See main article: 1972 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1972 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
| Country: | Wyoming |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1968 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
| Previous Year: | 1968 |
| Next Election: | 1976 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
| 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: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 100,464 |
| Percentage1: | 69.01% |
| Nominee2: | George McGovern |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | South Dakota |
| Running Mate2: | Sargent Shriver |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 44,358 |
| Percentage2: | 30.47% |
| Map Size: | 280px |
| 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 Wyoming took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wyoming 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 South Dakota and his running mate U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland.
Nixon carried Wyoming with 69.01 percent of the vote to McGovern's 30.47 percent, a victory margin of 38.54 points.[1] In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results, the Democratic nominee did not win a single county in Wyoming, making Nixon the first Republican to carry Sweetwater County and thus to sweep all of Wyoming's counties since Warren G. Harding in 1920.[2]
| County | Richard Nixon Republican | George McGovern Democratic | John G. Schmitz Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 7,021 | 58.92% | 4,873 | 40.89% | 23 | 0.19% | 2,148 | 18.03% | 11,917 | ||||||||||
| Big Horn | 3,244 | 75.44% | 1,049 | 24.40% | 7 | 0.16% | 2,195 | 51.04% | 4,300 | ||||||||||
| Campbell | 2,953 | 78.64% | 783 | 20.85% | 19 | 0.51% | 2,170 | 57.79% | 3,755 | ||||||||||
| 4,037 | 63.69% | 2,292 | 36.16% | 10 | 0.16% | 1,745 | 27.53% | 6,339 | |||||||||||
| 2,312 | 77.06% | 682 | 22.73% | 6 | 0.20% | 1,630 | 54.33% | 3,000 | |||||||||||
| 1,760 | 83.41% | 339 | 16.07% | 11 | 0.52% | 1,421 | 67.34% | 2,110 | |||||||||||
| 7,359 | 69.12% | 3,248 | 30.51% | 40 | 0.38% | 4,111 | 38.61% | 10,647 | |||||||||||
| 3,629 | 70.27% | 1,515 | 29.34% | 20 | 0.39% | 2,114 | 40.93% | 5,164 | |||||||||||
| 1,678 | 70.89% | 689 | 29.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 989 | 40.78% | 2,367 | |||||||||||
| 2,203 | 83.13% | 436 | 16.45% | 11 | 0.42% | 1,767 | 66.68% | 2,650 | |||||||||||
| 15,010 | 65.67% | 7,791 | 34.09% | 54 | 0.24% | 7,219 | 31.58% | 22,855 | |||||||||||
| 2,459 | 67.08% | 969 | 26.43% | 238 | 6.49% | 1,490 | 40.65% | 3,666 | |||||||||||
| 15,649 | 70.49% | 6,514 | 29.34% | 37 | 0.16% | 9,135 | 41.15% | 22,200 | |||||||||||
| 1,245 | 81.00% | 289 | 18.80% | 3 | 0.20% | 956 | 62.20% | 1,537 | |||||||||||
| 5,890 | 74.79% | 1,950 | 24.76% | 35 | 0.44% | 3,940 | 50.03% | 7,875 | |||||||||||
| 2,200 | 70.35% | 925 | 29.58% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,275 | 40.77% | 3,127 | |||||||||||
| 6,432 | 69.03% | 2,874 | 30.84% | 12 | 0.13% | 3,558 | 38.19% | 9,318 | |||||||||||
| 1,348 | 81.55% | 304 | 18.39% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,044 | 63.16% | 1,653 | |||||||||||
| 5,175 | 58.05% | 3,713 | 41.65% | 27 | 0.30% | 1,462 | 16.40% | 8,915 | |||||||||||
| 2,182 | 70.03% | 810 | 25.99% | 124 | 3.98% | 1,372 | 44.04% | 3,116 | |||||||||||
| 2,011 | 67.03% | 968 | 32.27% | 21 | 0.70% | 1,043 | 34.76% | 3,000 | |||||||||||
| 2,604 | 75.92% | 825 | 24.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,779 | 51.87% | 3,430 | |||||||||||
| 2,063 | 78.47% | 520 | 19.78% | 46 | 1.75% | 1,543 | 58.69% | 2,629 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 100,464 | 69.01% | 44,358 | 30.47% | 748 | 0.51% | 56,106 | 38.54% | 145,570 | ||||||||||