United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1972

Main article: United States presidential election, 1972

November 7, 1972



Nominee	Richard M. Nixon	George McGovern
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	California	Michigan
Running mate	Spiro T. Agnew	Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote	13	0
Popular vote	1,054,889	438,705
Percentage	69.46%	28.89%

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elections in North Carolina

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The 1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 1972 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

North Carolina strongly voted for Republican nominee President Richard Nixon, over Democratic nominee Senator George McGovern. North Carolina voted overwhelmingly for President Nixon, who won 69.46% to 28.89%, one of the biggest margin's in the country.

Results

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1976^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Richard Nixon(incumbent)	1,054,889	69.46%	13
	Democratic	George McGovern	438,705	28.89%	0
	American Independent	John Schmitz	25,018	1.65%	0
Totals			1,518,612	100.0%	13
Voter turnout			44.35%		—

References

↑ "uselectionatlas.org".

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