Although Alaska has only voted Democratic once, which was for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, during the state's first four presidential elections Alaska was not substantially more Republican than the nation at-large: indeed owing to a fairly strong third-party campaign Nixon won 2.57 percent less of the vote in Alaska that over the entire country, although McGovern received 2.88 percent less than his national share.[3] Nonetheless, Alaska weighed in for this election as 0.3% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.
While Alaska would prove to be John Schmitz's second strongest state after Idaho,[4] he failed to equal the success of George Wallace’s campaign in the previous election.[1] This is the only time that Alaska voted to the left of Hawaii.
1972, united, states, presidential, election, alaska, main, article, 1972, united, states, presidential, election, took, place, november, 1972, part, 1972, united, states, presidential, election, voters, chose, three, representatives, electors, electoral, coll. Main article 1972 United States presidential election The 1972 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 7 1972 as part of the 1972 United States presidential election Voters chose three representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1972 United States presidential election in Alaska 1968 November 7 1972 1976 Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern John G Schmitz Party Republican Democratic American Independent Home state California South Dakota California Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver Thomas J Anderson Electoral vote 3 0 0 Popular vote 55 349 32 967 6 903 Percentage 58 10 34 61 7 25 Borough ResultsState House District ResultsNixon 40 50 50 60 60 70 McGovern 40 50 50 60 60 70 President before election Richard Nixon Republican Elected President Richard Nixon Republican Alaska was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon R California with 58 1 of the popular vote against George McGovern D South Dakota with 34 6 1 Nixon ultimately won the national vote as well defeating McGovern and Representative John G Schmitz R California who ran under the American Independent Party ticket Contents 1 Results 1 1 Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican 2 Analysis 3 See also 4 ReferencesResults edit1972 United States presidential election in Alaska 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican Richard Nixon incumbent 55 349 58 10 3 Democratic George McGovern 32 967 34 61 0 American Independent John G Schmitz 6 903 7 25 0 Libertarian John Hospers write in 45 0 05 0 Totals 95 264 100 00 3 Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit Juneau Kenai Peninsula Borough Nome Census Area Petersburg Borough Prince of Wales Hyder Census Area YakutatAnalysis editAlthough Alaska has only voted Democratic once which was for Lyndon B Johnson in 1964 during the state s first four presidential elections Alaska was not substantially more Republican than the nation at large indeed owing to a fairly strong third party campaign Nixon won 2 57 percent less of the vote in Alaska that over the entire country although McGovern received 2 88 percent less than his national share 3 Nonetheless Alaska weighed in for this election as 0 3 more Democratic than the nation at large While Alaska would prove to be John Schmitz s second strongest state after Idaho 4 he failed to equal the success of George Wallace s campaign in the previous election 1 This is the only time that Alaska voted to the left of Hawaii See also editUnited States presidential elections in AlaskaReferences edit a b c Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7 1972 PDF Clerk house gov Retrieved September 3 2013 No change in state races Archived from the original on May 1 2019 Counting the Votes Alaska Archived 2017 01 07 at the Wayback Machine 1972 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved March 5 2018 nbsp nbsp This Alaska elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1972 United States presidential election in Alaska amp oldid 1220946011, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
