1972 United States presidential election in Iowa
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The 1972 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Iowa was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, Senator George McGovern of neighboring South Dakota and his running mate U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland.
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 until Donald Trump in 2016 when a Republican presidential candidate won Wapello County and Des Moines County.[1]
Results
[edit]| 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-In's | 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% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| 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 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ David Leip. "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ "IA US President Race, November 07, 1972". Our Campaigns.
