1972 United States presidential election in Kansas
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.
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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%.
Kansas voters turned out heavily for Nixon, who won every county in the state.[1] McGovern's loss was heavily influenced by voter opposition to his far-left ideology. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last time a Republican presidential candidate carried Wyandotte County.[2]
Results
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
Richard M. Nixon | Republican | California | 619,812 | 67.66% | 7 | Spiro Agnew | Maryland | 7 |
George McGovern | Democrat | South Dakota | 270,287 | 29.50% | 0 | Sargent Shriver | Maryland | 0 |
John G. Schmitz | Conservative | California | 21,808 | 2.38% | 0 | Thomas J. Anderson | Tennessee | 0 |
E. Harold Munn | Prohibition | Michigan | 4,188 | 0.46% | 0 | Marshall E. Uncapher | Kansas | 0 |
Total | 916,095 | 100% | 7 | 7 | ||||
Needed to win | 270 | 270 |
Results by county
County | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
George Stanley McGovern Democratic |
John George Schmitz[3] Conservative |
Earl Harold Munn[3] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 | 43.87% | 3,836 |
Atchison | 5,471 | 67.83% | 2,404 | 29.80% | 159 | 1.97% | 32 | 0.40% | 3,067 | 38.02% | 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 | 40.59% | 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 | 55.33% | 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 | 35.09% | 5,773 |
Coffey | 2,667 | 75.70% | 782 | 22.20% | 54 | 1.53% | 20 | 0.57% | 1,885 | 53.51% | 3,523 |
Comanche | 1,052 | 77.18% | 281 | 20.62% | 23 | 1.69% | 7 | 0.51% | 771 | 56.57% | 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 | 54.65% | 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 | 33.08% | 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 | 43.30% | 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 | 49.48% | 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 | 50.40% | 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 | 41.23% | 4,000 |
Kiowa | 1,559 | 76.35% | 406 | 19.88% | 54 | 2.64% | 23 | 1.13% | 1,153 | 56.46% | 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 | 50.39% | 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 | 44.26% | 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 | 43.51% | 10,569 |
Meade | 1,712 | 74.56% | 526 | 22.91% | 46 | 2.00% | 12 | 0.52% | 1,186 | 51.66% | 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 | 45.54% | 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 | 54.44% | 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 | 30.79% | 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 | 39.40% | 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 | 54.58% | 3,833 |
Pottawatomie | 3,947 | 73.51% | 1,298 | 24.18% | 116 | 2.16% | 8 | 0.15% | 2,649 | 49.34% | 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 | 34.78% | 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 | 45.34% | 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 | 50.26% | 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 | 52.74% | 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 | 57.51% | 5,003 |
Shawnee | 43,727 | 66.75% | 20,383 | 31.12% | 1,179 | 1.80% | 217 | 0.33% | 23,344 | 35.64% | 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 | 46.96% | 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 | 41.75% | 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 | 56.17% | 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 | 52.94% | 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 | 38.15% | 916,095 |
References
- "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". Uselections.org. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Our Campaigns; KS US President Race, November 07, 1972