United States presidential election in Wyoming, 1972

November 7, 1972

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1972 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Wyoming voters chose 3 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Wyoming 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 South Dakota and his running mate U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland.

Nixon carried Wyoming with 69.01% of the vote to McGovern’s 30.47%, a victory margin of 38.54%.^[1]

Statewide Results

General election results ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon	100,464	69.01%
	Democratic	George McGovern	44,358	30.47%
	American Independent	John G. Schmitz	748	0.52%
Total votes			145,570	100%

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	Richard Nixon Republican		George McGovern Democratic		John Schmitz American Independent		Margin		Total
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Albany	7,021	58.92%	4,873	40.89%	23	0.19%	2,148	18.03%	11,917
Big Horn	3,244	75.44%	1,049	24.40%	7	0.16%	2,195	51.04%	4,300
Campbell	2,953	78.64%	783	20.85%	19	0.51%	2,170	57.79%	3,755
Carbon	4,037	63.7%	2,292	36.2%	10	0.2%	1,745	27.5%	6,339
Converse	2,312	77.1%	682	22.7%	6	0.2%
Crook	1,760	83.4%	339	16.1%	11	0.5%
Fremont	7,359	69.1%	3,248	30.5%	40	0.4%
Goshen	3,629	70.3%	1,515	29.3%	20	0.4%
Hot Springs	1,678	70.9%	689	29.1%	--	--
Johnson	2,203	83.1%	436	16.5%	11	0.4%
Laramie	15,010	65.7%	7,791	34.1%	54	0.2%
Lincoln	2,459	67.1%	969	26.4%	238	6.5%
Natrona	15,649	70.5%	6,514	29.3%	37	0.2%
Niobrara	1,245	81.0%	289	18.8%	3	0.2%
Park	5,890	74.8%	1,950	24.8%	35	0.4%
Platte	2,200	70.4%	925	29.6%	2	0.1%
Sheridan	6,432	69.0%	2,874	30.8%	12	0.1%
Sublette	1,348	81.5%	304	18.4%	1	0.1%
Sweetwater	5,175	58.0%	3,713	41.6%	27	0.3%
Teton	2,182	70.0%	810	26.0%	124	4.0%
Uinta	2,011	67.0%	968	32.3%	21	0.7%
Washakie	2,604	75.9%	825	24.1%	1	0.0%
Weston	2,063	78.5%	520	19.8%	46	1.7%

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