1972 United States presidential election in Michigan

The 1972 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose twenty-one[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1972 United States presidential election in Michigan

November 7, 1972[1]
All 21 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
Turnout	59.4% [2]
Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern Party Republican Democratic Home state California South Dakota Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver Electoral vote 21 0 Popular vote 1,961,721 1,459,435 Percentage 56.2% 41.8%
County Results Nixon   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% McGovern   40-50%   50-60%
President before election Richard Nixon Republican Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

Michigan was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 56.20% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 41.81% of the popular vote.[4][5] John G. Schmitz was the only other candidate on the ballot, and, as the candidate for the American Independent Party, he received over 63,000 votes.

Delta, Lake, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties were the only four of Michigan's 83 counties to vote for McGovern. Washtenaw was one of only five counties outside of South Dakota (McGovern's home state) to vote for McGovern after voting for Richard Nixon in 1968. Nixon became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Washtenaw since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

Results

1972 United States presidential election in Michigan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon (inc.)	1,961,721	56.20%
	Democratic	George McGovern	1,459,435	41.81%
	American Independent	John G. Schmitz	63,321	1.81%
	Socialist Labor	Louis Fisher	2,437	0.07%
	Socialist Workers	Linda Jenness	1,603	0.05%
	Communist	Gus Hall	1,210	0.03%
	Write-in		598	0.02%
Total votes			3,490,325	100%

Results by county

County	Richard Milhous Nixon Republican		George Stanley McGovern Democratic		John George Schmitz American Independent		Louis Fisher Socialist Labor		Linda Jenness Socialist Workers		Gus Hall Communist		Various candidates Write-ins		Total votes cast[6]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Alcona	2,434	65.91%	1,195	32.36%	63	1.71%	1	0.03%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%			3,693
Alger	2,035	52.48%	1,803	46.49%	35	0.90%	1	0.03%	2	0.05%	2	0.05%			3,878
Allegan	18,407	68.47%	7,883	29.32%	554	2.06%	18	0.07%	4	0.01%	7	0.03%	11	0.04%	26,884
Alpena	6,413	54.67%	5,104	43.51%	204	1.74%	6	0.05%	1	0.01%	3	0.03%			11,731
Antrim	4,068	64.77%	2,000	31.84%	200	3.18%	5	0.08%	2	0.03%	5	0.08%	1	0.02%	6,281
Arenac	2,588	57.43%	1,829	40.59%	85	1.89%	2	0.04%	1	0.02%	1	0.02%			4,506
Baraga	1,905	54.93%	1,517	43.74%	38	1.10%	6	0.17%	2	0.06%	0	0.00%			3,468
Barry	10,393	64.02%	5,484	33.78%	340	2.09%	7	0.04%	2	0.01%	3	0.02%	4	0.02%	16,233
Bay	23,094	50.08%	21,712	47.08%	1,254	2.72%	31	0.07%	14	0.03%	13	0.03%			46,118
Benzie	2,686	66.26%	1,310	32.31%	55	1.36%	2	0.05%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%			4,054
Berrien	43,047	68.26%	18,597	29.49%	1,333	2.11%	34	0.05%	21	0.03%	19	0.03%	9	0.01%	63,060
Branch	8,388	62.01%	4,887	36.13%	215	1.59%	18	0.13%	6	0.04%	7	0.05%	5	0.04%	13,526
Calhoun	32,531	58.27%	22,154	39.68%	1,002	1.79%	59	0.11%	52	0.09%	30	0.05%			55,828
Cass	10,398	66.31%	4,982	31.77%	286	1.82%	6	0.04%	2	0.01%	5	0.03%	2	0.01%	15,681
Charlevoix	4,522	59.04%	2,831	36.96%	301	3.93%	4	0.05%	1	0.01%	0	0.00%			7,659
Cheboygan	4,529	59.11%	2,985	38.96%	142	1.85%	1	0.01%	4	0.05%	1	0.01%			7,662
Chippewa	7,028	59.03%	4,744	39.85%	132	1.11%	1	0.01%	1	0.01%	0	0.00%			11,906
Clare	4,402	62.99%	2,434	34.83%	144	2.06%	1	0.01%	3	0.04%	2	0.03%	2	0.03%	6,988
Clinton	13,438	68.38%	5,870	29.87%	322	1.64%	11	0.06%	5	0.03%	2	0.01%	5	0.03%	19,653
Crawford	1,953	61.98%	1,143	36.27%	50	1.59%	4	0.13%	1	0.03%	0	0.00%			3,151
Delta	7,647	48.14%	8,003	50.38%	220	1.38%	10	0.06%	2	0.01%	4	0.03%			15,886
Dickinson	5,989	51.12%	5,339	45.57%	378	3.23%	6	0.05%	1	0.01%	2	0.02%			11,715
Eaton	20,413	68.47%	8,986	30.14%	386	1.29%	10	0.03%	11	0.04%	5	0.02%			29,811
Emmet	5,288	61.91%	3,081	36.07%	163	1.91%	4	0.05%	1	0.01%	4	0.05%			8,541
Genesee	85,747	52.78%	73,896	45.49%	2,602	1.60%	73	0.04%	72	0.04%	59	0.04%			162,449
Gladwin	3,484	61.94%	2,016	35.84%	123	2.19%	1	0.02%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%			5,625
Gogebic	5,631	52.26%	4,984	46.25%	151	1.40%	6	0.06%	3	0.03%	1	0.01%			10,776
Grand Traverse	11,421	64.81%	5,810	32.97%	372	2.11%	6	0.03%	6	0.03%	6	0.03%			17,621
Gratiot	9,904	68.41%	4,370	30.18%	184	1.27%	8	0.06%	5	0.03%	7	0.05%			14,478
Hillsdale	9,261	68.64%	3,942	29.22%	276	2.05%	4	0.03%	1	0.01%	8	0.06%			13,492
Houghton	9,053	58.07%	6,402	41.06%	131	0.84%	1	0.01%	3	0.02%	0	0.00%			15,590
Huron	9,832	67.36%	4,456	30.53%	292	2.00%	6	0.04%	7	0.05%	2	0.01%	1	0.01%	14,596
Ingham	63,376	53.60%	53,458	45.21%	1,079	0.91%	118	0.10%	110	0.09%	41	0.03%	61	0.05%	118,243
Ionia	10,898	62.57%	6,240	35.83%	255	1.46%	7	0.04%	4	0.02%	8	0.05%	4	0.02%	17,416
Iosco	5,750	64.10%	3,065	34.17%	150	1.67%	2	0.02%	3	0.03%	1	0.01%			8,971
Iron	3,630	49.21%	3,512	47.61%	229	3.10%	3	0.04%	1	0.01%	1	0.01%			7,376
Isabella	9,682	55.47%	7,446	42.66%	248	1.42%	22	0.13%	35	0.20%	10	0.06%	11	0.06%	17,454
Jackson	34,220	62.33%	19,350	35.24%	1,254	2.28%	32	0.06%	18	0.03%	17	0.03%	12	0.02%	54,903
Kalamazoo	50,405	58.77%	33,324	38.85%	1,819	2.12%	81	0.09%	48	0.06%	33	0.04%	60	0.07%	85,770
Kalkaska	1,855	64.39%	924	32.07%	100	3.47%	2	0.07%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%			2,881
Kent	104,041	59.30%	67,587	38.52%	3,563	2.03%	134	0.08%	55	0.03%	61	0.03%	20	0.01%	175,461
Keweenaw	715	60.49%	456	38.58%	9	0.76%	1	0.08%	1	0.08%	0	0.00%			1,182
Lake	1,532	48.93%	1,548	49.44%	47	1.50%	1	0.03%	1	0.03%	2	0.06%			3,131
Lapeer	11,615	66.02%	5,531	31.44%	421	2.39%	7	0.04%	2	0.01%	9	0.05%	7	0.04%	17,592
Leelanau	3,809	65.82%	1,855	32.05%	118	2.04%	3	0.05%	1	0.02%	1	0.02%			5,787
Lenawee	19,125	62.39%	11,018	35.94%	473	1.54%	14	0.05%	13	0.04%	4	0.01%	7	0.02%	30,654
Livingston	16,856	66.85%	7,634	30.28%	694	2.75%	15	0.06%	8	0.03%	3	0.01%	5	0.02%	25,215
Luce	1,579	63.49%	862	34.66%	46	1.85%		0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%			2,487
Mackinac	3,096	60.66%	1,937	37.95%	64	1.25%	4	0.08%	1	0.02%	2	0.04%			5,104
Macomb	147,777	62.67%	82,346	34.92%	5,286	2.24%	180	0.08%	92	0.04%	65	0.03%	47	0.02%	235,793
Manistee	5,070	57.20%	3,625	40.90%	160	1.81%	4	0.05%	2	0.02%	2	0.02%			8,863
Marquette	13,249	52.67%	11,555	45.93%	329	1.31%	10	0.04%	7	0.03%	7	0.03%			25,157
Mason	6,811	63.57%	3,697	34.50%	173	1.61%	9	0.08%	10	0.09%	3	0.03%	12	0.11%	10,715
Mecosta	7,158	64.29%	3,799	34.12%	157	1.41%	11	0.10%	3	0.03%	6	0.05%			11,134
Menominee	6,060	55.19%	4,657	42.41%	260	2.37%	2	0.02%	1	0.01%	1	0.01%			10,981
Midland	16,473	61.38%	9,504	35.42%	809	3.01%	16	0.06%	13	0.05%	10	0.04%	11	0.04%	26,836
Missaukee	2,647	71.79%	924	25.06%	110	2.98%	2	0.05%	1	0.03%	1	0.03%	2	0.05%	3,687
Monroe	23,263	54.76%	17,726	41.73%	1,431	3.37%	23	0.05%	12	0.03%	10	0.02%	14	0.03%	42,479
Montcalm	9,591	61.97%	5,602	36.19%	270	1.74%	6	0.04%	7	0.05%	1	0.01%	1	0.01%	15,478
Montmorency	1,798	64.49%	914	32.78%	74	2.65%	1	0.04%	1	0.04%	0	0.00%			2,788
Muskegon	36,428	59.60%	22,804	37.31%	1,756	2.87%	71	0.12%	32	0.05%	18	0.03%	16	0.03%	61,125
Newaygo	8,245	65.62%	3,978	31.66%	324	2.58%	11	0.09%	3	0.02%	4	0.03%			12,565
Oakland	241,613	63.78%	129,400	34.16%	7,088	1.87%	318	0.08%	134	0.04%	87	0.02%	211	0.06%	378,851
Oceana	4,992	64.20%	2,525	32.47%	253	3.25%	1	0.01%	4	0.05%	1	0.01%			7,776
Ogemaw	3,367	60.77%	2,056	37.11%	112	2.02%	3	0.05%	3	0.05%	0	0.00%			5,541
Ontonagon	3,040	57.51%	2,140	40.48%	105	1.99%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%			5,286
Osceola	4,441	69.95%	1,706	26.87%	184	2.90%	7	0.11%	4	0.06%	3	0.05%	4	0.06%	6,349
Oscoda	1,561	67.61%	678	29.36%	67	2.90%	2	0.09%	1	0.04%	0	0.00%			2,309
Otsego	2,854	58.93%	1,912	39.48%	69	1.42%	1	0.02%	2	0.04%	5	0.10%			4,843
Ottawa	42,169	71.99%	15,119	25.81%	1,201	2.05%	41	0.07%	16	0.03%	13	0.02%	17	0.03%	58,576
Presque Isle	3,372	56.23%	2,440	40.69%	184	3.07%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%			5,997
Roscommon	4,136	64.17%	2,187	33.93%	114	1.77%	2	0.03%	5	0.08%	1	0.02%			6,445
Saginaw	47,920	61.03%	29,424	37.47%	1,068	1.36%	46	0.06%	35	0.04%	28	0.04%			78,521
Sanilac	11,031	72.93%	3,780	24.99%	302	2.00%	4	0.03%	2	0.01%	5	0.03%	1	0.01%	15,125
Schoolcraft	2,310	56.01%	1,759	42.65%	53	1.29%	1	0.02%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%			4,124
Shiawassee	15,489	61.62%	8,932	35.53%	689	2.74%	13	0.05%	6	0.02%	7	0.03%			25,136
St. Clair	28,471	63.05%	15,712	34.79%	925	2.05%	17	0.04%	18	0.04%	16	0.04%			45,159
St. Joseph	12,438	69.15%	5,119	28.46%	418	2.32%	5	0.03%	3	0.02%	5	0.03%			17,988
Tuscola	12,198	67.96%	5,449	30.36%	280	1.56%	6	0.03%	2	0.01%	12	0.07%	2	0.01%	17,949
Van Buren	13,903	64.57%	7,159	33.25%	428	1.99%	15	0.07%	7	0.03%	8	0.04%	11	0.05%	21,531
Washtenaw	50,535	46.98%	55,350	51.45%	1,517	1.41%	54	0.05%	82	0.08%	37	0.03%			107,575
Wayne	435,877	45.08%	514,913	53.26%	14,294	1.48%	758	0.08%	569	0.06%	466	0.05%			966,877
Wexford	5,221	61.43%	3,048	35.86%	229	2.69%	1	0.01%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%			8,499
Totals	1,961,721	56.20%	1,459,435	41.81%	63,321	1.81%	2,437	0.07%	1,603	0.05%	1,210	0.03%	598	0.02%	3,490,325

References

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