1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

The 1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island refers to how Rhode Island participated in the 1972 United States presidential election.

Main article: 1972 United States presidential election
1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
November 7, 1972
 
Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California South Dakota
Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 220,383 194,645
Percentage 53.0% 46.8%
County results

Nixon

  40-50%
  50-60%
President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

 Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elections in Rhode Island

Rhode Island voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern.  Nixon took 53.00% of the vote to McGovern's 46.81%, a margin of 6.19%. This was the first election in 116 years in which Rhode Island did not vote for the same candidate as neighbouring Massachusetts.

As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Providence County voted for the Republican candidate, and Nixon won the county by only 186 votes. This was also the last presidential election where a Republican presidential candidate was able to win every county in the state of Rhode Island.

Results
1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 220,383 53.00% 4
Democratic George McGovern 194,645 46.81% 0
Socialist Workers Linda Jenness 729 0.18% 0
American Independent John G. Schmitz (write-in) 25 0.01% 0
People's Benjamin Spock (write-in) 5 0.00% 0
Libertarian John Hospers (write-in) 2 0.00% 0
Write-ins Scattered (write-ins) 19 0.00% 0
Totals 415,808 100.00% 4
Voter turnout —

By county
County Nixon% Nixon# McGovern% McGovern# Others% Others#
Newport 59.8% 19,142 40.1% 12,844 0.2% 49
Washington 58.5% 19,280 41.4% 13,637 0.2% 62
Kent 58.2% 40,534 41.6% 29,004 0.2% 115
Bristol 54.6% 12,009 45.2% 9,928 0.2% 48
Providence 49.9% 129,418 49.9% 129,232 0.2% 506

References
  1. "Guide to U.S. Elections (p. 848)". CQ Press (12 January 2016). Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  2. "1972 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2016-02-09.


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