1972 United States presidential election in California Turnout 82.13% (of registered voters)pp pp [ 1] County results
Nixon
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
McGovern
40–50%
50–60%
The1972 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the1972 United States presidential election . State voters chose 45 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College , who voted forpresident andvice president .
California voted for theRepublican incumbent,Richard Nixon , over theDemocratic challenger,South Dakota Senator George McGovern . Nixon took 55.00% of the vote to McGovern's 41.54%, a margin of 13.46%. Though Nixon won a commanding victory in his home state over McGovern, this result nevertheless meant California voted almost ten points to the left of the nation at large and was one of McGovern's strongest states in the 1972 election.
Nixon had previously won California againstJohn F. Kennedy in1960 and then againstHubert Humphrey in1968 . This was the first presidential election in which California had the mostelectoral college votes as a result of the1970 census , a status it has maintained ever since.
1972 California Democratic Party presidential primary County Results
McGovern
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Humphrey
30-40%
40-50%
George McGovern would defeat previous Democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey, by just under 200,000 votes.[ 2]
Democratic Primary – June 6, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic George McGovern 1,550,652 43.50% Democratic Hubert Humphrey 1,375,064 38.58% Democratic George Wallace 268,551 7.53% Democratic Shirley Chisholm 157,435 4.42% Democratic Edmund Muskie 72,701 2.04% Democratic Sam Yorty 50,745 1.42% Democratic Eugene McCarthy 34,203 0.96% Democratic Henry M. Jackson 28,901 0.81% Democratic John Lindsay 26,246 0.74% Democratic Others 20 0.00% Total votes 3,564,518 100
Richard Nixon would easily win the California Republican Primary by a wide margin over his only state challenger.[ 3]
County Richard Nixon George McGovern John G. Schmitz Various candidates Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Alameda 201,862 42.84% 259,254 55.02% 6,930 1.47% 3,149 0.67% -57,392 -12.18% 471,195 Alpine 366 63.54% 195 33.85% 7 1.22% 8 1.39% 171 29.69% 576 Amador 3,533 53.40% 2,705 40.89% 340 5.14% 38 0.57% 828 12.51% 6,616 Butte 28,819 57.61% 18,401 36.78% 2,468 4.93% 340 0.68% 10,418 20.83% 50,028 Calaveras 4,119 60.76% 2,268 33.46% 304 4.48% 88 1.30% 1,851 27.30% 6,779 Colusa 2,715 57.56% 1,810 38.37% 167 3.54% 25 0.53% 905 19.19% 4,717 Contra Costa 139,044 54.13% 111,718 43.49% 4,701 1.83% 1,421 0.55% 27,326 10.64% 256,884 Del Norte 2,927 51.82% 2,156 38.17% 515 9.12% 50 0.89% 771 13.65% 5,648 El Dorado 11,330 54.20% 8,654 41.40% 794 3.80% 127 0.61% 2,676 12.80% 20,905 Fresno 79,051 50.44% 72,682 46.38% 3,927 2.51% 1,059 0.68% 6,369 4.06% 156,719 Glenn 4,569 59.01% 2,681 34.62% 458 5.92% 35 0.45% 1,888 24.39% 7,743 Humboldt 22,345 48.83% 21,132 46.18% 1,896 4.14% 390 0.85% 1,213 2.65% 45,763 Imperial 14,178 62.05% 7,982 34.93% 607 2.66% 82 0.36% 6,196 27.12% 22,849 Inyo 4,873 68.07% 2,006 28.02% 240 3.35% 40 0.56% 2,867 40.05% 7,159 Kern 71,686 60.14% 41,937 35.18% 5,112 4.29% 458 0.38% 29,479 24.96% 119,193 Kings 10,509 56.52% 7,274 39.12% 742 3.99% 70 0.38% 3,235 17.40% 18,595 Lake 6,477 55.12% 4,715 40.13% 509 4.33% 49 0.42% 1,762 14.99% 11,750 Lassen 3,618 50.80% 3,134 44.00% 320 4.49% 50 0.70% 484 6.80% 7,122 Los Angeles 1,549,717 54.75% 1,189,977 42.04% 71,978 2.54% 18,698 0.66% 359,740 12.71% 2,830,370 Madera 7,835 52.61% 6,580 44.18% 428 2.87% 49 0.33% 1,255 8.43% 14,892 Marin 54,123 52.10% 47,414 45.64% 1,326 1.28% 1,020 0.98% 6,709 6.46% 103,883 Mariposa 2,122 56.15% 1,487 39.35% 141 3.73% 29 0.77% 635 16.80% 3,779 Mendocino 11,128 51.01% 9,435 43.25% 1,050 4.81% 201 0.92% 1,693 7.76% 21,814 Merced 17,737 54.33% 13,914 42.62% 836 2.56% 161 0.49% 3,823 11.71% 32,648 Modoc 2,085 58.49% 1,271 35.65% 188 5.27% 21 0.59% 814 22.84% 3,565 Mono 1,872 66.88% 828 29.58% 78 2.79% 21 0.75% 1,044 37.30% 2,799 Monterey 47,004 57.04% 32,545 39.49% 2,274 2.76% 585 0.71% 14,459 17.55% 82,408 Napa 23,403 59.61% 14,529 37.01% 1,141 2.91% 188 0.48% 8,874 22.60% 39,261 Nevada 8,004 54.68% 5,693 38.89% 868 5.93% 73 0.50% 2,311 15.79% 14,638 Orange 448,291 68.27% 176,847 26.93% 28,634 4.36% 2,881 0.44% 271,444 41.34% 656,653 Placer 18,597 50.34% 16,911 45.77% 1,251 3.39% 186 0.50% 1,686 4.57% 36,945 Plumas 2,952 46.42% 3,057 48.07% 318 5.00% 33 0.52% -105 -1.65% 6,360 Riverside 108,120 58.00% 71,591 38.41% 5,843 3.13% 850 0.46% 36,529 19.59% 186,404 Sacramento 141,218 49.00% 137,287 47.63% 7,841 2.72% 1,875 0.65% 3,931 1.37% 288,221 San Benito 3,961 57.56% 2,582 37.52% 308 4.48% 30 0.44% 1,379 20.04% 6,881 San Bernardino 144,689 59.73% 85,986 35.49% 10,342 4.27% 1,239 0.51% 58,703 24.24% 242,256 San Diego 371,627 61.82% 206,455 34.34% 20,188 3.36% 2,867 0.48% 165,172 27.48% 601,137 San Francisco 127,461 41.82% 170,882 56.07% 3,702 1.21% 2,725 0.89% -43,421 -14.25% 304,770 San Joaquin 61,646 55.30% 44,062 39.53% 5,027 4.51% 734 0.66% 17,584 15.77% 111,469 San Luis Obispo 28,566 55.98% 20,779 40.72% 1,156 2.27% 532 1.04% 7,787 15.26% 51,033 San Mateo 135,377 52.82% 109,745 42.82% 4,079 1.59% 7,096 2.77% 25,632 10.00% 256,297 Santa Barbara 67,075 55.19% 50,609 41.64% 3,103 2.55% 754 0.62% 16,466 13.55% 121,541 Santa Clara 237,334 51.90% 208,506 45.60% 8,236 1.80% 3,217 0.70% 28,828 6.30% 457,293 Santa Cruz 34,799 49.88% 32,336 46.35% 1,931 2.77% 693 0.99% 2,463 3.53% 69,759 Shasta 16,618 46.68% 17,214 48.35% 1,595 4.48% 176 0.49% -596 -1.67% 35,603 Sierra 629 47.51% 658 49.70% 27 2.04% 10 0.76% -29 -2.19% 1,324 Siskiyou 7,563 51.46% 6,434 43.78% 621 4.23% 78 0.53% 1,129 7.68% 14,696 Solano 31,314 54.02% 24,766 42.73% 1,616 2.79% 269 0.46% 6,548 11.29% 57,965 Sonoma 57,697 54.72% 43,746 41.49% 3,192 3.03% 799 0.76% 13,951 13.23% 105,434 Stanislaus 39,521 51.41% 35,005 45.54% 1,943 2.53% 398 0.52% 4,516 5.87% 76,867 Sutter 10,224 62.45% 5,409 33.04% 647 3.95% 92 0.56% 4,815 29.41% 16,372 Tehama 6,054 48.73% 5,175 41.65% 1,161 9.34% 34 0.27% 879 7.08% 12,424 Trinity 1,868 50.75% 1,621 44.04% 169 4.59% 23 0.62% 247 6.71% 3,681 Tulare 36,048 59.93% 21,775 36.20% 2,076 3.45% 251 0.42% 14,273 23.73% 60,150 Tuolumne 5,894 54.29% 4,596 42.34% 299 2.75% 67 0.62% 1,298 11.95% 10,856 Ventura 95,310 63.20% 49,307 32.70% 5,586 3.70% 602 0.40% 46,003 30.50% 150,805 Yolo 17,969 42.04% 23,694 55.44% 800 1.87% 275 0.64% -5,725 -13.40% 42,738 Yuba 6,623 56.95% 4,435 38.13% 518 4.45% 54 0.46% 2,188 18.82% 11,630 Total 4,602,096 55.00% 3,475,847 41.54% 232,554 2.78% 57,365 0.69% 1,126,249 13.46% 8,367,862
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