United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1972

United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1972
November 7, 1972[1]

 
Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California South Dakota
Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 445,751 198,899
Percentage 68.8% 30.7%
County Results
Nixon
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

 Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Arkansas voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arkansas was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 68.82% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 30.71% of the popular vote.[3][4] John G. Schmitz was the only other candidate on the ballot, and, as the candidate for the American Independent Party, he received just over three thousand votes.

In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results,[5][6] the Democratic nominee did not win a single county in Arkansas. This is also the best showing in the state by a Republican presidential candidate. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Phillips County, Jefferson County, Lee County, Chicot County, and Desha County voted for the Republican candidate.[7]

Republican Ulysses S. Grant first won Arkansas in 1868.[8]

Results

United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1972
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Nixon (inc.) 445,751 68.82%
Democratic George McGovern 198,899 30.71%
American Independent John G. Schmitz 3,016 0.47%
Total votes 647,666 100%

Results by county

County Nixon# Nixon% McGovern# McGovern% Schmidt# Schmidt% Totals votes cast
Arkansas 5,225 73.46% 1,849 25.99% 39 0.55% 7,113
Ashley 5,506 76.44% 1,680 23.32% 17 0.24% 7,203
Baxter 6,754 70.65% 2,677 28.00% 129 1.35% 9,560
Benton 14,621 77.86% 4,083 21.74% 74 0.39% 18,778
Boone 5,484 74.49% 1,862 25.29% 16 0.22% 7,362
Bradley 3,218 69.74% 1,368 29.65% 28 0.61% 4,614
Calhoun 1,298 64.26% 707 35.00% 15 0.74% 2,020
Carroll 3,565 70.09% 1,401 27.55% 120 2.36% 5,086
Chicot 2,858 65.96% 1,469 33.90% 6 0.14% 4,333
Clark 4,173 59.96% 2,741 39.38% 46 0.66% 6,960
Clay 4,381 69.39% 1,933 30.61% 0 0.00% 6,314
Cleburne 2,870 67.15% 1,400 32.76% 4 0.09% 4,274
Cleveland 1,837 71.45% 734 28.55% 0 0.00% 2,571
Columbia 5,801 72.30% 2,193 27.33% 29 0.36% 8,023
Conway 4,187 58.11% 3,009 41.76% 9 0.12% 7,205
Craighead 11,312 65.94% 5,843 34.06% 0 0.00% 17,155
Crawford 6,974 81.41% 1,520 17.74% 72 0.84% 8,566
Crittenden 7,971 71.06% 3,246 28.94% 0 0.00% 11,217
Cross 3,743 72.78% 1,221 23.74% 179 3.48% 5,143
Dallas 2,152 60.55% 1,402 39.45% 0 0.00% 3,554
Desha 3,385 66.92% 1,665 32.92% 8 0.16% 5,058
Drew 3,334 74.06% 1,168 25.94% 0 0.00% 4,502
Faulkner 6,746 59.44% 4,604 40.56% 0 0.00% 11,350
Franklin 3,678 74.60% 1,252 25.40% 0 0.00% 4,930
Fulton 2,030 67.89% 960 32.11% 0 0.00% 2,990
Garland 15,602 73.90% 5,207 24.66% 303 1.44% 21,112
Grant 2,414 67.41% 1,147 32.03% 20 0.56% 3,581
Greene 6,128 73.03% 2,263 26.97% 0 0.00% 8,391
Hempstead 4,963 70.80% 2,047 29.20% 0 0.00% 7,010
Hot Spring 5,378 64.54% 2,872 34.47% 83 1.00% 8,333
Howard 2,682 71.50% 1,069 28.50% 0 0.00% 3,751
Independence 5,076 65.74% 2,630 34.06% 15 0.19% 7,721
Izard 2,001 64.26% 1,108 35.58% 5 0.16% 3,114
Jackson 4,196 66.73% 2,092 33.27% 0 0.00% 6,288
Jefferson 16,888 61.95% 10,346 37.95% 26 0.10% 27,260
Johnson 4,107 66.76% 2,045 33.24% 0 0.00% 6,152
Lafayette 2,460 71.91% 952 27.83% 9 0.26% 3,421
Lawrence 3,981 69.45% 1,751 30.55% 0 0.00% 5,732
Lee 3,540 64.59% 1,907 34.79% 34 0.62% 5,481
Lincoln 2,318 67.52% 1,115 32.48% 0 0.00% 3,433
Little River 2,550 70.04% 1,091 29.96% 0 0.00% 3,641
Logan 4,964 71.42% 1,956 28.14% 30 0.43% 6,950
Lonoke 5,298 67.62% 2,504 31.96% 33 0.42% 7,835
Madison 3,372 64.09% 1,889 35.91% 0 0.00% 5,261
Marion 2,331 66.66% 1,108 31.68% 58 1.66% 3,497
Miller 8,355 74.53% 2,855 25.47% 0 0.00% 11,210
Mississippi 10,931 74.73% 3,544 24.23% 152 1.04% 14,627
Monroe 2,897 63.45% 1,578 34.56% 91 1.99% 4,566
Montgomery 1,555 68.17% 688 30.16% 38 1.67% 2,281
Nevada 2,513 68.07% 1,179 31.93% 0 0.00% 3,692
Newton 1,924 69.84% 831 30.16% 0 0.00% 2,755
Ouachita 6,620 62.68% 3,931 37.22% 11 0.10% 10,562
Perry 1,445 63.88% 810 35.81% 7 0.31% 2,262
Phillips 6,235 58.90% 4,283 40.46% 68 0.64% 10,586
Pike 2,316 73.69% 798 25.39% 29 0.92% 3,143
Poinsett 7,010 77.91% 1,908 21.20% 80 0.89% 8,998
Polk 3,609 74.83% 1,120 23.22% 94 1.95% 4,823
Pope 6,917 67.52% 3,302 32.23% 25 0.24% 10,244
Prairie 2,186 71.46% 873 28.54% 0 0.00% 3,059
Pulaski 57,576 62.95% 33,611 36.75% 281 0.31% 91,468
Randolph 2,578 62.83% 1,525 37.17% 0 0.00% 4,103
St. Francis 5,692 65.95% 2,674 30.98% 265 3.07% 8,631
Saline 7,972 63.64% 4,503 35.95% 52 0.42% 12,527
Scott 2,424 75.87% 771 24.13% 0 0.00% 3,195
Searcy 3,163 78.76% 853 21.24% 0 0.00% 4,016
Sebastian 25,219 81.23% 5,770 18.58% 58 0.19% 31,047
Sevier 2,526 69.91% 1,048 29.01% 39 1.08% 3,613
Sharp 2,677 69.71% 1,154 30.05% 9 0.23% 3,840
Stone 1,989 67.38% 958 32.45% 5 0.17% 2,952
Union 11,925 76.72% 3,531 22.72% 87 0.56% 15,543
Van Buren 2,622 61.91% 1,594 37.64% 19 0.45% 4,235
Washington 17,523 70.94% 7,108 28.78% 70 0.28% 24,701
White 8,701 67.24% 4,161 32.15% 79 0.61% 12,941
Woodruff 1,989 61.73% 1,183 36.72% 50 1.55% 3,222
Yell 3,310 66.48% 1,669 33.52% 0 0.00% 4,979
Totals445,75168.82%198,89930.71%3,0160.47%647,666

References

  1. ↑ "United States Presidential election of 1972 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1972 Election for the Forty-Seventh Term (1973-77)". Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1972 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas". Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1972". Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ "1972 Presidential Election - 270toWin.com". Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  6. ↑ "1972 Election - Voting America". Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  8. ↑ "United States Presidential election of 1868 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
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