The 1972 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent President Richard Nixon won Alabama, winning 72.43% of the vote to George McGovern's 25.54%. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Dallas County, Hale County, Russell County, and Perry County in the Black Belt voted for the Republican candidate,[2] and stands as the strongest ever performance by a Republican presidential candidate in the state.
1972 United States presidential election in Alabama
83% of white voters supported Nixon while 14% supported McGovern.[3][4] Nixon would also be the first presidential candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 to win Alabama and the election. Alabama and Tennessee were the only states where McGovern won any county that voted for George Wallace in 1968.[5]
^The McGovern vote was actually a fusion of two distinct electoral tickets with different electors both pledged to vote for him. One was of the regular Democratic Party and the other of the National Democratic Party of Alabama. At least 219,108 votes were cast for the Democratic ticket and at least 37,815 for the National Democratic ticket,[1] though this sum differs from that in Dave Leip's Atlas.
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Main article 1972 United States presidential election The 1972 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 7 1972 Incumbent President Richard Nixon won Alabama winning 72 43 of the vote to George McGovern s 25 54 As of the 2020 presidential election update this is the last election in which Dallas County Hale County Russell County and Perry County in the Black Belt voted for the Republican candidate 2 and stands as the strongest ever performance by a Republican presidential candidate in the state 1972 United States presidential election in Alabama 1968 November 7 1972 1976 All 9 Alabama electoral votes to the Electoral College Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern a Party Republican Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alabama Home state California South Dakota Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver Electoral vote 9 0 Popular vote 728 701 256 923 Percentage 72 4 25 5 County Results Nixon 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 McGovern 50 60 60 70 President before election Richard Nixon Republican Elected President Richard Nixon Republican 83 of white voters supported Nixon while 14 supported McGovern 3 4 Nixon would also be the first presidential candidate since Franklin D Roosevelt in 1944 to win Alabama and the election Alabama and Tennessee were the only states where McGovern won any county that voted for George Wallace in 1968 5 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by presidential elector 1 2 Results by county 1 2 1 Counties that flipped from American Independent to Republican 1 2 2 Counties that flipped from American Independent to Democratic 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 Works citedResults edit1972 United States presidential election in Alabama 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Richard Nixon inc 728 701 72 43 58 44 Democratic George McGovern 219 108 21 73 21 73 National Democratic Ala George McGovern 36 560 3 62 15 10 American Independent John G Schmitz 11 355 1 13 65 87 Prohibition E Harold Munn 7 872 0 79 0 43 Total votes 1 006 093 100 Results by presidential elector edit General election results 7 8 Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Richard Nixon Bentley Owens 728 701 Republican Party Richard Nixon Jerry Crabtree 728 209 Republican Party Richard Nixon Owen Leach 727 271 Republican Party Richard Nixon B Ray Holland 727 098 Republican Party Richard Nixon Bert Nettles 727 034 Republican Party Richard Nixon Jeff Sessions Jr 726 434 Republican Party Richard Nixon Ann Smith Bedsole 726 374 Republican Party Richard Nixon Ruth S Sullivan 723 075 Republican Party Richard Nixon Doug Hale 723 043 Democratic Party George McGovern Albert Raines 219 108 Democratic Party George McGovern Carl Elliott 217 576 Democratic Party George McGovern Ryan deGraffenried 216 410 Democratic Party George McGovern Lucius Amerson 212 078 Democratic Party George McGovern Barret Sheldon Sr 212 023 Democratic Party George McGovern J E Brantley 211 562 Democratic Party George McGovern Leola Williams 211 220 Democratic Party George McGovern Barney Weeks 211 158 Democratic Party George McGovern Ray Hartwell 210 895 National Democratic Party of Alabama George McGovern J H Davis 38 324 National Democratic Party of Alabama George McGovern J W Flowers 37 815 National Democratic Party of Alabama George McGovern Wadine V Williams 36 560 National Democratic Party of Alabama George McGovern Freddie C Rogers 36 230 National Democratic Party of Alabama George McGovern Jo Crawford 36 210 National Democratic Party of Alabama George McGovern Charlie Burgess 36 061 National Democratic Party of Alabama George McGovern John Hulett 35 941 National Democratic Party of Alabama George McGovern Alex Hurder 35 498 National Democratic Party of Alabama George McGovern Yvonne Gannon 33 823 American Independent Party John G Schmitz June Carter 11 918 American Independent Party John G Schmitz Cloyd V Smith 11 674 American Independent Party John G Schmitz Margaret Tyson Badham 11 621 American Independent Party John G Schmitz S L Ledbetter 11 510 American Independent Party John G Schmitz William G Mori 11 355 American Independent Party John G Schmitz T F Randolph 11 298 American Independent Party John G Schmitz Ronnie Helms 11 183 American Independent Party John G Schmitz Michaels S Mike Vaugh 11 101 American Independent Party John G Schmitz H Radue 10 832 Prohibition Party E Harold Munn W C Bentley 8 551 Prohibition Party E Harold Munn Geraldine Hughes 8 524 Prohibition Party E Harold Munn Pres Waldrop 8 451 Prohibition Party E Harold Munn Thomas E Lee 8 375 Prohibition Party E Harold Munn Nannie Myrtle Pegues 8 322 Prohibition Party E Harold Munn Clara Miller 8 315 Prohibition Party E Harold Munn Lois Butterworth 8 060 Prohibition Party E Harold Munn Robert Argo 7 946 Prohibition Party E Harold Munn Ira Pegues 7 872 Total votes 1 006 602 Results by county edit County Richard NixonRepublican George McGovernDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast Autauga 5 367 75 17 1 593 22 31 180 2 52 3 774 52 86 7 140 Baldwin 15 104 82 20 2 923 15 91 348 1 89 12 181 66 29 18 375 Barbour 4 985 70 92 1 846 26 26 198 2 82 3 139 44 66 7 029 Bibb 3 332 78 44 837 19 70 79 1 86 2 495 58 74 4 248 Blount 6 486 79 36 1 582 19 36 105 1 28 4 904 60 00 8 173 Bullock 2 178 47 44 2 321 50 56 92 2 00 143 3 12 4 591 Butler 4 685 76 45 1 401 22 86 42 0 69 3 284 53 59 6 128 Calhoun 20 364 76 93 5 832 22 03 275 1 04 14 532 54 90 26 471 Chambers 8 716 79 21 2 076 18 87 211 1 92 6 640 60 34 11 003 Cherokee 3 179 71 89 1 182 26 73 61 1 38 1 997 45 16 4 422 Chilton 7 349 82 88 1 356 15 29 162 1 83 5 993 67 59 8 867 Choctaw 3 055 60 74 1 934 38 45 41 0 82 1 121 22 29 5 030 Clarke 5 256 70 89 2 031 27 39 127 1 71 3 225 43 50 7 414 Clay 3 948 88 24 507 11 33 19 0 42 3 441 76 91 4 474 Cleburne 3 420 85 20 581 14 47 13 0 32 2 839 70 73 4 014 Coffee 9 076 80 06 2 160 19 05 100 0 88 6 916 61 01 11 336 Colbert 11 215 67 71 4 811 29 04 538 3 25 6 404 38 67 16 564 Conecuh 3 214 74 81 1 042 24 26 40 0 93 2 172 50 55 4 296 Coosa 2 672 77 20 773 22 33 16 0 46 1 899 54 87 3 461 Covington 9 278 85 27 1 547 14 22 56 0 51 7 731 71 05 10 881 Crenshaw 3 129 72 87 1 085 25 27 80 1 86 2 044 47 60 4 294 Cullman 14 390 79 54 3 571 19 74 130 0 72 10 819 59 80 18 091 Dale 8 346 83 14 1 594 15 88 98 0 98 6 752 67 26 10 038 Dallas 8 644 60 53 5 427 38 00 209 1 46 3 217 22 53 14 280 DeKalb 9 434 71 27 3 759 28 40 44 0 33 5 675 42 87 13 237 Elmore 8 461 79 90 1 891 17 86 238 2 25 6 570 62 04 10 590 Escambia 7 883 82 19 1 598 16 66 110 1 15 6 285 65 53 9 591 Etowah 20 851 72 95 7 372 25 79 358 1 25 13 479 47 16 28 581 Fayette 4 240 83 53 836 16 47 0 0 00 3 404 67 06 5 076 Franklin 5 877 75 23 1 840 23 55 95 1 22 4 037 51 68 7 812 Geneva 5 851 84 33 1 049 15 12 38 0 55 4 802 69 21 6 938 Greene 1 404 29 65 3 235 68 32 96 2 03 1 831 38 67 4 735 Hale 2 859 59 22 1 779 36 85 190 3 94 1 080 22 37 4 828 Henry 3 414 79 56 853 19 88 24 0 56 2 561 59 68 4 291 Houston 12 622 83 46 2 358 15 59 144 0 95 10 264 67 87 15 124 Jackson 6 202 65 91 2 985 31 72 223 2 37 3 217 34 19 9 410 Jefferson 135 095 68 05 57 288 28 86 6 145 3 10 77 807 39 19 198 528 Lamar 3 283 80 56 766 18 80 26 0 64 2 517 61 76 4 075 Lauderdale 14 410 71 66 5 112 25 42 586 2 91 9 298 46 24 20 108 Lawrence 4 433 75 61 1 416 24 15 14 0 24 3 017 51 46 5 863 Lee 11 571 74 94 3 622 23 46 248 1 61 7 949 51 48 15 441 Limestone 6 188 73 21 2 079 24 60 185 2 19 4 109 48 61 8 452 Lowndes 1 990 42 69 2 559 54 90 112 2 40 569 12 21 4 661 Macon 1 931 33 04 3 636 62 21 278 4 76 1 705 29 17 5 845 Madison 38 899 73 42 13 108 24 74 977 1 84 25 791 48 68 52 984 Marengo 5 156 65 05 2 645 33 37 125 1 58 2 511 31 68 7 926 Marion 5 927 85 38 986 14 20 29 0 42 4 941 71 18 6 942 Marshall 12 090 74 45 3 894 23 98 254 1 56 8 196 50 47 16 238 Mobile 62 639 73 15 20 694 24 17 2 301 2 69 41 945 48 98 85 634 Monroe 5 155 74 82 1 636 23 74 99 1 44 3 519 51 08 6 890 Montgomery 35 353 71 86 12 723 25 86 1 121 2 28 22 630 46 00 49 197 Morgan 18 100 76 85 5 004 21 25 449 1 91 13 096 55 60 23 553 Perry 2 800 49 13 2 718 47 69 181 3 18 82 1 44 5 699 Pickens 4 071 67 33 1 933 31 97 42 0 69 2 138 35 36 6 046 Pike 5 690 76 66 1 624 21 88 108 1 46 4 066 54 78 7 422 Randolph 4 427 75 14 1 330 22 57 135 2 29 3 097 52 57 5 892 Russell 6 034 66 73 2 644 29 24 365 4 04 3 390 37 49 9 043 St Clair 6 952 79 82 1 538 17 66 220 2 53 5 414 62 16 8 710 Shelby 9 390 81 24 1 859 16 08 309 2 67 7 531 65 16 11 558 Sumter 2 686 49 19 2 737 50 12 38 0 70 51 0 93 5 461 Talladega 12 763 73 12 4 567 26 16 125 0 72 8 196 46 96 17 455 Tallapoosa 8 535 78 71 2 113 19 49 195 1 80 6 422 59 22 10 843 Tuscaloosa 21 172 70 15 8 272 27 41 735 2 44 12 900 42 74 30 179 Walker 14 581 78 79 3 724 20 12 202 1 09 10 857 58 67 18 507 Washington 3 282 74 73 1 096 24 95 14 0 32 2 186 49 78 4 392 Wilcox 2 641 44 42 3 254 54 74 50 0 84 613 10 32 5 945 Winston 4 971 86 14 779 13 50 21 0 36 4 192 72 64 5 771 Totals 728 701 72 43 256 923 25 54 20 469 2 03 471 778 46 89 1 006 093 Counties that flipped from American Independent to Republican edit Autauga Baldwin Barbour Bibb Blount Butler Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Chilton Choctaw Clarke Clay Cleburne Coffee Colbert Conecuh Coosa Covington Crenshaw Cullman Dale Dallas DeKalb Elmore Escambia Etowah Fayette Franklin Geneva Hale Henry Houston Jefferson Lee Jackson Lauderdale Lawrence Limestone Madison Marengo Marion Marshall Monroe Morgan Mobile Montgomery Shelby Perry Pickens Pike Randolph Russell St Clair Talladega Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa Walker Washington Winston Counties that flipped from American Independent to Democratic edit Bullock Lowndes WilcoxSee also editUnited States presidential elections in AlabamaNotes edit The McGovern vote was actually a fusion of two distinct electoral tickets with different electors both pledged to vote for him One was of the regular Democratic Party and the other of the National Democratic Party of Alabama At least 219 108 votes were cast for the Democratic ticket and at least 37 815 for the National Democratic ticket 1 though this sum differs from that in Dave Leip s Atlas References edit Our Campaigns AL US President 1972 Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 2016 Black amp Black 1992 p 295 Black amp Black 1992 p 335 Our Campaigns AL US President Race Nov 07 1972 www ourcampaigns com Retrieved March 4 2024 Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas 1972 Presidential General Election Results Alabama Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1975 Montgomery Alabama Skinner Printing Company pp 243 257 Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas 1972 Presidential General Election Results AlabamaWorks cited editBlack Earl Black Merle 1992 The Vital South How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press ISBN 0674941306 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1972 United States presidential election in Alabama amp oldid 1221273810, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
