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Alternate 1972 Election[edit]

1972 United States presidential election

← 1968 November 7, 1972 1976 →

538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout57.9% Decrease 4.6 pp
 
Nominee George McGovern Richard Nixon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state South Dakota California
Running mate J. William Fulbright John Connally
(replacing Spiro Agnew)
Electoral vote 292 245[a]
States carried 21 + DC + ME-01 29
Popular vote 39,370,826 36,687,092
Percentage 50.6% 47.2%

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

George McGovern
Democratic

The 1972 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. In a subversion of early expectations, U.S senator George McGovern narrowly defeated incumbent Republican president Richard Nixon.
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