See main article: 1972 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1972 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Previous Year: | 1968 |
| Next Election: | 1976 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| 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: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 406,298 |
| Percentage1: | 70.50% |
| Nominee2: | George McGovern |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | South Dakota |
| Running Mate2: | Sargent Shriver |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 169,991 |
| Percentage2: | 29.50% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| 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 Nebraska took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose five[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nebraska was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 70.5% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 29.5% of the popular vote.[3] [4]
In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results,[5] [6] the Democratic nominee did not win a single county in Nebraska. Out of Nixon's three campaigns, this was the only one in which Nebraska was not his strongest state, although he did outperform his past two performances here in popular vote percentage. Instead, Nebraska was his seventh strongest state after Mississippi, Georgia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina.
| County[7] | 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" | % | |||||||
| Adams | 8,841 | 72.47% | 3,359 | 27.53% | 5,482 | 44.94% | 12,200 | ||||||||
| Antelope | 3,228 | 79.14% | 851 | 20.86% | 2,377 | 58.28% | 4,079 | ||||||||
| Arthur | 236 | 83.99% | 45 | 16.01% | 191 | 67.98% | 281 | ||||||||
| Banner | 404 | 80.80% | 96 | 19.20% | 308 | 61.60% | 500 | ||||||||
| Blaine | 343 | 85.96% | 56 | 14.04% | 287 | 71.92% | 399 | ||||||||
| Boone | 2,406 | 73.15% | 883 | 26.85% | 1,523 | 46.30% | 3,289 | ||||||||
| Box Butte | 3,431 | 78.14% | 960 | 21.86% | 2,471 | 56.28% | 4,391 | ||||||||
| Boyd | 1,419 | 73.71% | 506 | 26.29% | 913 | 47.42% | 1,925 | ||||||||
| Brown | 1,462 | 81.58% | 330 | 18.42% | 1,132 | 63.16% | 1,792 | ||||||||
| Buffalo | 8,587 | 74.19% | 2,988 | 25.81% | 5,599 | 48.38% | 11,575 | ||||||||
| Burt | 2,937 | 76.54% | 900 | 23.46% | 2,037 | 53.08% | 3,837 | ||||||||
| Butler | 2,301 | 55.94% | 1,812 | 44.06% | 489 | 11.88% | 4,113 | ||||||||
| Cass | 4,503 | 71.39% | 1,805 | 28.61% | 2,698 | 42.78% | 6,308 | ||||||||
| Cedar | 2,995 | 62.37% | 1,807 | 37.63% | 1,188 | 24.74% | 4,802 | ||||||||
| Chase | 1,318 | 81.11% | 307 | 18.89% | 1,011 | 62.22% | 1,625 | ||||||||
| Cherry | 2,610 | 84.93% | 463 | 15.07% | 2,147 | 69.86% | 3,073 | ||||||||
| Cheyenne | 3,120 | 76.66% | 950 | 23.34% | 2,170 | 53.32% | 4,070 | ||||||||
| Clay | 2,542 | 74.70% | 861 | 25.30% | 1,681 | 49.40% | 3,403 | ||||||||
| Colfax | 2,799 | 71.66% | 1,107 | 28.34% | 1,692 | 43.32% | 3,906 | ||||||||
| Cuming | 3,810 | 78.90% | 1,019 | 21.10% | 2,791 | 57.80% | 4,829 | ||||||||
| Custer | 4,836 | 80.83% | 1,147 | 19.17% | 3,689 | 61.66% | 5,983 | ||||||||
| Dakota | 2,879 | 62.22% | 1,748 | 37.78% | 1,131 | 24.44% | 4,627 | ||||||||
| Dawes | 2,987 | 80.77% | 711 | 19.23% | 2,276 | 61.54% | 3,698 | ||||||||
| Dawson | 6,211 | 81.35% | 1,424 | 18.65% | 4,787 | 62.70% | 7,635 | ||||||||
| Deuel | 1,001 | 81.71% | 224 | 18.29% | 777 | 63.42% | 1,225 | ||||||||
| Dixon | 2,299 | 70.96% | 941 | 29.04% | 1,358 | 41.92% | 3,240 | ||||||||
| Dodge | 9,837 | 72.00% | 3,826 | 28.00% | 6,011 | 44.00% | 13,663 | ||||||||
| Douglas | 101,579 | 67.82% | 48,201 | 32.18% | 53,378 | 35.64% | 149,780 | ||||||||
| Dundy | 1,003 | 81.94% | 221 | 18.06% | 782 | 63.88% | 1,224 | ||||||||
| Fillmore | 2,511 | 66.41% | 1,270 | 33.59% | 1,241 | 32.82% | 3,781 | ||||||||
| Franklin | 1,510 | 71.60% | 599 | 28.40% | 911 | 43.20% | 2,109 | ||||||||
| Frontier | 1,315 | 80.23% | 324 | 19.77% | 991 | 60.46% | 1,639 | ||||||||
| Furnas | 2,282 | 77.15% | 676 | 22.85% | 1,606 | 54.30% | 2,958 | ||||||||
| Gage | 6,298 | 63.71% | 3,588 | 36.29% | 2,710 | 27.42% | 9,886 | ||||||||
| Garden | 1,161 | 85.05% | 204 | 14.95% | 957 | 70.10% | 1,365 | ||||||||
| Garfield | 903 | 81.21% | 209 | 18.79% | 694 | 62.42% | 1,112 | ||||||||
| Gosper | 829 | 77.40% | 242 | 22.60% | 587 | 54.80% | 1,071 | ||||||||
| Grant | 376 | 84.49% | 69 | 15.51% | 307 | 68.98% | 445 | ||||||||
| Greeley | 1,005 | 56.94% | 760 | 43.06% | 245 | 13.88% | 1,765 | ||||||||
| Hall | 10,987 | 72.26% | 4,218 | 27.74% | 6,769 | 44.52% | 15,205 | ||||||||
| Hamilton | 2,960 | 76.55% | 907 | 23.45% | 2,053 | 53.10% | 3,867 | ||||||||
| Harlan | 1,549 | 74.19% | 539 | 25.81% | 1,010 | 48.38% | 2,088 | ||||||||
| Hayes | 486 | 79.80% | 123 | 20.20% | 363 | 59.60% | 609 | ||||||||
| Hitchcock | 1,339 | 78.63% | 364 | 21.37% | 975 | 57.26% | 1,703 | ||||||||
| Holt | 4,147 | 79.75% | 1,053 | 20.25% | 3,094 | 59.50% | 5,200 | ||||||||
| Hooker | 394 | 88.34% | 52 | 11.66% | 342 | 76.68% | 446 | ||||||||
| Howard | 1,691 | 64.15% | 945 | 35.85% | 746 | 28.30% | 2,636 | ||||||||
| Jefferson | 3,008 | 67.08% | 1,476 | 32.92% | 1,532 | 34.16% | 4,484 | ||||||||
| Johnson | 1,637 | 64.10% | 917 | 35.90% | 720 | 28.20% | 2,554 | ||||||||
| Kearney | 2,203 | 74.38% | 759 | 25.62% | 1,444 | 48.76% | 2,962 | ||||||||
| Keith | 2,513 | 79.07% | 665 | 20.93% | 1,848 | 58.14% | 3,178 | ||||||||
| Keya Paha | 563 | 79.41% | 146 | 20.59% | 417 | 58.82% | 709 | ||||||||
| Kimball | 1,650 | 79.06% | 437 | 20.94% | 1,213 | 58.12% | 2,087 | ||||||||
| Knox | 3,318 | 72.02% | 1,289 | 27.98% | 2,029 | 44.04% | 4,607 | ||||||||
| Lancaster | 42,573 | 62.15% | 25,924 | 37.85% | 16,649 | 24.30% | 68,497 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 7,502 | 69.97% | 3,220 | 30.03% | 4,282 | 39.94% | 10,722 | ||||||||
| Logan | 320 | 81.42% | 73 | 18.58% | 247 | 62.84% | 393 | ||||||||
| Loup | 345 | 85.61% | 58 | 14.39% | 287 | 71.22% | 403 | ||||||||
| Madison | 8,580 | 79.42% | 2,224 | 20.58% | 6,356 | 58.84% | 10,804 | ||||||||
| McPherson | 247 | 85.47% | 42 | 14.53% | 205 | 70.94% | 289 | ||||||||
| Merrick | 2,418 | 73.16% | 887 | 26.84% | 1,531 | 46.32% | 3,305 | ||||||||
| Morrill | 1,740 | 76.99% | 520 | 23.01% | 1,220 | 53.98% | 2,260 | ||||||||
| Nance | 1,413 | 68.79% | 641 | 31.21% | 772 | 37.58% | 2,054 | ||||||||
| Nemaha | 2,600 | 74.10% | 909 | 25.90% | 1,691 | 48.20% | 3,509 | ||||||||
| Nuckolls | 2,089 | 67.65% | 999 | 32.35% | 1,090 | 35.30% | 3,088 | ||||||||
| Otoe | 4,815 | 73.70% | 1,718 | 26.30% | 3,097 | 47.40% | 6,533 | ||||||||
| Pawnee | 1,299 | 71.26% | 524 | 28.74% | 775 | 42.52% | 1,823 | ||||||||
| Perkins | 1,165 | 76.70% | 354 | 23.30% | 811 | 53.40% | 1,519 | ||||||||
| Phelps | 3,356 | 82.03% | 735 | 17.97% | 2,621 | 64.06% | 4,091 | ||||||||
| Pierce | 2,451 | 78.96% | 653 | 21.04% | 1,798 | 57.92% | 3,104 | ||||||||
| Platte | 7,871 | 73.38% | 2,855 | 26.62% | 5,016 | 46.76% | 10,726 | ||||||||
| Polk | 2,050 | 71.25% | 827 | 28.75% | 1,223 | 42.50% | 2,877 | ||||||||
| Red Willow | 3,701 | 79.90% | 931 | 20.10% | 2,770 | 59.80% | 4,632 | ||||||||
| Richardson | 3,662 | 70.83% | 1,508 | 29.17% | 2,154 | 41.66% | 5,170 | ||||||||
| Rock | 937 | 87.16% | 138 | 12.84% | 799 | 74.32% | 1,075 | ||||||||
| Saline | 2,828 | 51.59% | 2,654 | 48.41% | 174 | 3.18% | 5,482 | ||||||||
| Sarpy | 11,514 | 74.68% | 3,904 | 25.32% | 7,610 | 49.36% | 15,418 | ||||||||
| Saunders | 4,282 | 63.13% | 2,501 | 36.87% | 1,781 | 26.26% | 6,783 | ||||||||
| Scotts Bluff | 8,649 | 75.78% | 2,764 | 24.22% | 5,885 | 51.56% | 11,413 | ||||||||
| Seward | 3,707 | 63.98% | 2,087 | 36.02% | 1,620 | 27.96% | 5,794 | ||||||||
| Sheridan | 2,386 | 83.22% | 481 | 16.78% | 1,905 | 66.44% | 2,867 | ||||||||
| Sherman | 1,099 | 57.54% | 811 | 42.46% | 288 | 15.08% | 1,910 | ||||||||
| Sioux | 639 | 83.20% | 129 | 16.80% | 510 | 66.40% | 768 | ||||||||
| Stanton | 1,662 | 77.66% | 478 | 22.34% | 1,184 | 55.32% | 2,140 | ||||||||
| Thayer | 2,274 | 69.93% | 978 | 30.07% | 1,296 | 39.86% | 3,252 | ||||||||
| Thomas | 397 | 84.47% | 73 | 15.53% | 324 | 68.94% | 470 | ||||||||
| Thurston | 1,565 | 65.07% | 840 | 34.93% | 725 | 30.14% | 2,405 | ||||||||
| Valley | 2,011 | 72.29% | 771 | 27.71% | 1,240 | 44.58% | 2,782 | ||||||||
| Washington | 4,290 | 75.38% | 1,401 | 24.62% | 2,889 | 50.76% | 5,691 | ||||||||
| Wayne | 2,659 | 74.67% | 902 | 25.33% | 1,757 | 49.34% | 3,561 | ||||||||
| Webster | 1,631 | 70.09% | 696 | 29.91% | 935 | 40.18% | 2,327 | ||||||||
| Wheeler | 361 | 81.12% | 84 | 18.88% | 277 | 62.24% | 445 | ||||||||
| York | 4,651 | 77.92% | 1,318 | 22.08% | 3,333 | 55.84% | 5,969 | ||||||||
| Totals | 406,298 | 70.50% | 169,991 | 29.50% | 236,307 | 41.00% | 576,289 | ||||||||