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Election of 1972

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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1972

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Richard M. Nixon^V1
George S. McGovern
John Hospers
John G. Schmitz
Linda Jenness
Benjamin Spock
Other
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Republican
Democratic^V3
Libertarian^V4
American
Socialist Workers
People's
(nominal parties)
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    1
    0
    0
    0
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47,169,911
29,170,383 ⁰
1,099,482
83,380
78,759
135,141
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Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

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Spiro T. Agnew^V2
Robert Sargent ShriverTony Nathan^V5
Thomas J. Anderson
Andrew Pulley
Julius Hobson
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(Gerald Ford)^V2

Republican
DemocraticLibertarian
American
Socialist Workers
People's
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(Republican)

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^V1	Nixon, riding a wave of peace and prosperity and having reached détente with China and Russia, garnered a landslide victory.
^V2	Spiro T. Agnew would resign as Vice President with Gerald Ford being appointed to fill the vacancy.
^V3	McGovern waged an anti-war campaign against Nixon but handicapped himself by firing his vice presidential candidate. McGovern was ridiculed by President Nixon, as radical and being the candidate of "acid, amnesty and abortion."
^V4	One unfaithful elector, who was pledged to Nixon and Agnew, voted for the Libertarian Candidates.
^V5	Tonie Nathan, libertarian vice presidential candidate became the first woman to receive an electoral vote in a U.S. presidential election.
*	Minnesota went for a Republican the first and last time since 1960.

United States of America
Election of 1972

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