1972 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1972 U.S. Presidential Election?
Richard Nixon won the 1972 U.S. Presidential Election. Richard Nixon received 47,168,710 popular votes (60.7%) and 520 electoral votes. The main challenger was George McGovern (37.5%).
See the full head-to-head between Nixon and McGovern
Nixon +23.2 pts · won by 17,995,488 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.8% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.