 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 County and Independent City Results
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1972 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states andthe District of Columbia were part of the1972 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president of the United States. This was also the first presidential election after the passage of theTwenty-sixth Amendment, which decreased thevoting age from 21 to 18.
For over sixty years Virginia had had the most restricted electorate in the United States due toa cumulative poll tax and literacy tests.[1] Virginia would be almost entirely controlled by the conservative DemocraticByrd Organization for four of those decades,[2] although during the Organization's last twenty years of controlling the state it would direct many Virginia voters away from the national Democratic Party due to opposition toblack civil rights and to the fiscal liberalism of theNew Deal.[3] Afterthe Twenty-Fourth Amendment andHarper v. Virginia State Board of Elections the state's electorate would substantially expand as the burden of poll taxes on the lower classes was removed. Contemporaneously the postwar Republican trend of theNortheast-alignedWashington D.C. suburbs, which had begun as early as 1944, would accelerate[4] and become intensified by the mobilisation of working-class Piedmont whites against a national Democratic Party strongly associated with black interests.[5]
After 1966 the statewide Democratic party was severely divided into conservative, moderate and liberal factions,[6] so that in addition to voting Republican in four of five presidential elections, Virginia's Congressional delegation would gain a Republican majority as early asthe 91st Congress, andLinwood Holton would become the first Republican governor since the 1880sReadjusterfusion. However, it was 1970 before significant GOP gains occurred in the state legislature, and it was generally acknowledged that President Nixon offered no support to down-ballot Republican candidates.[7]
Neither incumbent United StatesPresidentRichard Nixon norSouth Dakota SenatorGeorge McGovern ofthe Democratic Party campaigned in the state, which all polls had conceded to Nixon from the beginning of August.[8]
Among white voters, 78% supported Nixon while 22% supported McGovern.[9][10]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Daily Press[8] | Solid R | August 9, 1972 |
| Greensboro Daily News[11] | Certain R | October 8, 1972 |
| The Miami Herald[7] | Certain R | October 16, 1972 |
| Boston Sunday Globe[12] | Certain R | October 22, 1972 |
| Evening Express[13] | Certain R | October 30, 1972 |
| The York Dispatch[14] | Safe R | November 6, 1972 |
Virginia was won by Nixon with a landslide 67.84 percent of the vote. Nixon also won the national election with 60.67 percent of the vote.
In strict accordance with national trends, McGovern carried just one county or independent city in Virginia — however, that jurisdiction,Charles City County, saw McGovern receive over 67 percent of the vote, and was his fourth-strongest county in the country.[15] As of the2024[update], this constitutes the last occasion the Republican Party has carriedBrunswick County,Greensville County,Sussex County, and the cities ofCharlottesville,Norfolk,Petersburg,Portsmouth andRichmond.[16]
However, Nixon did not win all of theelectoral votes in Virginia because one of his pledgedelectors,Roger MacBride, instead cast his vote forLibertarian candidateJohn Hospers and his running mate,Tonie Nathan. Although Hospers was not on the ballot in Virginia, MacBride's vote was the first electoral vote ever cast for a female candidate (Nathan); MacBride was subsequently nominated as the Libertarian candidate forPresident in thenext election.
| 1972 United States presidential election in Virginia[17] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon(inc.) | 988,493 | 67.84% | 11 | |
| Libertarian | John Hospers | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | |
| Democratic | George McGovern | 438,887 | 30.12% | 0 | |
| American Independent | John G. Schmitz | 19,721 | 1.35% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher | 9,918 | 0.68% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,457,019 | 100.00% | 12 | ||
| County/City[18] | Richard Nixon Republican | George McGovern Democratic | John G. Schmitz American Independent | Louis Fisher Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack | 6,496 | 71.97% | 2,406 | 26.66% | 108 | 1.20% | 16 | 0.18% | 4,090 | 45.31% | 9,026 |
| Albemarle | 8,447 | 65.22% | 4,303 | 33.23% | 139 | 1.07% | 62 | 0.48% | 4,144 | 31.99% | 12,951 |
| Alexandria | 20,235 | 55.95% | 15,409 | 42.60% | 348 | 0.96% | 177 | 0.49% | 4,826 | 13.35% | 36,169 |
| Alleghany | 2,584 | 67.47% | 1,069 | 27.91% | 170 | 4.44% | 7 | 0.18% | 1,515 | 39.56% | 3,830 |
| Amelia | 1,606 | 64.99% | 778 | 31.49% | 58 | 2.35% | 29 | 1.17% | 828 | 33.50% | 2,471 |
| Amherst | 4,909 | 73.94% | 1,512 | 22.77% | 148 | 2.23% | 70 | 1.05% | 3,397 | 51.17% | 6,639 |
| Appomattox | 2,788 | 78.20% | 684 | 19.19% | 68 | 1.91% | 25 | 0.70% | 2,104 | 59.01% | 3,565 |
| Arlington | 39,406 | 59.36% | 25,877 | 38.98% | 830 | 1.25% | 270 | 0.41% | 13,529 | 20.38% | 66,383 |
| Augusta | 9,106 | 81.44% | 1,766 | 15.79% | 148 | 1.32% | 161 | 1.44% | 7,340 | 65.65% | 11,181 |
| Bath | 1,127 | 68.89% | 462 | 28.24% | 43 | 2.63% | 4 | 0.24% | 665 | 40.65% | 1,636 |
| Bedford | 5,286 | 73.43% | 1,501 | 20.85% | 358 | 4.97% | 54 | 0.75% | 3,785 | 52.58% | 7,199 |
| Bedford City | 1,407 | 68.20% | 529 | 25.64% | 89 | 4.31% | 38 | 1.84% | 878 | 42.56% | 2,063 |
| Bland | 1,352 | 70.64% | 527 | 27.53% | 31 | 1.62% | 4 | 0.21% | 825 | 43.11% | 1,914 |
| Botetourt | 3,806 | 69.44% | 1,519 | 27.71% | 121 | 2.21% | 35 | 0.64% | 2,287 | 41.73% | 5,481 |
| Bristol | 2,665 | 68.46% | 1,157 | 29.72% | 54 | 1.39% | 17 | 0.44% | 1,508 | 38.74% | 3,893 |
| Brunswick | 3,072 | 58.17% | 2,130 | 40.33% | 63 | 1.19% | 16 | 0.30% | 942 | 17.84% | 5,281 |
| Buchanan | 4,801 | 56.13% | 3,566 | 41.69% | 95 | 1.11% | 92 | 1.08% | 1,235 | 14.44% | 8,554 |
| Buckingham | 2,107 | 62.86% | 1,186 | 35.38% | 44 | 1.31% | 15 | 0.45% | 921 | 27.48% | 3,352 |
| Buena Vista | 990 | 70.26% | 373 | 26.47% | 22 | 1.55% | 34 | 2.40% | 617 | 43.79% | 1,409 |
| Campbell | 11,676 | 82.48% | 2,055 | 14.52% | 288 | 2.03% | 138 | 0.97% | 9,621 | 67.96% | 14,157 |
| Caroline | 2,086 | 52.80% | 1,814 | 45.91% | 32 | 0.81% | 19 | 0.48% | 272 | 6.89% | 3,951 |
| Carroll | 5,247 | 75.08% | 1,583 | 22.65% | 90 | 1.29% | 69 | 0.99% | 3,664 | 52.43% | 6,989 |
| Charles City | 535 | 30.84% | 1,177 | 67.84% | 14 | 0.81% | 9 | 0.52% | -642 | -37.00% | 1,735 |
| Charlotte | 2,501 | 66.22% | 1,182 | 31.29% | 75 | 1.99% | 19 | 0.50% | 1,319 | 34.93% | 3,777 |
| Charlottesville | 7,935 | 59.42% | 5,240 | 39.24% | 95 | 0.71% | 83 | 0.62% | 2,695 | 20.18% | 13,353 |
| Chesapeake | 17,722 | 67.95% | 7,289 | 27.95% | 649 | 2.49% | 420 | 1.61% | 10,433 | 40.00% | 26,080 |
| Chesterfield | 24,934 | 85.24% | 3,823 | 13.07% | 365 | 1.25% | 131 | 0.45% | 21,111 | 72.17% | 29,253 |
| Clarke | 1,816 | 69.13% | 715 | 27.22% | 67 | 2.55% | 29 | 1.10% | 1,101 | 41.91% | 2,627 |
| Clifton Forge | 1,127 | 63.17% | 575 | 32.23% | 68 | 3.81% | 14 | 0.78% | 552 | 30.94% | 1,784 |
| Colonial Heights | 5,304 | 87.99% | 541 | 8.97% | 87 | 1.44% | 96 | 1.59% | 4,763 | 79.02% | 6,028 |
| Covington | 1,910 | 63.71% | 948 | 31.62% | 113 | 3.77% | 27 | 0.90% | 962 | 32.09% | 2,998 |
| Craig | 774 | 63.44% | 425 | 34.84% | 19 | 1.56% | 2 | 0.16% | 349 | 28.60% | 1,220 |
| Culpeper | 3,707 | 72.80% | 1,316 | 25.84% | 60 | 1.18% | 9 | 0.18% | 2,391 | 46.96% | 5,092 |
| Cumberland | 1,371 | 57.75% | 969 | 40.82% | 22 | 0.93% | 12 | 0.51% | 402 | 16.93% | 2,374 |
| Danville | 12,463 | 73.68% | 4,148 | 24.52% | 134 | 0.79% | 171 | 1.01% | 8,315 | 49.16% | 16,916 |
| Dickenson | 3,633 | 56.22% | 2,711 | 41.95% | 62 | 0.96% | 56 | 0.87% | 922 | 14.27% | 6,462 |
| Dinwiddie | 3,314 | 62.47% | 1,901 | 35.83% | 74 | 1.39% | 16 | 0.30% | 1,413 | 26.64% | 5,305 |
| Emporia | 1,340 | 68.82% | 565 | 29.02% | 18 | 0.92% | 24 | 1.23% | 775 | 39.80% | 1,947 |
| Essex | 1,482 | 62.58% | 808 | 34.12% | 44 | 1.86% | 34 | 1.44% | 674 | 28.46% | 2,368 |
| Fairfax | 112,135 | 66.26% | 54,844 | 32.40% | 1,764 | 1.04% | 503 | 0.30% | 57,291 | 33.86% | 169,246 |
| Fairfax City | 5,063 | 67.73% | 2,274 | 30.42% | 118 | 1.58% | 20 | 0.27% | 2,789 | 37.31% | 7,475 |
| Falls Church | 2,967 | 60.02% | 1,895 | 38.34% | 67 | 1.36% | 14 | 0.28% | 1,072 | 21.68% | 4,943 |
| Fauquier | 4,654 | 67.71% | 2,039 | 29.67% | 80 | 1.16% | 100 | 1.45% | 2,615 | 38.04% | 6,873 |
| Floyd | 2,444 | 76.11% | 708 | 22.05% | 57 | 1.78% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,736 | 54.06% | 3,211 |
| Fluvanna | 1,438 | 67.29% | 637 | 29.81% | 23 | 1.08% | 39 | 1.82% | 801 | 37.48% | 2,137 |
| Franklin | 4,674 | 65.74% | 2,273 | 31.97% | 145 | 2.04% | 18 | 0.25% | 2,401 | 33.77% | 7,110 |
| Franklin City | 1,416 | 64.98% | 738 | 33.87% | 14 | 0.64% | 11 | 0.50% | 678 | 31.11% | 2,179 |
| Frederick | 5,367 | 75.18% | 1,604 | 22.47% | 105 | 1.47% | 63 | 0.88% | 3,763 | 52.71% | 7,139 |
| Fredericksburg | 3,211 | 64.53% | 1,702 | 34.20% | 34 | 0.68% | 29 | 0.58% | 1,509 | 30.33% | 4,976 |
| Galax | 1,497 | 72.63% | 524 | 25.42% | 28 | 1.36% | 12 | 0.58% | 973 | 47.21% | 2,061 |
| Giles | 3,671 | 64.34% | 1,869 | 32.75% | 78 | 1.37% | 88 | 1.54% | 1,802 | 31.59% | 5,706 |
| Gloucester | 3,642 | 71.92% | 1,292 | 25.51% | 78 | 1.54% | 52 | 1.03% | 2,350 | 46.41% | 5,064 |
| Goochland | 2,127 | 60.98% | 1,254 | 35.95% | 52 | 1.49% | 55 | 1.58% | 873 | 25.03% | 3,488 |
| Grayson | 3,565 | 67.48% | 1,603 | 30.34% | 67 | 1.27% | 48 | 0.91% | 1,962 | 37.14% | 5,283 |
| Greene | 1,208 | 78.24% | 318 | 20.60% | 15 | 0.97% | 3 | 0.19% | 890 | 57.64% | 1,544 |
| Greensville | 1,608 | 56.05% | 1,197 | 41.72% | 46 | 1.60% | 18 | 0.63% | 411 | 14.33% | 2,869 |
| Halifax | 5,469 | 68.71% | 2,384 | 29.95% | 77 | 0.97% | 29 | 0.36% | 3,085 | 38.76% | 7,959 |
| Hampton | 21,897 | 65.49% | 10,648 | 31.85% | 479 | 1.43% | 411 | 1.23% | 11,249 | 33.64% | 33,435 |
| Hanover | 11,095 | 81.20% | 2,200 | 16.10% | 237 | 1.73% | 131 | 0.96% | 8,895 | 65.10% | 13,663 |
| Harrisonburg | 3,626 | 77.26% | 992 | 21.14% | 39 | 0.83% | 36 | 0.77% | 2,634 | 56.12% | 4,693 |
| Henrico | 52,536 | 84.87% | 8,420 | 13.60% | 571 | 0.92% | 377 | 0.61% | 44,116 | 71.27% | 61,904 |
| Henry | 7,556 | 62.84% | 4,042 | 33.62% | 170 | 1.41% | 256 | 2.13% | 3,514 | 29.22% | 12,024 |
| Highland | 774 | 77.63% | 206 | 20.66% | 12 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.50% | 568 | 56.97% | 997 |
| Hopewell | 5,229 | 75.88% | 1,485 | 21.55% | 106 | 1.54% | 71 | 1.03% | 3,744 | 54.33% | 6,891 |
| Isle of Wight | 3,555 | 59.27% | 2,305 | 38.43% | 119 | 1.98% | 19 | 0.32% | 1,250 | 20.84% | 5,998 |
| James City | 3,372 | 61.97% | 1,992 | 36.61% | 56 | 1.03% | 21 | 0.39% | 1,380 | 25.36% | 5,441 |
| King and Queen | 1,033 | 58.30% | 708 | 39.95% | 10 | 0.56% | 21 | 1.19% | 325 | 18.35% | 1,772 |
| King George | 1,675 | 70.05% | 658 | 27.52% | 34 | 1.42% | 24 | 1.00% | 1,017 | 42.53% | 2,391 |
| King William | 1,839 | 69.14% | 797 | 29.96% | 18 | 0.68% | 6 | 0.23% | 1,042 | 39.18% | 2,660 |
| Lancaster | 2,683 | 71.64% | 1,009 | 26.94% | 35 | 0.93% | 18 | 0.48% | 1,674 | 44.70% | 3,745 |
| Lee | 4,957 | 62.39% | 2,825 | 35.56% | 68 | 0.86% | 95 | 1.20% | 2,132 | 26.83% | 7,945 |
| Lexington | 1,345 | 64.98% | 695 | 33.57% | 18 | 0.87% | 12 | 0.58% | 650 | 31.41% | 2,070 |
| Loudoun | 9,417 | 69.46% | 3,941 | 29.07% | 190 | 1.40% | 9 | 0.07% | 5,476 | 40.39% | 13,557 |
| Louisa | 2,545 | 63.55% | 1,338 | 33.41% | 56 | 1.40% | 66 | 1.65% | 1,207 | 30.14% | 4,005 |
| Lunenburg | 2,464 | 69.14% | 1,044 | 29.29% | 45 | 1.26% | 11 | 0.31% | 1,420 | 39.85% | 3,564 |
| Lynchburg | 13,259 | 74.11% | 4,208 | 23.52% | 264 | 1.48% | 159 | 0.89% | 9,051 | 50.59% | 17,890 |
| Madison | 1,864 | 73.41% | 639 | 25.17% | 24 | 0.95% | 12 | 0.47% | 1,225 | 48.24% | 2,539 |
| Martinsville | 3,879 | 61.32% | 2,292 | 36.23% | 39 | 0.62% | 116 | 1.83% | 1,587 | 25.09% | 6,326 |
| Mathews | 2,164 | 72.45% | 730 | 24.44% | 51 | 1.71% | 42 | 1.41% | 1,434 | 48.01% | 2,987 |
| Mecklenburg | 6,381 | 68.55% | 2,804 | 30.12% | 106 | 1.14% | 18 | 0.19% | 3,577 | 38.43% | 9,309 |
| Middlesex | 1,697 | 69.29% | 724 | 29.56% | 24 | 0.98% | 4 | 0.16% | 973 | 39.73% | 2,449 |
| Montgomery | 9,348 | 70.56% | 3,692 | 27.87% | 194 | 1.46% | 14 | 0.11% | 5,656 | 42.69% | 13,248 |
| Nansemond | 5,767 | 57.57% | 3,929 | 39.42% | 186 | 1.87% | 84 | 0.84% | 1,838 | 18.45% | 9,966 |
| Nelson | 2,145 | 67.22% | 954 | 29.90% | 82 | 2.57% | 10 | 0.31% | 1,191 | 37.32% | 3,191 |
| New Kent | 1,370 | 67.52% | 633 | 31.20% | 19 | 0.94% | 7 | 0.34% | 737 | 36.32% | 2,029 |
| Newport News | 27,169 | 67.40% | 12,233 | 30.35% | 639 | 1.59% | 271 | 0.67% | 14,936 | 37.05% | 40,312 |
| Norfolk | 38,385 | 57.97% | 25,737 | 38.87% | 1,198 | 1.81% | 897 | 1.35% | 12,648 | 19.10% | 66,217 |
| Northampton | 2,587 | 66.45% | 1,246 | 32.01% | 53 | 1.36% | 7 | 0.18% | 1,341 | 34.44% | 3,893 |
| Northumberland | 2,332 | 71.58% | 884 | 27.13% | 28 | 0.86% | 14 | 0.43% | 1,448 | 44.45% | 3,258 |
| Norton | 823 | 62.68% | 463 | 35.26% | 12 | 0.91% | 15 | 1.14% | 360 | 27.42% | 1,313 |
| Nottoway | 2,979 | 68.22% | 1,308 | 29.95% | 70 | 1.60% | 10 | 0.23% | 1,671 | 38.27% | 4,367 |
| Orange | 2,758 | 71.28% | 1,032 | 26.67% | 42 | 1.09% | 37 | 0.96% | 1,726 | 44.61% | 3,869 |
| Page | 4,326 | 72.34% | 1,585 | 26.51% | 61 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.13% | 2,741 | 45.83% | 5,980 |
| Patrick | 2,951 | 73.35% | 942 | 23.42% | 100 | 2.49% | 30 | 0.75% | 2,009 | 49.93% | 4,023 |
| Petersburg | 6,710 | 55.67% | 5,156 | 42.78% | 131 | 1.09% | 56 | 0.46% | 1,554 | 12.89% | 12,053 |
| Pittsylvania | 12,108 | 72.34% | 4,429 | 26.46% | 174 | 1.04% | 26 | 0.16% | 7,679 | 45.88% | 16,737 |
| Portsmouth | 20,090 | 58.49% | 13,124 | 38.21% | 760 | 2.21% | 376 | 1.09% | 6,966 | 20.28% | 34,350 |
| Powhatan | 1,751 | 66.43% | 810 | 30.73% | 60 | 2.28% | 15 | 0.57% | 941 | 35.70% | 2,636 |
| Prince Edward | 3,199 | 65.96% | 1,585 | 32.68% | 51 | 1.05% | 15 | 0.31% | 1,614 | 33.28% | 4,850 |
| Prince George | 2,405 | 67.71% | 1,084 | 30.52% | 46 | 1.30% | 17 | 0.48% | 1,321 | 37.19% | 3,552 |
| Prince William | 20,149 | 72.26% | 7,266 | 26.06% | 351 | 1.26% | 118 | 0.42% | 12,883 | 46.20% | 27,884 |
| Pulaski | 6,281 | 72.01% | 2,311 | 26.50% | 114 | 1.31% | 16 | 0.18% | 3,970 | 45.51% | 8,722 |
| Radford | 2,577 | 68.68% | 1,121 | 29.88% | 40 | 1.07% | 14 | 0.37% | 1,456 | 38.80% | 3,752 |
| Rappahannock | 1,055 | 68.20% | 471 | 30.45% | 16 | 1.03% | 5 | 0.32% | 584 | 37.75% | 1,547 |
| Richmond | 1,565 | 77.55% | 435 | 21.56% | 13 | 0.64% | 5 | 0.25% | 1,130 | 55.99% | 2,018 |
| Richmond City | 46,244 | 57.59% | 33,055 | 41.16% | 649 | 0.81% | 354 | 0.44% | 13,189 | 16.43% | 80,302 |
| Roanoke | 19,920 | 77.28% | 5,318 | 20.63% | 474 | 1.84% | 66 | 0.26% | 14,602 | 56.65% | 25,778 |
| Roanoke City | 18,541 | 64.67% | 9,498 | 33.13% | 537 | 1.87% | 95 | 0.33% | 9,043 | 31.54% | 28,671 |
| Rockbridge | 3,009 | 74.28% | 956 | 23.60% | 62 | 1.53% | 24 | 0.59% | 2,053 | 50.68% | 4,051 |
| Rockingham | 10,025 | 81.67% | 2,026 | 16.51% | 143 | 1.16% | 81 | 0.66% | 7,999 | 65.16% | 12,275 |
| Russell | 5,010 | 58.93% | 3,367 | 39.60% | 71 | 0.84% | 54 | 0.64% | 1,643 | 19.33% | 8,502 |
| Salem | 5,649 | 74.79% | 1,744 | 23.09% | 136 | 1.80% | 24 | 0.32% | 3,905 | 51.70% | 7,553 |
| Scott | 5,125 | 66.18% | 2,474 | 31.95% | 81 | 1.05% | 64 | 0.83% | 2,651 | 34.23% | 7,744 |
| Shenandoah | 7,128 | 82.46% | 1,422 | 16.45% | 78 | 0.90% | 16 | 0.19% | 5,706 | 66.01% | 8,644 |
| Smyth | 6,409 | 72.27% | 2,280 | 25.71% | 82 | 0.92% | 97 | 1.09% | 4,129 | 46.56% | 8,868 |
| South Boston | 1,865 | 71.59% | 709 | 27.22% | 7 | 0.27% | 24 | 0.92% | 1,156 | 44.37% | 2,605 |
| Southampton | 3,225 | 67.09% | 1,498 | 31.16% | 66 | 1.37% | 18 | 0.37% | 1,727 | 35.93% | 4,807 |
| Spotsylvania | 3,577 | 65.73% | 1,775 | 32.62% | 75 | 1.38% | 15 | 0.28% | 1,802 | 33.11% | 5,442 |
| Stafford | 5,222 | 72.39% | 1,901 | 26.35% | 83 | 1.15% | 8 | 0.11% | 3,321 | 46.04% | 7,214 |
| Staunton | 5,531 | 78.25% | 1,416 | 20.03% | 33 | 0.47% | 88 | 1.25% | 4,115 | 58.22% | 7,068 |
| Suffolk | 2,137 | 69.54% | 898 | 29.22% | 29 | 0.94% | 9 | 0.29% | 1,239 | 40.32% | 3,073 |
| Surry | 1,067 | 50.40% | 988 | 46.67% | 27 | 1.28% | 35 | 1.65% | 79 | 3.73% | 2,117 |
| Sussex | 2,120 | 54.99% | 1,645 | 42.67% | 43 | 1.12% | 47 | 1.22% | 475 | 12.32% | 3,855 |
| Tazewell | 7,233 | 67.81% | 3,181 | 29.82% | 107 | 1.00% | 146 | 1.37% | 4,052 | 37.99% | 10,667 |
| Virginia Beach | 38,074 | 76.56% | 10,373 | 20.86% | 837 | 1.68% | 449 | 0.90% | 27,701 | 55.70% | 49,733 |
| Warren | 3,718 | 69.40% | 1,508 | 28.15% | 63 | 1.18% | 68 | 1.27% | 2,210 | 41.25% | 5,357 |
| Washington | 8,805 | 72.70% | 3,028 | 25.00% | 123 | 1.02% | 155 | 1.28% | 5,777 | 47.70% | 12,111 |
| Waynesboro | 4,163 | 77.75% | 1,061 | 19.82% | 72 | 1.34% | 58 | 1.08% | 3,102 | 57.93% | 5,354 |
| Westmoreland | 2,331 | 66.00% | 1,113 | 31.51% | 27 | 0.76% | 61 | 1.73% | 1,218 | 34.49% | 3,532 |
| Williamsburg | 1,786 | 57.46% | 1,274 | 40.99% | 29 | 0.93% | 19 | 0.61% | 512 | 16.47% | 3,108 |
| Winchester | 4,647 | 75.55% | 1,418 | 23.05% | 55 | 0.89% | 31 | 0.50% | 3,229 | 52.50% | 6,151 |
| Wise | 6,739 | 59.94% | 4,402 | 39.16% | 79 | 0.70% | 22 | 0.20% | 2,337 | 20.78% | 11,242 |
| Wythe | 4,553 | 73.96% | 1,431 | 23.25% | 70 | 1.14% | 102 | 1.66% | 3,122 | 50.71% | 6,156 |
| York | 7,745 | 74.90% | 2,302 | 22.26% | 211 | 2.04% | 83 | 0.80% | 5,443 | 52.64% | 10,341 |
| Totals | 988,493 | 67.84% | 438,887 | 30.12% | 19,721 | 1.35% | 9,918 | 0.68% | 549,606 | 37.72% | 1,457,019 |
Nixon won all 10 congressional districts, including three held by Democrats.[19]
| District | Nixon | McGovern |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 67.4% | 30.4% |
| 2nd | 65.8% | 31.3% |
| 3rd | 71.5% | 27.1% |
| 4th | 63.5% | 33.6% |
| 5th | 70.7% | 29.3% |
| 6th | 72.7% | 24.6% |
| 7th | 71% | 27.1% |
| 8th | 66.3% | 32.3% |
| 9th | 66.9% | 31.3% |
| 10th | 63% | 35.5% |
State and district results of the1972 United States presidential election | ||
|---|---|---|
|  | |
.jpg)
_(3x4-1).jpg)
