Independent | Margin | Totals votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 5,225 | 73.46% | 1,849 | 25.99% | 39 | 0.55% | 3,376 | 47.47% | 7,113 |
| Ashley | 5,506 | 76.44% | 1,680 | 23.32% | 17 | 0.24% | 3,826 | 53.12% | 7,203 |
| Baxter | 6,754 | 70.65% | 2,677 | 28.00% | 129 | 1.35% | 4,077 | 42.65% | 9,560 |
| Benton | 14,621 | 77.86% | 4,083 | 21.74% | 74 | 0.39% | 10,538 | 56.12% | 18,778 |
| Boone | 5,484 | 74.49% | 1,862 | 25.29% | 16 | 0.22% | 3,622 | 49.20% | 7,362 |
| Bradley | 3,218 | 69.74% | 1,368 | 29.65% | 28 | 0.61% | 1,850 | 40.09% | 4,614 |
| Calhoun | 1,298 | 64.26% | 707 | 35.00% | 15 | 0.74% | 591 | 29.26% | 2,020 |
| Carroll | 3,565 | 70.09% | 1,401 | 27.55% | 120 | 2.36% | 2,164 | 42.54% | 5,086 |
| Chicot | 2,858 | 65.96% | 1,469 | 33.90% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,389 | 32.06% | 4,333 |
| Clark | 4,173 | 59.96% | 2,741 | 39.38% | 46 | 0.66% | 1,432 | 20.58% | 6,960 |
| Clay | 4,381 | 69.39% | 1,933 | 30.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,448 | 38.78% | 6,314 |
| Cleburne | 2,870 | 67.15% | 1,400 | 32.76% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,470 | 34.39% | 4,274 |
| Cleveland | 1,837 | 71.45% | 734 | 28.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,103 | 42.90% | 2,571 |
| Columbia | 5,801 | 72.30% | 2,193 | 27.33% | 29 | 0.36% | 3,608 | 44.97% | 8,023 |
| Conway | 4,187 | 58.11% | 3,009 | 41.76% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,178 | 16.35% | 7,205 |
| Craighead | 11,312 | 65.94% | 5,843 | 34.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,469 | 31.88% | 17,155 |
| Crawford | 6,974 | 81.41% | 1,520 | 17.74% | 72 | 0.84% | 5,454 | 63.67% | 8,566 |
| Crittenden | 7,971 | 71.06% | 3,246 | 28.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,725 | 42.12% | 11,217 |
| Cross | 3,743 | 72.78% | 1,221 | 23.74% | 179 | 3.48% | 2,522 | 49.04% | 5,143 |
| Dallas | 2,152 | 60.55% | 1,402 | 39.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 750 | 21.10% | 3,554 |
| Desha | 3,385 | 66.92% | 1,665 | 32.92% | 8 | 0.16% | 1,720 | 34.00% | 5,058 |
| Drew | 3,334 | 74.06% | 1,168 | 25.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,166 | 48.12% | 4,502 |
| Faulkner | 6,746 | 59.44% | 4,604 | 40.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,142 | 18.88% | 11,350 |
| Franklin | 3,678 | 74.60% | 1,252 | 25.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,426 | 49.20% | 4,930 |
| Fulton | 2,030 | 67.89% | 960 | 32.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,070 | 35.78% | 2,990 |
| Garland | 15,602 | 73.90% | 5,207 | 24.66% | 303 | 1.44% | 10,395 | 49.24% | 21,112 |
| Grant | 2,414 | 67.41% | 1,147 | 32.03% | 20 | 0.56% | 1,267 | 35.38% | 3,581 |
| Greene | 6,128 | 73.03% | 2,263 | 26.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,865 | 46.06% | 8,391 |
| Hempstead | 4,963 | 70.80% | 2,047 | 29.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,916 | 41.60% | 7,010 |
| Hot Spring | 5,378 | 64.54% | 2,872 | 34.47% | 83 | 1.00% | 2,506 | 30.07% | 8,333 |
| Howard | 2,682 | 71.50% | 1,069 | 28.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,613 | 43.00% | 3,751 |
| Independence | 5,076 | 65.74% | 2,630 | 34.06% | 15 | 0.19% | 2,446 | 31.68% | 7,721 |
| Izard | 2,001 | 64.26% | 1,108 | 35.58% | 5 | 0.16% | 893 | 28.68% | 3,114 |
| Jackson | 4,196 | 66.73% | 2,092 | 33.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,104 | 33.46% | 6,288 |
| Jefferson | 16,888 | 61.95% | 10,346 | 37.95% | 26 | 0.10% | 6,542 | 24.00% | 27,260 |
| Johnson | 4,107 | 66.76% | 2,045 | 33.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,062 | 33.52% | 6,152 |
| Lafayette | 2,460 | 71.91% | 952 | 27.83% | 9 | 0.26% | 1,508 | 44.08% | 3,421 |
| Lawrence | 3,981 | 69.45% | 1,751 | 30.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,230 | 38.90% | 5,732 |
| Lee | 3,540 | 64.59% | 1,907 | 34.79% | 34 | 0.62% | 1,633 | 29.80% | 5,481 |
| Lincoln | 2,318 | 67.52% | 1,115 | 32.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,203 | 35.04% | 3,433 |
| Little River | 2,550 | 70.04% | 1,091 | 29.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,459 | 40.08% | 3,641 |
| Logan | 4,964 | 71.42% | 1,956 | 28.14% | 30 | 0.43% | 3,008 | 43.28% | 6,950 |
| Lonoke | 5,298 | 67.62% | 2,504 | 31.96% | 33 | 0.42% | 2,794 | 35.66% | 7,835 |
| Madison | 3,372 | 64.09% | 1,889 | 35.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,483 | 28.18% | 5,261 |
| Marion | 2,331 | 66.66% | 1,108 | 31.68% | 58 | 1.66% | 1,223 | 34.98% | 3,497 |
| Miller | 8,355 | 74.53% | 2,855 | 25.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,500 | 49.06% | 11,210 |
| Mississippi | 10,931 | 74.73% | 3,544 | 24.23% | 152 | 1.04% | 7,387 | 50.50% | 14,627 |
| Monroe | 2,897 | 63.45% | 1,578 | 34.56% | 91 | 1.99% | 1,319 | 28.89% | 4,566 |
| Montgomery | 1,555 | 68.17% | 688 | 30.16% | 38 | 1.67% | 867 | 38.01% | 2,281 |
| Nevada | 2,513 | 68.07% | 1,179 | 31.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,334 | 36.14% | 3,692 |
| Newton | 1,924 | 69.84% | 831 | 30.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,093 | 39.68% | 2,755 |
| Ouachita | 6,620 | 62.68% | 3,931 | 37.22% | 11 | 0.10% | 2,689 | 25.46% | 10,562 |
| Perry | 1,445 | 63.88% | 810 | 35.81% | 7 | 0.31% | 635 | 28.07% | 2,262 |
| Phillips | 6,235 | 58.90% | 4,283 | 40.46% | 68 | 0.64% | 1,952 | 18.44% | 10,586 |
| Pike | 2,316 | 73.69% | 798 | 25.39% | 29 | 0.92% | 1,518 | 48.30% | 3,143 |
| Poinsett | 7,010 | 77.91% | 1,908 | 21.20% | 80 | 0.89% | 5,102 | 56.71% | 8,998 |
| Polk | 3,609 | 74.83% | 1,120 | 23.22% | 94 | 1.95% | 2,489 | 51.61% | 4,823 |
| Pope | 6,917 | 67.52% | 3,302 | 32.23% | 25 | 0.24% | 3,615 | 35.29% | 10,244 |
| Prairie | 2,186 | 71.46% | 873 | 28.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,313 | 42.92% | 3,059 |
| Pulaski | 57,576 | 62.95% | 33,611 | 36.75% | 281 | 0.31% | 23,965 | 26.20% | 91,468 |
| Randolph | 2,578 | 62.83% | 1,525 | 37.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,053 | 25.66% | 4,103 |
| St. Francis | 5,692 | 65.95% | 2,674 | 30.98% | 265 | 3.07% | 3,018 | 34.97% | 8,631 |
| Saline | 7,972 | 63.64% | 4,503 | 35.95% | 52 | 0.42% | 3,469 | 27.69% | 12,527 |
| Scott | 2,424 | 75.87% | 771 | 24.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,653 | 51.74% | 3,195 |
| Searcy | 3,163 | 78.76% | 853 | 21.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,310 | 57.52% | 4,016 |
| Sebastian | 25,219 | 81.23% | 5,770 | 18.58% | 58 | 0.19% | 19,449 | 62.65% | 31,047 |
| Sevier | 2,526 | 69.91% | 1,048 | 29.01% | 39 | 1.08% | 1,478 | 40.90% | 3,613 |
| Sharp | 2,677 | 69.71% | 1,154 | 30.05% | 9 | 0.23% | 1,523 | 39.66% | 3,840 |
| Stone | 1,989 | 67.38% | 958 | 32.45% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,031 | 34.93% | 2,952 |
| Union | 11,925 | 76.72% | 3,531 | 22.72% | 87 | 0.56% | 8,394 | 54.00% | 15,543 |
| Van Buren | 2,622 | 61.91% | 1,594 | 37.64% | 19 | 0.45% | 1,028 | 24.27% | 4,235 |
| Washington | 17,523 | 70.94% | 7,108 | 28.78% | 70 | 0.28% | 10,415 | 42.16% | 24,701 |
| White | 8,701 | 67.24% | 4,161 | 32.15% | 79 | 0.61% | 4,540 | 35.09% | 12,941 |
| Woodruff | 1,989 | 61.73% | 1,183 | 36.72% | 50 | 1.55% | 806 | 25.01% | 3,222 |
| Yell | 3,310 | 66.48% | 1,669 | 33.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,641 | 32.96% | 4,979 |
| Totals | 445,751 | 68.82% | 198,899 | 30.71% | 3,016 | 0.47% | 246,852 | 38.11% | 647,666 |
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