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The1972 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the1972 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Georgia was won byincumbent PresidentRichard Nixon (R–California), with 75.04% of the popular vote, againstGeorge McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 24.65% of the popular vote.[3][4] This made Georgia, even amidst a Republican landslide, 26% more Republican than the nation at-large and made it Nixon's second strongest state in the 1972 election.[5]
Among white voters, 90% supported Nixon while 10% supported McGovern.[6][7]
As of the2024 presidential election, this is the last time the following counties have ever voted Republican:Calhoun,Clay,Fulton (which contains the state's capital and largest city,Atlanta),Macon,Stewart,Talbot,Taliaferro, andWarren as well as the only timeHancock voted Republican.[8] This was the first time any candidate had swept every Georgia county.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon (inc.) | 881,496 | 75.04% | |
| Democratic | George McGovern | 289,529 | 24.65% | |
| Write–in | 3,747[a] | 0.32% | ||
| Total votes | 1,174,772 | 100% | ||
| County[10] | Richard Nixon Republican | George McGovern Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Appling | 2,755 | 84.33% | 512 | 15.67% | 2,243 | 68.66% | 3,267 |
| Atkinson | 924 | 74.94% | 309 | 25.06% | 615 | 49.88% | 1,233 |
| Bacon | 1,771 | 90.22% | 192 | 9.78% | 1,579 | 80.44% | 1,963 |
| Baker | 965 | 73.66% | 345 | 26.34% | 620 | 47.32% | 1,310 |
| Baldwin | 4,826 | 77.08% | 1,435 | 22.92% | 3,391 | 54.16% | 6,261 |
| Banks | 1,336 | 78.96% | 356 | 21.04% | 980 | 57.92% | 1,692 |
| Barrow | 3,423 | 79.79% | 867 | 20.21% | 2,556 | 59.58% | 4,290 |
| Bartow | 4,836 | 75.26% | 1,590 | 24.74% | 3,246 | 50.52% | 6,426 |
| Ben Hill | 2,104 | 74.96% | 703 | 25.04% | 1,401 | 49.92% | 2,807 |
| Berrien | 2,285 | 86.03% | 371 | 13.97% | 1,914 | 72.06% | 2,656 |
| Bibb | 27,402 | 72.87% | 10,201 | 27.13% | 17,201 | 45.74% | 37,603 |
| Bleckley | 2,308 | 85.96% | 377 | 14.04% | 1,931 | 71.92% | 2,685 |
| Brantley | 1,587 | 82.44% | 338 | 17.56% | 1,249 | 64.88% | 1,925 |
| Brooks | 2,430 | 79.08% | 643 | 20.92% | 1,787 | 58.16% | 3,073 |
| Bryan | 1,409 | 84.27% | 263 | 15.73% | 1,146 | 68.54% | 1,672 |
| Bulloch | 5,683 | 78.85% | 1,524 | 21.15% | 4,159 | 57.70% | 7,207 |
| Burke | 2,846 | 72.90% | 1,058 | 27.10% | 1,788 | 45.80% | 3,904 |
| Butts | 1,968 | 73.02% | 727 | 26.98% | 1,241 | 46.04% | 2,695 |
| Calhoun | 892 | 64.31% | 495 | 35.69% | 397 | 28.62% | 1,387 |
| Camden | 2,380 | 75.97% | 753 | 24.03% | 1,627 | 51.94% | 3,133 |
| Candler | 1,427 | 85.71% | 238 | 14.29% | 1,189 | 71.42% | 1,665 |
| Carroll | 8,296 | 79.36% | 2,158 | 20.64% | 6,138 | 58.72% | 10,454 |
| Catoosa | 6,008 | 87.05% | 894 | 12.95% | 5,114 | 74.10% | 6,902 |
| Charlton | 1,244 | 80.05% | 310 | 19.95% | 934 | 60.10% | 1,554 |
| Chatham | 38,079 | 70.98% | 15,566 | 29.02% | 22,513 | 41.96% | 53,645 |
| Chattahoochee | 345 | 74.03% | 121 | 25.97% | 224 | 48.06% | 466 |
| Chattooga | 3,188 | 77.55% | 923 | 22.45% | 2,265 | 55.10% | 4,111 |
| Cherokee | 5,509 | 82.62% | 1,159 | 17.38% | 4,350 | 65.24% | 6,668 |
| Clarke | 11,465 | 65.31% | 6,090 | 34.69% | 5,375 | 30.62% | 17,555 |
| Clay | 632 | 69.07% | 283 | 30.93% | 349 | 38.14% | 915 |
| Clayton | 23,681 | 86.36% | 3,740 | 13.64% | 19,941 | 72.72% | 27,421 |
| Clinch | 1,127 | 82.50% | 239 | 17.50% | 888 | 65.00% | 1,366 |
| Cobb | 43,977 | 85.12% | 7,688 | 14.88% | 36,289 | 70.24% | 51,665 |
| Coffee | 3,934 | 86.63% | 607 | 13.37% | 3,327 | 73.26% | 4,541 |
| Colquitt | 6,900 | 88.12% | 930 | 11.88% | 5,970 | 76.24% | 7,830 |
| Columbia | 4,839 | 83.65% | 946 | 16.35% | 3,893 | 67.30% | 5,785 |
| Cook | 2,135 | 80.26% | 525 | 19.74% | 1,610 | 60.52% | 2,660 |
| Coweta | 5,751 | 78.66% | 1,560 | 21.34% | 4,191 | 57.32% | 7,311 |
| Crawford | 1,167 | 69.51% | 512 | 30.49% | 655 | 39.02% | 1,679 |
| Crisp | 3,623 | 84.16% | 682 | 15.84% | 2,941 | 68.32% | 4,305 |
| Dade | 2,110 | 93.45% | 148 | 6.55% | 1,962 | 86.90% | 2,258 |
| Dawson | 828 | 78.26% | 230 | 21.74% | 598 | 56.52% | 1,058 |
| Decatur | 4,292 | 78.21% | 1,196 | 21.79% | 3,096 | 56.42% | 5,488 |
| DeKalb | 104,750 | 77.35% | 30,671 | 22.65% | 74,079 | 54.70% | 135,421 |
| Dodge | 4,346 | 83.10% | 884 | 16.90% | 3,462 | 66.20% | 5,230 |
| Dooly | 1,904 | 76.34% | 590 | 23.66% | 1,314 | 52.68% | 2,494 |
| Dougherty | 12,878 | 78.03% | 3,625 | 21.97% | 9,253 | 56.06% | 16,503 |
| Douglas | 6,610 | 87.07% | 982 | 12.93% | 5,628 | 74.14% | 7,592 |
| Early | 2,396 | 82.37% | 513 | 17.63% | 1,883 | 64.74% | 2,909 |
| Echols | 404 | 85.59% | 68 | 14.41% | 336 | 71.18% | 472 |
| Effingham | 3,175 | 86.47% | 497 | 13.53% | 2,678 | 72.94% | 3,672 |
| Elbert | 2,875 | 76.48% | 884 | 23.52% | 1,991 | 52.96% | 3,759 |
| Emanuel | 3,684 | 80.09% | 916 | 19.91% | 2,768 | 60.18% | 4,600 |
| Evans | 1,666 | 81.63% | 375 | 18.37% | 1,291 | 63.26% | 2,041 |
| Fannin | 3,783 | 79.95% | 949 | 20.05% | 2,834 | 59.90% | 4,732 |
| Fayette | 3,401 | 88.31% | 450 | 11.69% | 2,951 | 76.62% | 3,851 |
| Floyd | 15,485 | 82.12% | 3,372 | 17.88% | 12,113 | 64.24% | 18,857 |
| Forsyth | 2,968 | 84.39% | 549 | 15.61% | 2,419 | 68.78% | 3,517 |
| Franklin | 2,022 | 82.30% | 435 | 17.70% | 1,587 | 64.60% | 2,457 |
| Fulton | 96,256 | 56.43% | 74,329 | 43.57% | 21,927 | 12.86% | 170,585 |
| Gilmer | 2,729 | 78.04% | 768 | 21.96% | 1,961 | 56.08% | 3,497 |
| Glascock | 578 | 93.38% | 41 | 6.62% | 537 | 86.76% | 619 |
| Glynn | 9,443 | 75.88% | 3,002 | 24.12% | 6,441 | 51.76% | 12,445 |
| Gordon | 4,344 | 83.31% | 870 | 16.69% | 3,474 | 66.62% | 5,214 |
| Grady | 3,732 | 81.02% | 874 | 18.98% | 2,858 | 62.04% | 4,606 |
| Greene | 1,679 | 64.63% | 919 | 35.37% | 760 | 29.26% | 2,598 |
| Gwinnett | 18,181 | 86.26% | 2,896 | 13.74% | 15,285 | 72.52% | 21,077 |
| Habersham | 971 | 84.95% | 172 | 15.05% | 799 | 69.90% | 1,143 |
| Hall | 10,686 | 81.41% | 2,440 | 18.59% | 8,246 | 62.82% | 13,126 |
| Hancock | 1,595 | 51.50% | 1,502 | 48.50% | 93 | 3.00% | 3,097 |
| Haralson | 3,460 | 81.85% | 767 | 18.15% | 2,693 | 63.70% | 4,227 |
| Harris | 2,617 | 78.87% | 701 | 21.13% | 1,916 | 57.74% | 3,318 |
| Hart | 2,308 | 74.64% | 784 | 25.36% | 1,524 | 49.28% | 3,092 |
| Heard | 1,239 | 81.78% | 276 | 18.22% | 963 | 63.56% | 1,515 |
| Henry | 5,155 | 77.93% | 1,460 | 22.07% | 3,695 | 55.86% | 6,615 |
| Houston | 13,576 | 84.16% | 2,556 | 15.84% | 11,020 | 68.32% | 16,132 |
| Irwin | 1,851 | 84.68% | 335 | 15.32% | 1,516 | 69.36% | 2,186 |
| Jackson | 4,124 | 79.63% | 1,055 | 20.37% | 3,069 | 59.26% | 5,179 |
| Jasper | 1,289 | 73.57% | 463 | 26.43% | 826 | 47.14% | 1,752 |
| Jeff Davis | 1,857 | 86.01% | 302 | 13.99% | 1,555 | 72.02% | 2,159 |
| Jefferson | 2,777 | 70.11% | 1,184 | 29.89% | 1,593 | 40.22% | 3,961 |
| Jenkins | 1,769 | 78.52% | 484 | 21.48% | 1,285 | 57.04% | 2,253 |
| Johnson | 2,201 | 84.07% | 417 | 15.93% | 1,784 | 68.14% | 2,618 |
| Jones | 2,483 | 74.25% | 861 | 25.75% | 1,622 | 48.50% | 3,344 |
| Lamar | 1,844 | 73.47% | 666 | 26.53% | 1,178 | 46.94% | 2,510 |
| Lanier | 850 | 81.50% | 193 | 18.50% | 657 | 63.00% | 1,043 |
| Laurens | 7,350 | 77.53% | 2,130 | 22.47% | 5,220 | 55.06% | 9,480 |
| Lee | 1,441 | 78.70% | 390 | 21.30% | 1,051 | 57.40% | 1,831 |
| Liberty | 2,337 | 65.76% | 1,217 | 34.24% | 1,120 | 31.52% | 3,554 |
| Lincoln | 1,246 | 78.56% | 340 | 21.44% | 906 | 57.12% | 1,586 |
| Long | 764 | 76.40% | 236 | 23.60% | 528 | 52.80% | 1,000 |
| Lowndes | 7,812 | 79.50% | 2,015 | 20.50% | 5,797 | 59.00% | 9,827 |
| Lumpkin | 1,477 | 79.32% | 385 | 20.68% | 1,092 | 58.64% | 1,862 |
| Macon | 2,005 | 70.55% | 837 | 29.45% | 1,168 | 41.10% | 2,842 |
| Madison | 2,606 | 82.00% | 572 | 18.00% | 2,034 | 64.00% | 3,178 |
| Marion | 850 | 83.83% | 164 | 16.17% | 686 | 67.66% | 1,014 |
| McDuffie | 2,990 | 75.01% | 996 | 24.99% | 1,994 | 50.02% | 3,986 |
| McIntosh | 1,367 | 62.14% | 833 | 37.86% | 534 | 24.28% | 2,200 |
| Meriwether | 3,420 | 73.82% | 1,213 | 26.18% | 2,207 | 47.64% | 4,633 |
| Miller | 1,269 | 91.49% | 118 | 8.51% | 1,151 | 82.98% | 1,387 |
| Mitchell | 2,400 | 68.18% | 1,120 | 31.82% | 1,280 | 36.36% | 3,520 |
| Monroe | 2,181 | 73.43% | 789 | 26.57% | 1,392 | 46.86% | 2,970 |
| Montgomery | 1,370 | 80.26% | 337 | 19.74% | 1,033 | 60.52% | 1,707 |
| Morgan | 2,007 | 75.03% | 668 | 24.97% | 1,339 | 50.06% | 2,675 |
| Murray | 2,643 | 80.41% | 644 | 19.59% | 1,999 | 60.82% | 3,287 |
| Muscogee | 28,449 | 77.55% | 8,234 | 22.45% | 20,215 | 55.10% | 36,683 |
| Newton | 4,647 | 77.10% | 1,380 | 22.90% | 3,267 | 54.20% | 6,027 |
| Oconee | 2,029 | 81.39% | 464 | 18.61% | 1,565 | 62.78% | 2,493 |
| Oglethorpe | 1,712 | 84.00% | 326 | 16.00% | 1,386 | 68.00% | 2,038 |
| Paulding | 2,814 | 73.70% | 1,004 | 26.30% | 1,810 | 47.40% | 3,818 |
| Peach | 3,747 | 60.83% | 2,413 | 39.17% | 1,334 | 21.66% | 6,160 |
| Pickens | 2,101 | 80.16% | 520 | 19.84% | 1,581 | 60.32% | 2,621 |
| Pierce | 1,982 | 88.05% | 269 | 11.95% | 1,713 | 76.10% | 2,251 |
| Pike | 1,432 | 77.20% | 423 | 22.80% | 1,009 | 54.40% | 1,855 |
| Polk | 4,929 | 78.91% | 1,317 | 21.09% | 3,612 | 57.82% | 6,246 |
| Pulaski | 1,966 | 81.58% | 444 | 18.42% | 1,522 | 63.16% | 2,410 |
| Putnam | 1,963 | 76.47% | 604 | 23.53% | 1,359 | 52.94% | 2,567 |
| Quitman | 502 | 78.19% | 140 | 21.81% | 362 | 56.38% | 642 |
| Rabun | 1,477 | 80.14% | 366 | 19.86% | 1,111 | 60.28% | 1,843 |
| Randolph | 1,603 | 66.76% | 798 | 33.24% | 805 | 33.52% | 2,401 |
| Richmond | 24,362 | 72.55% | 9,219 | 27.45% | 15,143 | 45.10% | 33,581 |
| Rockdale | 3,560 | 81.82% | 791 | 18.18% | 2,769 | 63.64% | 4,351 |
| Schley | 694 | 81.07% | 162 | 18.93% | 532 | 62.14% | 856 |
| Screven | 2,402 | 80.69% | 575 | 19.31% | 1,827 | 61.38% | 2,977 |
| Seminole | 1,851 | 83.12% | 376 | 16.88% | 1,475 | 66.24% | 2,227 |
| Spalding | 7,183 | 80.84% | 1,702 | 19.16% | 5,481 | 61.68% | 8,885 |
| Stephens | 3,773 | 81.24% | 871 | 18.76% | 2,902 | 62.48% | 4,644 |
| Stewart | 1,020 | 74.29% | 353 | 25.71% | 667 | 48.58% | 1,373 |
| Sumter | 4,533 | 78.14% | 1,268 | 21.86% | 3,265 | 56.28% | 5,801 |
| Talbot | 990 | 66.09% | 508 | 33.91% | 482 | 32.18% | 1,498 |
| Taliaferro | 585 | 61.13% | 372 | 38.87% | 213 | 22.26% | 957 |
| Tattnall | 2,892 | 85.46% | 492 | 14.54% | 2,400 | 70.92% | 3,384 |
| Taylor | 1,580 | 75.45% | 514 | 24.55% | 1,066 | 50.90% | 2,094 |
| Telfair | 2,245 | 76.57% | 687 | 23.43% | 1,558 | 53.14% | 2,932 |
| Terrell | 2,057 | 74.99% | 686 | 25.01% | 1,371 | 49.98% | 2,743 |
| Thomas | 6,668 | 75.44% | 2,171 | 24.56% | 4,497 | 50.88% | 8,839 |
| Tift | 4,591 | 84.91% | 816 | 15.09% | 3,775 | 69.82% | 5,407 |
| Toombs | 4,080 | 85.80% | 675 | 14.20% | 3,405 | 71.60% | 4,755 |
| Towns | 1,573 | 79.56% | 404 | 20.44% | 1,169 | 59.12% | 1,977 |
| Treutlen | 1,346 | 86.50% | 210 | 13.50% | 1,136 | 73.00% | 1,556 |
| Troup | 8,350 | 80.24% | 2,056 | 19.76% | 6,294 | 60.48% | 10,406 |
| Turner | 2,120 | 82.91% | 437 | 17.09% | 1,683 | 65.82% | 2,557 |
| Twiggs | 1,363 | 55.05% | 1,113 | 44.95% | 250 | 10.10% | 2,476 |
| Union | 2,317 | 75.74% | 742 | 24.26% | 1,575 | 51.48% | 3,059 |
| Upson | 4,892 | 84.52% | 896 | 15.48% | 3,996 | 69.04% | 5,788 |
| Walker | 8,728 | 84.72% | 1,574 | 15.28% | 7,154 | 69.44% | 10,302 |
| Walton | 3,994 | 77.80% | 1,140 | 22.20% | 2,854 | 55.60% | 5,134 |
| Ware | 6,578 | 79.23% | 1,724 | 20.77% | 4,854 | 58.46% | 8,302 |
| Warren | 1,175 | 71.21% | 475 | 28.79% | 700 | 42.42% | 1,650 |
| Washington | 3,901 | 75.79% | 1,246 | 24.21% | 2,655 | 51.58% | 5,147 |
| Wayne | 3,677 | 83.38% | 733 | 16.62% | 2,944 | 66.76% | 4,410 |
| Webster | 483 | 81.73% | 108 | 18.27% | 375 | 63.46% | 591 |
| Wheeler | 1,093 | 78.80% | 294 | 21.20% | 799 | 57.60% | 1,387 |
| White | 1,537 | 81.76% | 343 | 18.24% | 1,194 | 63.52% | 1,880 |
| Whitfield | 8,591 | 81.46% | 1,955 | 18.54% | 6,636 | 62.92% | 10,546 |
| Wilcox | 1,863 | 85.54% | 315 | 14.46% | 1,548 | 71.08% | 2,178 |
| Wilkes | 2,195 | 77.26% | 646 | 22.74% | 1,549 | 54.52% | 2,841 |
| Wilkinson | 2,196 | 74.52% | 751 | 25.48% | 1,445 | 49.04% | 2,947 |
| Worth | 2,942 | 84.44% | 542 | 15.56% | 2,400 | 68.88% | 3,484 |
| Totals | 881,496 | 75.04% | 289,529 | 24.65% | 591,967 | 50.39% | 1,174,772[b] |
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