1972 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

See main article: 1972 United States presidential election.

Election Name:	1972 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1968 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	1968
Next Election:	1976 United States presidential election in Kansas
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:	7
Popular Vote1:	619,812
Percentage1:	67.66%
Nominee2:	George McGovern
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	South Dakota
Running Mate2:	Sargent Shriver
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	270,287
Percentage2:	29.50%
Map Size:	300px
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 Kansas took place on November 7, 1972. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

Kansas was won by incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon by a landslide of 38 points; Nixon succeeded in securing re-election against Democratic Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. Nixon ran with Vice President, and former Maryland Governor, Spiro Agnew for vice president, and McGovern ran with United States Ambassador Sargent Shriver for vice president. In the midst of a nationwide Republican landslide, Nixon took 67.66 percent of Kansas’ vote to McGovern's 29.50 percent.

Kansas voters turned out heavily for Nixon, who won every county in the state, making it the last time any presidential candidate has won every single county in the state.^[1] McGovern's loss was heavily influenced by his portrayal as a left-wing extremist by the Republican Party throughout the campaign., this is the last election that the Republican presidential nominee carried Wyandotte County, home to Kansas City.^[2]

Results

Results by county

County^[3]	Richard Nixon Republican		George McGovern Democratic		John G. Schmitz Conservative		E. Harold Munn Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Allen		3,938		69.47%		1,610		28.40%		88		1.55%		33		0.58%		2,328		41.07%		5,669
	Anderson		2,718		70.86%		1,035		26.98%		69		1.80%		14		0.36%		1,683		43.88%		3,836
	Atchison		5,471		67.83%		2,404		29.80%		159		1.97%		32		0.40%		3,067		38.03%		8,066
	Barber		2,308		74.26%		727		23.39%		64		2.07%		9		0.29%		1,581		50.87%		3,108
	Barton		8,479		68.87%		3,481		28.27%		313		2.54%		39		0.32%		4,998		40.60%		12,312
	Bourbon		4,776		70.09%		1,912		28.06%		79		1.16%		47		0.69%		2,864		42.03%		6,814
	Brown		4,314		78.92%		1,038		18.99%		97		1.77%		17		0.31%		3,276		59.93%		5,466
	Butler		11,045		67.39%		4,669		28.49%		578		3.53%		97		0.59%		6,376		38.90%		16,389
	Chase		1,184		76.04%		315		20.23%		47		3.02%		11		0.71%		869		55.81%		1,557
	Chautauqua		1,546		78.00%		378		19.07%		55		2.77%		3		0.15%		1,168		58.93%		1,982
	Cherokee		6,019		67.03%		2,806		31.25%		128		1.43%		27		0.30%		3,213		35.78%		8,980
	Cheyenne		1,440		75.51%		399		20.92%		62		3.25%		6		0.31%		1,041		54.59%		1,907
	Clark		1,142		76.03%		311		20.71%		36		2.40%		13		0.87%		831		55.32%		1,502
	Clay		3,562		78.42%		887		19.53%		46		1.01%		47		1.03%		2,675		58.89%		4,542
	Cloud		3,832		66.38%		1,806		31.28%		95		1.65%		40		0.69%		2,026		35.10%		5,773
	Coffey		2,667		75.70%		782		22.20%		54		1.53%		20		0.57%		1,885		53.50%		3,523
	Comanche		1,052		77.18%		281		20.62%		23		1.69%		7		0.51%		771		56.56%		1,363
	Cowley		10,332		70.51%		3,592		24.51%		641		4.37%		88		0.60%		6,740		46.00%		14,653
	Crawford		9,652		58.02%		6,683		40.17%		230		1.38%		72		0.43%		2,969		17.85%		16,637
	Decatur		1,707		70.22%		616		25.34%		92		3.78%		16		0.66%		1,091		44.88%		2,431
	Dickinson		6,515		75.34%		1,957		22.63%		132		1.53%		43		0.50%		4,558		52.71%		8,647
	Doniphan		2,856		78.40%		690		18.94%		88		2.42%		9		0.25%		2,166		59.46%		3,643
	Douglas		15,316		55.64%		11,646		42.31%		484		1.76%		81		0.29%		3,670		13.33%		27,527
	Edwards		1,534		64.54%		757		31.85%		75		3.16%		11		0.46%		777		32.69%		2,377
	Elk		1,522		76.02%		428		21.38%		47		2.35%		5		0.25%		1,094		54.64%		2,002
	Ellis		5,463		55.67%		4,113		41.91%		206		2.10%		31		0.32%		1,350		13.76%		9,813
	Ellsworth		2,087		65.20%		1,028		32.11%		68		2.12%		18		0.56%		1,059		33.09%		3,201
	Finney		4,335		65.66%		2,062		31.23%		175		2.65%		30		0.45%		2,273		34.43%		6,602
	Ford		6,232		67.12%		2,804		30.20%		200		2.15%		49		0.53%		3,428		36.92%		9,285
	Franklin		6,011		72.71%		2,056		24.87%		161		1.95%		39		0.47%		3,955		47.84%		8,267
	Geary		4,299		70.02%		1,708		27.82%		95		1.55%		38		0.62%		2,591		42.20%		6,140
	Gove		1,226		69.86%		466		26.55%		53		3.05%		10		0.58%		760		43.31%		1,755
	Graham		1,440		73.32%		488		24.85%		27		1.37%		9		0.46%		952		48.47%		1,964
	Grant		1,469		73.19%		476		23.72%		47		2.34%		15		0.75%		993		49.47%		2,007
	Gray		1,235		69.15%		511		28.61%		37		2.07%		3		0.17%		724		40.54%		1,786
	Greeley		639		68.49%		212		22.72%		76		8.15%		6		0.64%		427		45.77%		933
	Greenwood		3,157		74.49%		951		22.44%		99		2.34%		31		0.73%		2,206		52.05%		4,238
	Hamilton		941		67.26%		394		28.16%		53		3.79%		11		0.79%		547		39.10%		1,399
	Harper		2,628		75.71%		729		21.00%		89		2.56%		25		0.72%		1,899		54.71%		3,471
	Harvey		8,287		67.23%		3,555		28.84%		421		3.42%		64		0.52%		4,732		38.39%		12,327
	Haskell		1,036		71.55%		383		26.45%		21		1.45%		8		0.55%		653		45.10%		1,448
	Hodgeman		853		68.40%		331		26.54%		49		3.93%		14		1.12%		522		41.86%		1,247
	Jackson		3,363		71.98%		1,191		25.49%		100		2.14%		18		0.39%		2,172		46.49%		4,672
	Jefferson		3,679		72.69%		1,237		24.44%		113		2.23%		32		0.63%		2,442		48.25%		5,061
	Jewell		2,242		74.04%		716		23.65%		56		1.85%		14		0.46%		1,526		50.39%		3,028
	Johnson		76,161		74.14%		24,324		23.68%		1,923		1.87%		319		0.31%		51,837		50.46%		102,727
	Kearny		876		70.87%		325		26.29%		27		2.18%		8		0.65%		551		44.58%		1,236
	Kingman		2,756		68.90%		1,107		27.68%		121		3.03%		16		0.40%		1,649		41.22%		4,000
	Kiowa		1,559		76.35%		406		19.88%		54		2.64%		23		1.13%		1,153		56.47%		2,042
	Labette		6,399		64.76%		3,210		32.49%		234		2.37%		38		0.38%		3,189		32.27%		9,881
	Lane		943		73.21%		294		22.83%		41		3.18%		10		0.78%		649		50.38%		1,288
	Leavenworth		10,762		67.70%		4,727		29.74%		368		2.31%		40		0.25%		6,035		37.96%		15,897
	Lincoln		1,649		75.57%		476		21.81%		54		2.47%		3		0.14%		1,173		53.76%		2,182
	Linn		2,593		73.41%		876		24.80%		48		1.36%		15		0.42%		1,717		48.61%		3,532
	Logan		1,164		69.99%		428		25.74%		68		4.09%		3		0.18%		736		44.25%		1,663
	Lyon		9,157		69.67%		3,720		28.30%		234		1.78%		32		0.24%		5,437		41.37%		13,143
	Marion		4,373		72.17%		1,478		24.39%		194		3.20%		14		0.23%		2,895		47.78%		6,059
	Marshall		4,127		67.68%		1,823		29.90%		139		2.28%		9		0.15%		2,304		37.78%		6,098
	McPherson		7,457		70.56%		2,858		27.04%		189		1.79%		65		0.62%		4,599		43.52%		10,569
	Meade		1,712		74.56%		526		22.91%		46		2.00%		12		0.52%		1,186		51.65%		2,296
	Miami		5,234		69.04%		2,140		28.23%		190		1.97%		17		0.18%		3,094		40.81%		7,581
	Mitchell		2,830		71.59%		1,030		26.06%		82		2.07%		11		0.28%		1,800		45.53%		3,953
	Montgomery		11,717		73.66%		3,685		23.17%		459		2.89%		46		0.29%		8,032		50.49%		15,907
	Morris		2,471		76.12%		704		21.69%		62		1.91%		9		0.28%		1,767		54.43%		3,246
	Morton		1,165		72.68%		363		22.65%		66		4.12%		9		0.56%		802		50.03%		1,603
	Nemaha		3,422		64.06%		1,777		33.26%		136		2.55%		7		0.13%		1,645		30.80%		5,342
	Neosho		5,034		65.06%		2,559		33.07%		131		1.69%		14		0.18%		2,475		31.99%		7,738
	Ness		1,539		68.37%		652		28.96%		49		2.18%		11		0.49%		887		39.41%		2,251
	Norton		2,688		75.80%		776		21.88%		75		2.12%		7		0.20%		1,912		53.92%		3,546
	Osage		4,073		71.11%		1,522		26.57%		119		2.08%		14		0.24%		2,551		44.54%		5,728
	Osborne		2,182		73.42%		724		24.36%		51		1.72%		15		0.50%		1,458		49.06%		2,972
	Ottawa		2,065		72.94%		705		24.90%		48		1.70%		13		0.46%		1,360		48.04%		2,831
	Pawnee		2,370		65.83%		1,110		30.83%		98		2.72%		22		0.61%		1,260		35.00%		3,600
	Phillips		2,919		76.15%		827		21.58%		80		2.09%		7		0.18%		2,092		54.57%		3,833
	Pottawatomie		3,947		73.51%		1,298		24.18%		116		2.16%		8		0.15%		2,649		49.33%		5,369
	Pratt		3,253		71.20%		1,214		26.57%		80		1.75%		22		0.48%		2,039		44.63%		4,569
	Rawlins		1,553		70.46%		560		25.41%		87		3.95%		4		0.18%		993		45.05%		2,204
	Reno		15,714		63.81%		8,183		33.23%		500		2.03%		231		0.94%		7,531		30.58%		24,628
	Republic		2,921		71.80%		1,059		26.03%		65		1.60%		23		0.57%		1,862		45.77%		4,068
	Rice		3,843		66.22%		1,825		31.45%		101		1.74%		34		0.59%		2,018		34.77%		5,803
	Riley		11,120		66.16%		5,333		31.73%		310		1.84%		46		0.27%		5,787		34.43%		16,809
	Rooks		2,457		71.74%		904		26.39%		55		1.61%		9		0.26%		1,553		45.35%		3,425
	Rush		1,639		65.25%		806		32.09%		49		1.95%		18		0.72%		833		33.16%		2,512
	Russell		3,168		73.81%		1,011		23.56%		99		2.26%		14		0.32%		2,157		50.25%		4,292
	Saline		12,592		68.74%		5,406		29.51%		260		1.42%		61		0.33%		7,186		39.23%		18,319
	Scott		1,547		74.30%		449		21.57%		68		3.27%		18		0.86%		1,098		52.73%		2,082
	Sedgwick		83,949		65.74%		39,220		30.71%		3,897		3.05%		635		0.50%		44,729		35.03%		127,701
	Seward		3,866		77.27%		989		19.77%		126		2.52%		22		0.44%		2,877		57.50%		5,003
	Shawnee		43,727		66.75%		20,383		31.12%		1,179		1.80%		217		0.33%		23,344		35.63%		65,506
	Sheridan		1,134		64.40%		552		31.35%		69		3.92%		6		0.34%		582		33.05%		1,761
	Sherman		2,225		69.92%		785		24.67%		164		5.15%		8		0.25%		1,440		45.25%		3,182
	Smith		2,600		74.26%		818		23.36%		63		1.80%		20		0.57%		1,782		50.90%		3,501
	Stafford		2,200		70.35%		844		26.99%		59		1.89%		24		0.77%		1,356		43.36%		3,127
	Stanton		754		71.54%		259		24.57%		37		3.51%		4		0.38%		495		46.97%		1,054
	Stevens		1,392		74.48%		408		21.83%		58		3.10%		11		0.59%		984		52.65%		1,869
	Sumner		6,941		68.08%		2,685		26.34%		522		5.12%		47		0.46%		4,256		41.74%		10,195
	Thomas		2,300		67.73%		943		27.77%		144		4.24%		9		0.27%		1,357		39.96%		3,396
	Trego		1,369		66.91%		621		30.35%		49		2.39%		7		0.34%		748		36.56%		2,046
	Wabaunsee		2,461		76.83%		662		20.67%		72		2.25%		8		0.25%		1,799		56.16%		3,203
	Wallace		782		73.22%		214		20.04%		69		6.46%		3		0.28%		568		53.18%		1,068
	Washington		3,301		75.13%		996		22.67%		79		1.80%		18		0.41%		2,305		52.46%		4,394
	Wichita		794		69.89%		288		25.35%		51		4.49%		3		0.26%		506		44.54%		1,136
	Wilson		3,568		74.80%		1,043		21.87%		136		2.85%		23		0.48%		2,525		52.93%		4,770
	Woodson		1,592		72.59%		550		25.08%		43		1.96%		8		0.36%		1,042		47.51%		2,193
	Wyandotte		34,157		52.70%		28,206		43.52%		1,887		2.91%		566		0.87%		5,951		9.18%		64,816
Totals	619,812	67.66%	270,287	29.50%	21,808	2.38%	4,188	0.46%	349,525	38.16%	916,095

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Wyandotte

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1972 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas. Uselections.org. May 31, 2015.
2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
3. Web site: Our Campaigns. KS US President Race, November 07, 1972.