1972 United States presidential election in Georgia explained

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Election Name:	1972 United States presidential election in Georgia
Country:	Georgia (U.S. state)
Flag Year:	1956
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1968 United States presidential election in Georgia
Previous Year:	1968
Next Election:	1976 United States presidential election in Georgia
Next Year:	1976
Election Date:	November 7, 1972^[1]
Image1:	Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg
Nominee1:	Richard Nixon
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	California
Running Mate1:	Spiro Agnew
Electoral Vote1:	12
Popular Vote1:	881,496
Percentage1:	75.04%
Nominee2:	George McGovern
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	South Dakota
Running Mate2:	Sargent Shriver
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	289,529
Percentage2:	24.65%
Map Size:	290px
President
Before Election:	Richard Nixon
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Richard Nixon
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Georgia was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 75.04% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 24.65% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]} This made Georgia, even amidst a Republican landslide, 26% more Republican than the nation at-large and made it Nixon's second strongest state in the 1972 election.^[5]

90% of white voters supported Nixon while 10% supported McGovern.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time the following counties have ever voted Republican: Calhoun, Clay, Fulton (which contains the state's capital and largest city, Atlanta), Macon, Stewart, Talbot, Taliaferro, and Warren as well as the only time Hancock voted Republican.^[6] This was the first time any candidate had swept every Georgia county.^[7]

Results

Results by county

County^[8]	Richard Nixon Republican		George McGovern Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Appling		2,755		84.33%		512		15.67%		2,243		68.66%		3,267
	Atkinson		924		74.94%		309		25.06%		615		49.88%		1,233
	Bacon		1,771		90.22%		192		9.78%		1,579		80.44%		1,963
	Baker		965		73.66%		345		26.34%		620		47.32%		1,310
	Baldwin		4,826		77.08%		1,435		22.92%		3,391		54.16%		6,261
	Banks		1,336		78.96%		356		21.04%		980		57.92%		1,692
	Barrow		3,423		79.79%		867		20.21%		2,556		59.58%		4,290
	Bartow		4,836		75.26%		1,590		24.74%		3,246		50.52%		6,426
	Ben Hill		2,104		74.96%		703		25.04%		1,401		49.92%		2,807
	Berrien		2,285		86.03%		371		13.97%		1,914		72.06%		2,656
	Bibb		27,402		72.87%		10,201		27.13%		17,201		45.74%		37,603
	Bleckley		2,308		85.96%		377		14.04%		1,931		71.92%		2,685
	Brantley		1,587		82.44%		338		17.56%		1,249		64.88%		1,925
	Brooks		2,430		79.08%		643		20.92%		1,787		58.16%		3,073
	Bryan		1,409		84.27%		263		15.73%		1,146		68.54%		1,672
	Bulloch		5,683		78.85%		1,524		21.15%		4,159		57.70%		7,207
	Burke		2,846		72.90%		1,058		27.10%		1,788		45.80%		3,904
	Butts		1,968		73.02%		727		26.98%		1,241		46.04%		2,695
	Calhoun		892		64.31%		495		35.69%		397		28.62%		1,387
	Camden		2,380		75.97%		753		24.03%		1,627		51.94%		3,133
	Candler		1,427		85.71%		238		14.29%		1,189		71.42%		1,665
	Carroll		8,296		79.36%		2,158		20.64%		6,138		58.72%		10,454
	Catoosa		6,008		87.05%		894		12.95%		5,114		74.10%		6,902
	Charlton		1,244		80.05%		310		19.95%		934		60.10%		1,554
	Chatham		38,079		70.98%		15,566		29.02%		22,513		41.96%		53,645
	Chattahoochee		345		74.03%		121		25.97%		224		48.06%		466
	Chattooga		3,188		77.55%		923		22.45%		2,265		55.10%		4,111
	Cherokee		5,509		82.62%		1,159		17.38%		4,350		65.24%		6,668
	Clarke		11,465		65.31%		6,090		34.69%		5,375		30.62%		17,555
	Clay		632		69.07%		283		30.93%		349		38.14%		915
	Clayton		23,681		86.36%		3,740		13.64%		19,941		72.72%		27,421
	Clinch		1,127		82.50%		239		17.50%		888		65.00%		1,366
	Cobb		43,977		85.12%		7,688		14.88%		36,289		70.24%		51,665
	Coffee		3,934		86.63%		607		13.37%		3,327		73.26%		4,541
	Colquitt		6,900		88.12%		930		11.88%		5,970		76.24%		7,830
	Columbia		4,839		83.65%		946		16.35%		3,893		67.30%		5,785
	Cook		2,135		80.26%		525		19.74%		1,610		60.52%		2,660
	Coweta		5,751		78.66%		1,560		21.34%		4,191		57.32%		7,311
	Crawford		1,167		69.51%		512		30.49%		655		39.02%		1,679
	Crisp		3,623		84.16%		682		15.84%		2,941		68.32%		4,305
	Dade		2,110		93.45%		148		6.55%		1,962		86.90%		2,258
	Dawson		828		78.26%		230		21.74%		598		56.52%		1,058
	Decatur		4,292		78.21%		1,196		21.79%		3,096		56.42%		5,488
	DeKalb		104,750		77.35%		30,671		22.65%		74,079		54.70%		135,421
	Dodge		4,346		83.10%		884		16.90%		3,462		66.20%		5,230
	Dooly		1,904		76.34%		590		23.66%		1,314		52.68%		2,494
	Dougherty		12,878		78.03%		3,625		21.97%		9,253		56.06%		16,503
	Douglas		6,610		87.07%		982		12.93%		5,628		74.14%		7,592
	Early		2,396		82.37%		513		17.63%		1,883		64.74%		2,909
	Echols		404		85.59%		68		14.41%		336		71.18%		472
	Effingham		3,175		86.47%		497		13.53%		2,678		72.94%		3,672
	Elbert		2,875		76.48%		884		23.52%		1,991		52.96%		3,759
	Emanuel		3,684		80.09%		916		19.91%		2,768		60.18%		4,600
	Evans		1,666		81.63%		375		18.37%		1,291		63.26%		2,041
	Fannin		3,783		79.95%		949		20.05%		2,834		59.90%		4,732
	Fayette		3,401		88.31%		450		11.69%		2,951		76.62%		3,851
	Floyd		15,485		82.12%		3,372		17.88%		12,113		64.24%		18,857
	Forsyth		2,968		84.39%		549		15.61%		2,419		68.78%		3,517
	Franklin		2,022		82.30%		435		17.70%		1,587		64.60%		2,457
	Fulton		96,256		56.43%		74,329		43.57%		21,927		12.86%		170,585
	Gilmer		2,729		78.04%		768		21.96%		1,961		56.08%		3,497
	Glascock		578		93.38%		41		6.62%		537		86.76%		619
	Glynn		9,443		75.88%		3,002		24.12%		6,441		51.76%		12,445
	Gordon		4,344		83.31%		870		16.69%		3,474		66.62%		5,214
	Grady		3,732		81.02%		874		18.98%		2,858		62.04%		4,606
	Greene		1,679		64.63%		919		35.37%		760		29.26%		2,598
	Gwinnett		18,181		86.26%		2,896		13.74%		15,285		72.52%		21,077
	Habersham		971		84.95%		172		15.05%		799		69.90%		1,143
	Hall		10,686		81.41%		2,440		18.59%		8,246		62.82%		13,126
	Hancock		1,595		51.50%		1,502		48.50%		93		3.00%		3,097
	Haralson		3,460		81.85%		767		18.15%		2,693		63.70%		4,227
	Harris		2,617		78.87%		701		21.13%		1,916		57.74%		3,318
	Hart		2,308		74.64%		784		25.36%		1,524		49.28%		3,092
	Heard		1,239		81.78%		276		18.22%		963		63.56%		1,515
	Henry		5,155		77.93%		1,460		22.07%		3,695		55.86%		6,615
	Houston		13,576		84.16%		2,556		15.84%		11,020		68.32%		16,132
	Irwin		1,851		84.68%		335		15.32%		1,516		69.36%		2,186
	Jackson		4,124		79.63%		1,055		20.37%		3,069		59.26%		5,179
	Jasper		1,289		73.57%		463		26.43%		826		47.14%		1,752
	Jeff Davis		1,857		86.01%		302		13.99%		1,555		72.02%		2,159
	Jefferson		2,777		70.11%		1,184		29.89%		1,593		40.22%		3,961
	Jenkins		1,769		78.52%		484		21.48%		1,285		57.04%		2,253
	Johnson		2,201		84.07%		417		15.93%		1,784		68.14%		2,618
	Jones		2,483		74.25%		861		25.75%		1,622		48.50%		3,344
	Lamar		1,844		73.47%		666		26.53%		1,178		46.94%		2,510
	Lanier		850		81.50%		193		18.50%		657		63.00%		1,043
	Laurens		7,350		77.53%		2,130		22.47%		5,220		55.06%		9,480
	Lee		1,441		78.70%		390		21.30%		1,051		57.40%		1,831
	Liberty		2,337		65.76%		1,217		34.24%		1,120		31.52%		3,554
	Lincoln		1,246		78.56%		340		21.44%		906		57.12%		1,586
	Long		764		76.40%		236		23.60%		528		52.80%		1,000
	Lowndes		7,812		79.50%		2,015		20.50%		5,797		59.00%		9,827
	Lumpkin		1,477		79.32%		385		20.68%		1,092		58.64%		1,862
	Macon		2,005		70.55%		837		29.45%		1,168		41.10%		2,842
	Madison		2,606		82.00%		572		18.00%		2,034		64.00%		3,178
	Marion		850		83.83%		164		16.17%		686		67.66%		1,014
	McDuffie		2,990		75.01%		996		24.99%		1,994		50.02%		3,986
	McIntosh		1,367		62.14%		833		37.86%		534		24.28%		2,200
	Meriwether		3,420		73.82%		1,213		26.18%		2,207		47.64%		4,633
	Miller		1,269		91.49%		118		8.51%		1,151		82.98%		1,387
	Mitchell		2,400		68.18%		1,120		31.82%		1,280		36.36%		3,520
	Monroe		2,181		73.43%		789		26.57%		1,392		46.86%		2,970
	Montgomery		1,370		80.26%		337		19.74%		1,033		60.52%		1,707
	Morgan		2,007		75.03%		668		24.97%		1,339		50.06%		2,675
	Murray		2,643		80.41%		644		19.59%		1,999		60.82%		3,287
	Muscogee		28,449		77.55%		8,234		22.45%		20,215		55.10%		36,683
	Newton		4,647		77.10%		1,380		22.90%		3,267		54.20%		6,027
	Oconee		2,029		81.39%		464		18.61%		1,565		62.78%		2,493
	Oglethorpe		1,712		84.00%		326		16.00%		1,386		68.00%		2,038
	Paulding		2,814		73.70%		1,004		26.30%		1,810		47.40%		3,818
	Peach		3,747		60.83%		2,413		39.17%		1,334		21.66%		6,160
	Pickens		2,101		80.16%		520		19.84%		1,581		60.32%		2,621
	Pierce		1,982		88.05%		269		11.95%		1,713		76.10%		2,251
	Pike		1,432		77.20%		423		22.80%		1,009		54.40%		1,855
	Polk		4,929		78.91%		1,317		21.09%		3,612		57.82%		6,246
	Pulaski		1,966		81.58%		444		18.42%		1,522		63.16%		2,410
	Putnam		1,963		76.47%		604		23.53%		1,359		52.94%		2,567
	Quitman		502		78.19%		140		21.81%		362		56.38%		642
	Rabun		1,477		80.14%		366		19.86%		1,111		60.28%		1,843
	Randolph		1,603		66.76%		798		33.24%		805		33.52%		2,401
	Richmond		24,362		72.55%		9,219		27.45%		15,143		45.10%		33,581
	Rockdale		3,560		81.82%		791		18.18%		2,769		63.64%		4,351
	Schley		694		81.07%		162		18.93%		532		62.14%		856
	Screven		2,402		80.69%		575		19.31%		1,827		61.38%		2,977
	Seminole		1,851		83.12%		376		16.88%		1,475		66.24%		2,227
	Spalding		7,183		80.84%		1,702		19.16%		5,481		61.68%		8,885
	Stephens		3,773		81.24%		871		18.76%		2,902		62.48%		4,644
	Stewart		1,020		74.29%		353		25.71%		667		48.58%		1,373
	Sumter		4,533		78.14%		1,268		21.86%		3,265		56.28%		5,801
	Talbot		990		66.09%		508		33.91%		482		32.18%		1,498
	Taliaferro		585		61.13%		372		38.87%		213		22.26%		957
	Tattnall		2,892		85.46%		492		14.54%		2,400		70.92%		3,384
	Taylor		1,580		75.45%		514		24.55%		1,066		50.90%		2,094
	Telfair		2,245		76.57%		687		23.43%		1,558		53.14%		2,932
	Terrell		2,057		74.99%		686		25.01%		1,371		49.98%		2,743
	Thomas		6,668		75.44%		2,171		24.56%		4,497		50.88%		8,839
	Tift		4,591		84.91%		816		15.09%		3,775		69.82%		5,407
	Toombs		4,080		85.80%		675		14.20%		3,405		71.60%		4,755
	Towns		1,573		79.56%		404		20.44%		1,169		59.12%		1,977
	Treutlen		1,346		86.50%		210		13.50%		1,136		73.00%		1,556
	Troup		8,350		80.24%		2,056		19.76%		6,294		60.48%		10,406
	Turner		2,120		82.91%		437		17.09%		1,683		65.82%		2,557
	Twiggs		1,363		55.05%		1,113		44.95%		250		10.10%		2,476
	Union		2,317		75.74%		742		24.26%		1,575		51.48%		3,059
	Upson		4,892		84.52%		896		15.48%		3,996		69.04%		5,788
	Walker		8,728		84.72%		1,574		15.28%		7,154		69.44%		10,302
	Walton		3,994		77.80%		1,140		22.20%		2,854		55.60%		5,134
	Ware		6,578		79.23%		1,724		20.77%		4,854		58.46%		8,302
	Warren		1,175		71.21%		475		28.79%		700		42.42%		1,650
	Washington		3,901		75.79%		1,246		24.21%		2,655		51.58%		5,147
	Wayne		3,677		83.38%		733		16.62%		2,944		66.76%		4,410
	Webster		483		81.73%		108		18.27%		375		63.46%		591
	Wheeler		1,093		78.80%		294		21.20%		799		57.60%		1,387
	White		1,537		81.76%		343		18.24%		1,194		63.52%		1,880
	Whitfield		8,591		81.46%		1,955		18.54%		6,636		62.92%		10,546
	Wilcox		1,863		85.54%		315		14.46%		1,548		71.08%		2,178
	Wilkes		2,195		77.26%		646		22.74%		1,549		54.52%		2,841
	Wilkinson		2,196		74.52%		751		25.48%		1,445		49.04%		2,947
	Worth		2,942		84.44%		542		15.56%		2,400		68.88%		3,484
Totals	881,496	75.04%	289,529	24.65%	591,967	50.39%	1,174,772

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• • Chatham Fulton
• Greene
• Hancock
  • Liberty McIntosh
• Taliaferro

Works cited

• Book: Black . Earl . Earl Black (political scientist) . Black . Merle . Merle Black . The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected . . 1992 . 0674941306.

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1972 - Encyclopædia Britannica. January 20, 2017.
2. Web site: 1972 Election for the Forty-Seventh Term (1973-77). January 20, 2017.
3. Web site: 1972 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia. January 20, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project - Election of 1972. January 20, 2017.
5. Web site: 1972 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
6. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
7. Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 425
8. Book: Fortson, Jr., Ben W. . Official state of Georgia tabulation by counties for Presidential Electors, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representatives, state officers and constitutional amendments, General Election November 7, 1972 . Georgia Secretary of State . 1972 . Report . PDF . Digital Library of Georgia.