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1972 United States presidential election in Colorado

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1972 United States presidential election in Colorado

← 1968 November 7, 1972 1976 →
 
Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California South Dakota
Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 597,189 329,980
Percentage 62.61% 34.59%

County Results

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1972 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. State voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Colorado voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern. Nixon took 62.61% of the vote to McGovern's 34.59%, a margin of 28.01 points.

Like most of the rest of the Mountain West, Colorado voted powerfully Republican in 1972, giving Nixon a margin in excess of his national margin by 4.8%. Nevertheless, Pitkin County, home to Aspen, shifted powerfully against the national trend, switching from supporting Nixon in 1968 to supporting McGovern in 1972, one of six counties outside of McGovern's home state of South Dakota to do so. Nixon thus became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Pitkin County since William Howard Taft in 1908.

Results

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1972 United States presidential election in Colorado[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 597,189 62.61% 7
Democratic George McGovern 329,980 34.59% 0
American Independent John G. Schmitz 17,269 1.81% 0
Socialist Labor Louis Fisher 4,361 0.46% 0
People's Benjamin Spock 2,403 0.25% 0
Libertarian John Hospers 1,111 0.12% 0
Socialist Workers Linda Jenness 666 0.07% 0
Prohibition E. Harold Munn 467 0.05% 0
Communist Gus Hall 432 0.05% 0
Write-ins Scattered (write-ins) 6 0.00% 0
Totals 953,884 100.00% 7
Voter turnout

Results by county

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County[3] Richard Nixon
Republican
George McGovern
Democratic
John G. Schmitz
American Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 40,372 60.79% 24,170 36.39% 1,133 1.71% 737 1.11% 16,202 24.40% 66,412
Alamosa 2,916 62.51% 1,540 33.01% 191 4.09% 18 0.39% 1,376 29.50% 4,665
Arapahoe 52,283 72.24% 18,631 25.74% 816 1.13% 646 0.89% 33,652 46.50% 72,376
Archuleta 606 64.47% 300 31.91% 30 3.19% 4 0.43% 306 32.56% 940
Baca 1,645 73.93% 527 23.69% 50 2.25% 3 0.13% 1,118 50.24% 2,225
Bent 1,525 64.29% 787 33.18% 52 2.19% 8 0.34% 738 31.11% 2,372
Boulder 40,766 56.80% 29,484 41.08% 837 1.17% 683 0.95% 11,282 15.72% 71,770
Chaffee 2,859 66.63% 1,354 31.55% 45 1.05% 33 0.77% 1,505 35.08% 4,291
Cheyenne 815 63.37% 400 31.10% 68 5.29% 3 0.24% 415 32.27% 1,286
Clear Creek 1,557 62.23% 815 32.57% 94 3.76% 36 1.44% 742 29.66% 2,502
Conejos 1,658 55.51% 1,140 38.17% 184 6.16% 5 0.15% 518 17.34% 2,987
Costilla 602 42.16% 744 52.10% 18 1.26% 64 4.48% -142 -9.94% 1,428
Crowley 1,094 70.67% 414 26.74% 35 2.26% 5 0.32% 680 43.93% 1,548
Custer 495 71.43% 154 22.22% 43 6.20% 1 0.14% 341 49.21% 693
Delta 4,890 67.73% 1,903 26.36% 396 5.48% 31 0.43% 2,987 41.37% 7,220
Denver 121,995 54.14% 98,062 43.52% 2,306 1.02% 2,972 1.32% 23,933 10.62% 225,335
Dolores 498 71.76% 166 23.92% 28 4.03% 2 0.28% 332 47.84% 694
Douglas 3,625 75.52% 1,048 21.83% 100 2.08% 27 0.28% 2,577 53.69% 4,800
Eagle 1,920 58.16% 1,306 39.56% 50 1.51% 25 0.77% 614 18.60% 3,301
El Paso 53,892 69.11% 21,234 27.23% 2,262 2.90% 597 0.76% 32,658 41.88% 77,985
Elbert 1,416 73.29% 451 23.34% 56 2.90% 9 0.47% 965 49.95% 1,932
Fremont 6,701 68.41% 2,813 28.72% 248 2.53% 33 0.34% 3,888 39.69% 9,795
Garfield 4,452 66.27% 2,088 31.08% 143 2.13% 35 0.51% 2,364 35.19% 6,718
Gilpin 516 57.02% 362 40.00% 19 2.10% 8 0.88% 154 17.02% 905
Grand 1,721 69.93% 685 27.83% 40 1.63% 15 0.61% 1,036 42.10% 2,461
Gunnison 2,231 63.60% 1,187 33.84% 58 1.65% 32 0.91% 1,044 29.76% 3,508
Hinsdale 172 77.48% 44 19.82% 5 2.25% 1 0.45% 128 57.66% 222
Huerfano 1,620 53.52% 1,341 44.30% 48 1.59% 18 0.59% 279 9.22% 3,027
Jackson 623 76.72% 178 21.92% 7 0.86% 4 0.50% 445 54.80% 812
Jefferson 80,082 69.88% 31,555 27.54% 1,813 1.58% 1,147 0.32% 48,527 42.34% 114,597
Kiowa 849 67.92% 372 29.76% 27 2.16% 2 0.16% 477 38.16% 1,250
Kit Carson 2,316 70.89% 824 25.22% 124 3.80% 3 0.09% 1,492 45.67% 3,267
La Plata 5,691 62.24% 2,830 30.95% 575 6.29% 48 0.52% 2,861 31.29% 9,144
Lake 1,556 53.67% 1,263 43.57% 28 0.97% 52 1.79% 293 10.10% 2,899
Larimer 27,462 65.02% 13,731 32.51% 658 1.56% 383 0.91% 13,731 32.51% 42,234
Las Animas 3,659 52.59% 3,222 46.31% 59 0.85% 17 0.25% 437 6.28% 6,957
Lincoln 1,678 70.03% 685 28.59% 28 1.17% 5 0.20% 993 41.44% 2,396
Logan 5,352 67.27% 2,426 30.49% 150 1.89% 28 0.36% 2,926 36.78% 7,956
Mesa 15,527 68.66% 6,358 28.12% 628 2.78% 100 0.44% 9,169 40.54% 22,613
Mineral 247 70.98% 96 27.59% 4 1.15% 1 0.29% 151 43.39% 348
Moffat 1,928 67.70% 591 20.75% 329 11.15% 0 0.00% 1,337 46.95% 2,848
Montezuma 3,391 73.49% 1,223 26.51% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,168 46.98% 4,614
Montrose 4,571 64.75% 1,870 26.49% 585 8.29% 33 0.47% 2,701 38.26% 7,059
Morgan 5,365 70.40% 2,081 27.31% 138 1.81% 37 0.48% 3,284 43.09% 7,621
Otero 6,016 65.75% 2,929 32.01% 70 0.77% 135 1.47% 3,087 33.74% 9,060
Ouray 669 74.58% 186 20.74% 33 3.68% 9 1.00% 483 53.84% 897
Park 1,001 70.29% 386 27.11% 23 1.62% 14 0.98% 615 43.18% 1,424
Phillips 1,480 65.31% 687 30.32% 94 4.15% 5 0.21% 793 34.99% 2,266
Pitkin 2,064 44.16% 2,531 54.15% 33 0.71% 46 0.98% -467 -9.99% 4,674
Prowers 3,272 61.58% 1,860 35.01% 159 2.99% 22 0.42% 1,412 26.57% 5,313
Pueblo 25,607 54.43% 19,620 41.70% 1,113 2.37% 705 1.50% 5,987 12.73% 47,045
Rio Blanco 1,586 77.25% 414 20.17% 46 2.24% 7 0.34% 1,172 57.08% 2,053
Rio Grande 2,787 69.69% 1,029 25.73% 171 4.28% 12 0.30% 1,758 43.96% 3,999
Routt 2,629 59.33% 1,613 36.40% 159 3.59% 30 0.68% 1,016 22.93% 4,431
Saguache 1,062 63.18% 578 34.38% 38 2.26% 3 0.18% 484 28.80% 1,681
San Juan 238 58.33% 140 34.31% 28 6.86% 2 0.50% 98 24.02% 408
San Miguel 583 54.95% 426 40.15% 42 3.96% 10 0.94% 157 14.80% 1,061
Sedgwick 1,129 67.85% 485 29.15% 43 2.58% 7 0.42% 644 38.70% 1,664
Summit 1,082 59.03% 707 38.57% 14 0.76% 30 1.64% 375 20.46% 1,833
Teller 1,440 70.45% 535 26.17% 50 2.45% 19 0.93% 905 44.28% 2,044
Washington 1,837 69.87% 643 24.46% 135 5.14% 14 0.53% 1,194 45.41% 2,629
Weld 24,695 66.29% 11,690 31.38% 416 1.12% 454 1.21% 13,005 34.91% 37,255
Yuma 2,873 71.03% 1,066 26.35% 94 2.32% 12 0.30% 1,807 44.68% 4,045
Total 597,189 62.61% 329,980 34.59% 17,269 1.81% 9,446 0.99% 267,209 28.02% 953,884

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ "Guide to U.S. Elections (p. 848)". CQ Press (12 January 2016). Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  2. ^ "1972 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  3. ^ Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 07, 1972