See main article: 1972 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1972 United States presidential election in Iowa |
| Country: | Iowa |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1968 United States presidential election in Iowa |
| Previous Year: | 1968 |
| Next Election: | 1976 United States presidential election in Iowa |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1972 |
| Image1: | Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Richard Nixon |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | California |
| Running Mate1: | Spiro Agnew |
| Electoral Vote1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 706,207 |
| Percentage1: | 57.61% |
| Nominee2: | George McGovern |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | South Dakota |
| Running Mate2: | Sargent Shriver |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 496,206 |
| Percentage2: | 40.48% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Richard Nixon |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Richard Nixon |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 280px |
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]
| County[2] | Richard Nixon Republican | George McGovern Democratic | John G. Schmitz American Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 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 | ||||||||||||