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The1972 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and theDistrict of Columbia were part of the1972 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose eight electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Iowa was won by theRepublican nominees, incumbentPresidentRichard Nixon ofCalifornia and his running mateVice PresidentSpiro Agnew ofMaryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated theDemocratic nominees,SenatorGeorge McGovern of neighboringSouth Dakota and his running mate U.S. AmbassadorSargent Shriver ofMaryland.
Nixon carried Iowa with 57.61 percent of the vote to McGovern's 40.48 percent, a victory margin of 17.13 percent, making Iowa about 6% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. This would be the last time untilDonald Trump in2016 when a Republican presidential candidate wonWapello County andDes Moines County.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 706,207 | 57.61% | |
| Democratic | George McGovern | 496,206 | 40.48% | |
| American Independent | John G. Schmitz | 22,056 | 1.80% | |
| Socialist Workers | Linda Jenness | 448 | 0.04% | |
| Independent | Write-ins | 321 | 0.03% | |
| Communist | Gus Hall | 272 | 0.02% | |
| Independent | Gabriel Green | 199 | 0.02% | |
| Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher | 195 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 1,225,944 | 100% | ||
| County[3] | Richard Nixon Republican | George McGovern Democratic | John G. Schmitz American Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,041 | 63.59% | 1,642 | 34.34% | 95 | 1.99% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,399 | 29.25% | 4,782 |
| Adams | 1,814 | 59.57% | 1,161 | 38.13% | 70 | 2.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 653 | 21.44% | 3,045 |
| Allamakee | 4,150 | 63.24% | 2,271 | 34.61% | 135 | 2.06% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,879 | 28.63% | 6,562 |
| Appanoose | 4,321 | 64.04% | 2,283 | 33.84% | 137 | 2.03% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,038 | 30.20% | 6,747 |
| Audubon | 2,515 | 61.61% | 1,533 | 37.56% | 32 | 0.78% | 2 | 0.05% | 982 | 24.05% | 4,082 |
| Benton | 5,273 | 54.09% | 4,282 | 43.92% | 183 | 1.88% | 11 | 0.11% | 991 | 10.17% | 9,749 |
| Black Hawk | 30,929 | 57.51% | 21,721 | 40.39% | 1,022 | 1.90% | 110 | 0.20% | 9,208 | 17.12% | 53,782 |
| Boone | 6,271 | 54.29% | 5,057 | 43.78% | 214 | 1.85% | 9 | 0.08% | 1,214 | 10.51% | 11,551 |
| Bremer | 6,333 | 65.89% | 3,122 | 32.48% | 150 | 1.56% | 6 | 0.06% | 3,211 | 33.41% | 9,611 |
| Buchanan | 5,277 | 58.32% | 3,609 | 39.89% | 143 | 1.58% | 19 | 0.21% | 1,668 | 18.43% | 9,048 |
| Buena Vista | 5,685 | 61.25% | 3,460 | 37.28% | 133 | 1.43% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,225 | 23.97% | 9,281 |
| Butler | 4,615 | 71.82% | 1,682 | 26.17% | 126 | 1.96% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,933 | 45.65% | 6,426 |
| Calhoun | 3,821 | 60.00% | 2,446 | 38.41% | 98 | 1.54% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,375 | 21.59% | 6,368 |
| Carroll | 4,415 | 47.55% | 4,608 | 49.63% | 254 | 2.74% | 8 | 0.09% | -193 | -2.08% | 9,285 |
| Cass | 5,234 | 72.06% | 1,923 | 26.48% | 97 | 1.34% | 9 | 0.12% | 3,311 | 45.58% | 7,263 |
| Cedar | 4,452 | 63.39% | 2,465 | 35.10% | 98 | 1.40% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,987 | 28.29% | 7,023 |
| Cerro Gordo | 11,856 | 54.65% | 9,460 | 43.61% | 358 | 1.65% | 19 | 0.09% | 2,396 | 11.04% | 21,693 |
| Cherokee | 4,726 | 62.23% | 2,780 | 36.61% | 78 | 1.03% | 10 | 0.13% | 1,946 | 25.62% | 7,594 |
| Chickasaw | 3,836 | 54.57% | 3,134 | 44.58% | 59 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.01% | 702 | 9.99% | 7,030 |
| Clarke | 2,214 | 56.75% | 1,590 | 40.76% | 97 | 2.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 624 | 15.99% | 3,901 |
| Clay | 4,564 | 59.30% | 2,887 | 37.51% | 235 | 3.05% | 10 | 0.13% | 1,677 | 21.79% | 7,696 |
| Clayton | 5,447 | 60.20% | 3,366 | 37.20% | 218 | 2.41% | 17 | 0.19% | 2,081 | 23.00% | 9,048 |
| Clinton | 12,768 | 55.60% | 9,895 | 43.09% | 275 | 1.20% | 26 | 0.11% | 2,873 | 12.51% | 22,964 |
| Crawford | 4,493 | 58.60% | 3,018 | 39.36% | 145 | 1.89% | 11 | 0.14% | 1,475 | 19.24% | 7,667 |
| Dallas | 6,143 | 53.72% | 5,085 | 44.46% | 192 | 1.68% | 16 | 0.14% | 1,058 | 9.26% | 11,436 |
| Davis | 2,287 | 54.61% | 1,806 | 43.12% | 94 | 2.24% | 1 | 0.02% | 481 | 11.49% | 4,188 |
| Decatur | 2,638 | 57.44% | 1,880 | 40.93% | 67 | 1.46% | 8 | 0.17% | 758 | 16.51% | 4,593 |
| Delaware | 4,848 | 61.21% | 2,944 | 37.17% | 120 | 1.52% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,904 | 24.04% | 7,920 |
| Des Moines | 10,216 | 52.77% | 8,869 | 45.82% | 258 | 1.33% | 15 | 0.08% | 1,347 | 6.95% | 19,358 |
| Dickinson | 3,739 | 58.60% | 2,373 | 37.19% | 259 | 4.06% | 10 | 0.16% | 1,366 | 21.41% | 6,381 |
| Dubuque | 17,272 | 47.29% | 18,417 | 50.43% | 806 | 2.21% | 26 | 0.07% | -1,145 | -3.14% | 36,521 |
| Emmet | 3,436 | 62.92% | 1,970 | 36.07% | 53 | 0.97% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,466 | 26.85% | 5,461 |
| Fayette | 7,263 | 60.83% | 4,413 | 36.96% | 247 | 2.07% | 17 | 0.14% | 2,850 | 23.87% | 11,940 |
| Floyd | 4,726 | 57.69% | 3,338 | 40.75% | 121 | 1.48% | 7 | 0.09% | 1,388 | 16.94% | 8,192 |
| Franklin | 3,643 | 62.96% | 1,986 | 34.32% | 153 | 2.64% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,657 | 28.64% | 5,786 |
| Fremont | 2,642 | 67.62% | 1,210 | 30.97% | 51 | 1.31% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,432 | 36.65% | 3,907 |
| Greene | 3,371 | 59.35% | 2,152 | 37.89% | 154 | 2.71% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,219 | 21.46% | 5,680 |
| Grundy | 4,706 | 71.03% | 1,844 | 27.83% | 70 | 1.06% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,862 | 43.20% | 6,625 |
| Guthrie | 3,655 | 60.69% | 2,258 | 37.50% | 108 | 1.79% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,397 | 23.19% | 6,022 |
| Hamilton | 4,803 | 60.87% | 2,913 | 36.92% | 170 | 2.15% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,890 | 23.95% | 7,890 |
| Hancock | 3,706 | 60.47% | 2,349 | 38.33% | 71 | 1.16% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,357 | 22.14% | 6,129 |
| Hardin | 5,869 | 61.42% | 3,516 | 36.79% | 160 | 1.67% | 11 | 0.12% | 2,353 | 24.63% | 9,556 |
| Harrison | 4,721 | 65.83% | 2,369 | 33.04% | 71 | 0.99% | 10 | 0.14% | 2,352 | 32.79% | 7,171 |
| Henry | 5,066 | 64.26% | 2,721 | 34.51% | 94 | 1.19% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,345 | 29.75% | 7,884 |
| Howard | 2,980 | 54.37% | 2,439 | 44.50% | 59 | 1.08% | 3 | 0.05% | 541 | 9.87% | 5,481 |
| Humboldt | 3,622 | 62.53% | 2,062 | 35.60% | 105 | 1.81% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,560 | 26.93% | 5,792 |
| Ida | 2,819 | 64.67% | 1,490 | 34.18% | 50 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,329 | 30.49% | 4,359 |
| Iowa | 4,202 | 60.34% | 2,578 | 37.02% | 179 | 2.57% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,624 | 23.32% | 6,964 |
| Jackson | 4,975 | 55.75% | 3,704 | 41.51% | 237 | 2.66% | 8 | 0.09% | 1,271 | 14.24% | 8,924 |
| Jasper | 9,133 | 55.31% | 7,007 | 42.43% | 364 | 2.20% | 9 | 0.05% | 2,126 | 12.88% | 16,513 |
| Jefferson | 4,628 | 64.83% | 2,362 | 33.09% | 144 | 2.02% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,266 | 31.74% | 7,139 |
| Johnson | 14,823 | 40.91% | 20,922 | 57.74% | 372 | 1.03% | 119 | 0.33% | -6,099 | -16.83% | 36,236 |
| Jones | 4,962 | 58.23% | 3,468 | 40.70% | 88 | 1.03% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,494 | 17.53% | 8,521 |
| Keokuk | 3,831 | 58.35% | 2,619 | 39.89% | 106 | 1.61% | 9 | 0.14% | 1,212 | 18.46% | 6,565 |
| Kossuth | 5,841 | 56.39% | 4,393 | 42.41% | 121 | 1.17% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,448 | 13.98% | 10,358 |
| Lee | 9,748 | 55.33% | 7,510 | 42.63% | 345 | 1.96% | 15 | 0.09% | 2,238 | 12.70% | 17,618 |
| Linn | 36,503 | 52.78% | 31,370 | 45.36% | 1,187 | 1.72% | 100 | 0.14% | 5,133 | 7.42% | 69,160 |
| Louisa | 2,806 | 61.31% | 1,707 | 37.30% | 63 | 1.38% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,099 | 24.01% | 4,577 |
| Lucas | 2,851 | 60.79% | 1,759 | 37.51% | 78 | 1.66% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,092 | 23.28% | 4,690 |
| Lyon | 3,788 | 72.12% | 1,407 | 26.79% | 52 | 0.99% | 5 | 0.10% | 2,381 | 45.33% | 5,252 |
| Madison | 3,480 | 59.35% | 2,234 | 38.10% | 148 | 2.52% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,246 | 21.25% | 5,864 |
| Mahaska | 6,374 | 63.82% | 3,382 | 33.86% | 220 | 2.20% | 12 | 0.12% | 2,992 | 29.96% | 9,988 |
| Marion | 6,583 | 57.09% | 4,643 | 40.27% | 290 | 2.51% | 15 | 0.13% | 1,940 | 16.82% | 11,531 |
| Marshall | 10,798 | 60.85% | 6,618 | 37.30% | 304 | 1.71% | 24 | 0.14% | 4,180 | 23.55% | 17,744 |
| Mills | 3,531 | 74.94% | 1,060 | 22.50% | 114 | 2.42% | 7 | 0.15% | 2,471 | 52.44% | 4,712 |
| Mitchell | 3,395 | 57.44% | 2,449 | 41.43% | 66 | 1.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 946 | 16.01% | 5,911 |
| Monona | 3,237 | 58.91% | 2,189 | 39.84% | 66 | 1.20% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,048 | 19.07% | 5,495 |
| Monroe | 2,357 | 56.73% | 1,736 | 41.78% | 58 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.10% | 621 | 14.95% | 4,155 |
| Montgomery | 4,391 | 72.69% | 1,559 | 25.81% | 88 | 1.46% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,832 | 46.88% | 6,041 |
| Muscatine | 8,436 | 61.84% | 4,917 | 36.04% | 270 | 1.98% | 19 | 0.14% | 3,519 | 25.80% | 13,642 |
| O'Brien | 5,159 | 68.87% | 2,224 | 29.69% | 102 | 1.36% | 6 | 0.08% | 2,935 | 39.18% | 7,491 |
| Osceola | 2,262 | 62.56% | 1,317 | 36.42% | 36 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 945 | 26.14% | 3,616 |
| Page | 6,200 | 76.43% | 1,790 | 22.07% | 114 | 1.41% | 8 | 0.10% | 4,410 | 54.36% | 8,112 |
| Palo Alto | 3,141 | 51.78% | 2,845 | 46.90% | 75 | 1.24% | 5 | 0.08% | 296 | 4.88% | 6,066 |
| Plymouth | 6,339 | 60.57% | 4,033 | 38.53% | 92 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,306 | 22.04% | 10,466 |
| Pocahontas | 3,138 | 57.19% | 2,241 | 40.84% | 102 | 1.86% | 6 | 0.11% | 897 | 16.35% | 5,487 |
| Polk | 70,245 | 52.95% | 59,169 | 44.60% | 2,988 | 2.25% | 257 | 0.19% | 11,076 | 8.35% | 132,659 |
| Pottawattamie | 19,722 | 69.32% | 8,074 | 28.38% | 628 | 2.21% | 26 | 0.09% | 11,648 | 40.94% | 28,450 |
| Poweshiek | 4,785 | 55.33% | 3,718 | 42.99% | 134 | 1.55% | 11 | 0.13% | 1,067 | 12.34% | 8,648 |
| Ringgold | 2,264 | 68.54% | 1,003 | 30.37% | 34 | 1.03% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,261 | 38.17% | 3,303 |
| Sac | 4,017 | 61.41% | 2,452 | 37.49% | 67 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,565 | 23.92% | 6,541 |
| Scott | 34,135 | 57.41% | 23,810 | 40.05% | 1,440 | 2.42% | 70 | 0.12% | 10,325 | 17.36% | 59,455 |
| Shelby | 4,052 | 62.93% | 2,259 | 35.08% | 117 | 1.82% | 11 | 0.17% | 1,793 | 27.85% | 6,439 |
| Sioux | 10,721 | 78.27% | 2,867 | 20.93% | 82 | 0.60% | 27 | 0.20% | 7,854 | 57.34% | 13,697 |
| Story | 16,617 | 53.56% | 13,972 | 45.03% | 377 | 1.22% | 59 | 0.19% | 2,645 | 8.53% | 31,025 |
| Tama | 5,058 | 56.96% | 3,693 | 41.59% | 117 | 1.32% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,365 | 15.37% | 8,880 |
| Taylor | 3,042 | 70.16% | 1,247 | 28.76% | 46 | 1.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,795 | 41.40% | 4,336 |
| Union | 3,734 | 62.47% | 2,112 | 35.34% | 123 | 2.06% | 8 | 0.13% | 1,622 | 27.13% | 5,977 |
| Van Buren | 2,272 | 63.18% | 1,268 | 35.26% | 55 | 1.53% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,004 | 27.92% | 3,596 |
| Wapello | 9,301 | 51.19% | 8,348 | 45.94% | 490 | 2.70% | 32 | 0.18% | 953 | 5.25% | 18,171 |
| Warren | 7,332 | 57.26% | 5,143 | 40.17% | 320 | 2.50% | 9 | 0.07% | 2,189 | 17.09% | 12,804 |
| Washington | 5,187 | 64.12% | 2,784 | 34.42% | 116 | 1.43% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,403 | 29.70% | 8,089 |
| Wayne | 2,681 | 62.00% | 1,574 | 36.40% | 69 | 1.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,107 | 25.60% | 4,324 |
| Webster | 11,133 | 55.96% | 8,358 | 42.01% | 385 | 1.94% | 17 | 0.09% | 2,775 | 13.95% | 19,893 |
| Winnebago | 4,300 | 64.48% | 2,324 | 34.85% | 41 | 0.61% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,976 | 29.63% | 6,669 |
| Winneshiek | 5,877 | 56.23% | 4,401 | 42.11% | 165 | 1.58% | 9 | 0.09% | 1,476 | 14.12% | 10,452 |
| Woodbury | 23,757 | 57.34% | 16,974 | 40.97% | 662 | 1.60% | 37 | 0.09% | 6,783 | 16.37% | 41,430 |
| Worth | 2,564 | 55.31% | 2,034 | 43.87% | 36 | 0.78% | 2 | 0.04% | 530 | 11.44% | 4,636 |
| Wright | 4,278 | 59.73% | 2,780 | 38.82% | 98 | 1.37% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,498 | 20.91% | 7,162 |
| Totals | 706,207 | 57.61% | 496,206 | 40.48% | 22,056 | 1.80% | 1,475 | 0.12% | 210,001 | 17.13% | 1,225,944 |
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