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Elections in Mississippi |
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The 1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent President Nixon won the state of Mississippi with 78.20% of the vote. [1] This was the highest percentage Nixon received in any state in the election. [2]
In Mississippi, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states. McGovern carried only three counties – Claiborne, Holmes, and Jefferson – all of which have overwhelming majority black populations. [3] Nixon would also be the first presidential candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 to win Mississippi and the election.
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Republican presidential candidate: Marshall, Quitman, Bolivar, Sharkey, Wilkinson, Humphreys, Coahoma, Noxubee, and Tunica. [4] The proportion of white voters supporting McGovern was utterly negligible and estimated at maximally three percent. [5] Calculated estimates indicate that 100% of white voters supported Nixon while 0% supported McGovern. [6] [7]
1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 505,125 | 78.20% | 7 | |
Democrat | George McGovern | 126,782 | 19.63% | 0 | |
Independent | John Schmitz | 11,598 | 1.80% | 0 | |
Independent | Linda Jenness | 2,458 | 0.38% | 0 | |
Totals | 645,963 | 100.0% | 7 |
County [9] | Richard Nixon Republican | George McGovern Democratic | John G. Schmitz Independent | Linda Jenness Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 8,500 | 67.16% | 3,697 | 29.21% | 255 | 2.01% | 205 | 1.62% | 4,803 | 37.95% | 12,657 |
Alcorn | 5,732 | 83.28% | 982 | 14.27% | 134 | 1.95% | 35 | 0.51% | 4,750 | 69.01% | 6,883 |
Amite | 2,846 | 68.94% | 1,185 | 28.71% | 93 | 2.25% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,661 | 40.23% | 4,128 |
Attala | 4,738 | 79.50% | 1,103 | 18.51% | 116 | 1.95% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,635 | 60.99% | 5,960 |
Benton | 1,483 | 66.35% | 701 | 31.36% | 51 | 2.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 34.99% | 2,235 |
Bolivar | 7,397 | 66.12% | 3,616 | 32.32% | 155 | 1.39% | 19 | 0.17% | 3,781 | 33.80% | 11,187 |
Calhoun | 3,023 | 90.37% | 245 | 7.32% | 75 | 2.24% | 2 | 0.06% | 2,778 | 83.05% | 3,345 |
Carroll | 1,777 | 73.31% | 580 | 23.93% | 66 | 2.72% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,197 | 49.38% | 2,424 |
Chickasaw | 3,753 | 84.66% | 579 | 13.06% | 62 | 1.40% | 39 | 0.88% | 3,174 | 71.60% | 4,433 |
Choctaw | 2,301 | 86.57% | 326 | 12.26% | 29 | 1.09% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,975 | 74.31% | 2,658 |
Claiborne | 1,521 | 41.76% | 2,076 | 57.00% | 31 | 0.85% | 14 | 0.38% | -555 | -15.24% | 3,642 |
Clarke | 4,561 | 81.56% | 954 | 17.06% | 74 | 1.32% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,607 | 64.50% | 5,592 |
Clay | 4,035 | 71.39% | 1,410 | 24.95% | 116 | 2.05% | 91 | 1.61% | 2,625 | 46.44% | 5,652 |
Coahoma | 6,602 | 61.56% | 3,708 | 34.57% | 333 | 3.10% | 82 | 0.76% | 2,894 | 26.99% | 10,725 |
Copiah | 5,498 | 73.11% | 1,803 | 23.98% | 125 | 1.66% | 94 | 1.25% | 3,695 | 49.13% | 7,520 |
Covington | 3,842 | 84.09% | 642 | 14.05% | 77 | 1.69% | 8 | 0.18% | 3,200 | 70.04% | 4,569 |
DeSoto | 7,917 | 80.88% | 1,557 | 15.91% | 314 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.01% | 6,360 | 64.97% | 9,789 |
Forrest | 14,418 | 80.56% | 2,933 | 16.39% | 531 | 2.96% | 16 | 0.09% | 11,485 | 64.17% | 17,898 |
Franklin | 2,361 | 78.73% | 561 | 18.71% | 63 | 2.10% | 14 | 0.47% | 1,800 | 60.02% | 2,999 |
George | 3,979 | 92.90% | 270 | 6.30% | 33 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,709 | 86.60% | 4,283 |
Greene | 2,884 | 83.52% | 513 | 14.86% | 43 | 1.25% | 13 | 0.38% | 2,371 | 68.66% | 3,453 |
Grenada | 4,800 | 75.09% | 1,471 | 23.01% | 107 | 1.67% | 14 | 0.22% | 3,329 | 52.08% | 6,392 |
Hancock | 5,133 | 86.28% | 745 | 12.52% | 64 | 1.08% | 7 | 0.12% | 4,388 | 73.76% | 5,949 |
Harrison | 28,962 | 84.02% | 4,761 | 13.81% | 534 | 1.55% | 213 | 0.62% | 24,201 | 70.21% | 34,470 |
Hinds | 49,877 | 77.82% | 12,679 | 19.78% | 1,126 | 1.76% | 414 | 0.65% | 37,198 | 58.04% | 64,096 |
Holmes | 3,158 | 47.23% | 3,459 | 51.73% | 57 | 0.85% | 12 | 0.18% | -301 | -4.50% | 6,686 |
Humphreys | 2,334 | 69.01% | 892 | 26.37% | 86 | 2.54% | 70 | 2.07% | 1,442 | 42.64% | 3,382 |
Issaquena | 701 | 60.80% | 395 | 34.26% | 34 | 2.95% | 23 | 1.99% | 306 | 26.54% | 1,153 |
Itawamba | 4,419 | 89.20% | 509 | 10.27% | 24 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,910 | 78.93% | 4,954 |
Jackson | 22,204 | 88.68% | 2,534 | 10.12% | 282 | 1.13% | 18 | 0.07% | 19,670 | 78.56% | 25,038 |
Jasper | 3,597 | 78.47% | 935 | 20.40% | 50 | 1.09% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,662 | 58.07% | 4,584 |
Jefferson | 1,131 | 43.37% | 1,457 | 55.87% | 16 | 0.61% | 4 | 0.15% | -326 | -12.50% | 2,608 |
Jefferson Davis | 2,830 | 72.83% | 1,005 | 25.86% | 43 | 1.11% | 8 | 0.21% | 1,825 | 46.97% | 3,886 |
Jones | 16,489 | 83.79% | 2,790 | 14.18% | 320 | 1.63% | 80 | 0.41% | 13,699 | 69.61% | 19,679 |
Kemper | 2,748 | 75.25% | 837 | 22.92% | 65 | 1.78% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,911 | 52.33% | 3,652 |
Lafayette | 5,391 | 76.89% | 1,545 | 22.04% | 67 | 0.96% | 8 | 0.11% | 3,846 | 54.85% | 7,011 |
Lamar | 5,022 | 88.38% | 493 | 8.68% | 161 | 2.83% | 6 | 0.11% | 4,529 | 79.70% | 5,682 |
Lauderdale | 18,337 | 81.79% | 3,453 | 15.40% | 613 | 2.73% | 17 | 0.08% | 14,884 | 66.39% | 22,420 |
Lawrence | 3,394 | 81.70% | 709 | 17.07% | 50 | 1.20% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,685 | 64.63% | 4,154 |
Leake | 4,217 | 79.13% | 1,053 | 19.76% | 56 | 1.05% | 3 | 0.06% | 3,164 | 59.37% | 5,329 |
Lee | 10,730 | 82.60% | 1,632 | 12.56% | 520 | 4.00% | 109 | 0.84% | 9,098 | 70.04% | 12,991 |
Leflore | 6,779 | 75.58% | 2,038 | 22.72% | 148 | 1.65% | 4 | 0.04% | 4,741 | 52.86% | 8,969 |
Lincoln | 7,593 | 86.01% | 1,070 | 12.12% | 161 | 1.82% | 4 | 0.05% | 6,523 | 73.89% | 8,828 |
Lowndes | 10,098 | 78.70% | 2,398 | 18.69% | 326 | 2.54% | 9 | 0.07% | 7,700 | 60.01% | 12,831 |
Madison | 5,047 | 57.20% | 3,464 | 39.26% | 239 | 2.71% | 74 | 0.84% | 1,583 | 17.94% | 8,824 |
Marion | 6,805 | 79.40% | 1,693 | 19.75% | 65 | 0.76% | 7 | 0.08% | 5,112 | 59.65% | 8,570 |
Marshall | 3,326 | 62.10% | 1,875 | 35.01% | 115 | 2.15% | 40 | 0.75% | 1,451 | 27.09% | 5,356 |
Monroe | 7,273 | 84.10% | 1,279 | 14.79% | 84 | 0.97% | 12 | 0.14% | 5,994 | 69.31% | 8,648 |
Montgomery | 3,210 | 76.32% | 925 | 21.99% | 67 | 1.59% | 4 | 0.10% | 2,285 | 54.33% | 4,206 |
Neshoba | 6,815 | 88.22% | 812 | 10.51% | 93 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.06% | 6,003 | 77.71% | 7,725 |
Newton | 5,585 | 88.05% | 597 | 9.41% | 157 | 2.48% | 4 | 0.06% | 4,988 | 78.64% | 6,343 |
Noxubee | 2,239 | 66.28% | 1,052 | 31.14% | 83 | 2.46% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,187 | 35.14% | 3,378 |
Oktibbeha | 6,160 | 75.56% | 1,880 | 23.06% | 100 | 1.23% | 13 | 0.16% | 4,280 | 52.50% | 8,153 |
Panola | 5,284 | 70.61% | 2,091 | 27.94% | 105 | 1.40% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,193 | 42.67% | 7,483 |
Pearl River | 7,487 | 88.04% | 901 | 10.60% | 111 | 1.31% | 5 | 0.06% | 6,586 | 77.44% | 8,504 |
Perry | 2,689 | 84.14% | 446 | 13.95% | 60 | 1.88% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,243 | 70.19% | 3,196 |
Pike | 6,542 | 72.08% | 2,332 | 25.69% | 188 | 2.07% | 14 | 0.15% | 4,210 | 46.39% | 9,076 |
Pontotoc | 4,476 | 89.45% | 488 | 9.75% | 40 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,988 | 79.70% | 5,004 |
Prentiss | 4,607 | 91.12% | 398 | 7.87% | 51 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,209 | 83.25% | 5,056 |
Quitman | 2,524 | 74.41% | 790 | 23.29% | 59 | 1.74% | 19 | 0.56% | 1,734 | 51.12% | 3,392 |
Rankin | 12,187 | 85.19% | 1,913 | 13.37% | 197 | 1.38% | 8 | 0.06% | 10,274 | 71.82% | 14,305 |
Scott | 5,244 | 79.95% | 1,213 | 18.49% | 91 | 1.39% | 11 | 0.17% | 4,031 | 61.46% | 6,559 |
Sharkey | 1,426 | 67.94% | 655 | 31.21% | 15 | 0.71% | 3 | 0.14% | 771 | 36.73% | 2,099 |
Simpson | 5,669 | 85.87% | 871 | 13.19% | 51 | 0.77% | 11 | 0.17% | 4,798 | 72.68% | 6,602 |
Smith | 4,419 | 92.35% | 329 | 6.88% | 36 | 0.75% | 1 | 0.02% | 4,090 | 85.47% | 4,785 |
Stone | 2,467 | 88.49% | 293 | 10.51% | 27 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,174 | 77.98% | 2,788 |
Sunflower | 5,389 | 73.27% | 1,874 | 25.48% | 77 | 1.05% | 15 | 0.20% | 3,515 | 47.79% | 7,355 |
Tallahatchie | 3,442 | 77.37% | 835 | 18.77% | 157 | 3.53% | 15 | 0.34% | 2,607 | 58.60% | 4,449 |
Tate | 3,966 | 75.74% | 1,151 | 21.98% | 104 | 1.85% | 15 | 0.27% | 2,815 | 53.76% | 5,236 |
Tippah | 3,937 | 85.87% | 569 | 12.41% | 76 | 1.66% | 3 | 0.07% | 3,368 | 73.46% | 4,585 |
Tishomingo | 4,177 | 89.23% | 443 | 9.46% | 52 | 1.11% | 9 | 0.19% | 3,734 | 79.77% | 4,681 |
Tunica | 1,446 | 62.19% | 858 | 36.90% | 18 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.13% | 588 | 25.29% | 2,325 |
Union | 5,477 | 87.91% | 658 | 10.56% | 90 | 1.44% | 5 | 0.08% | 4,819 | 77.35% | 6,230 |
Walthall | 3,110 | 79.66% | 747 | 19.13% | 41 | 1.05% | 6 | 0.15% | 2,363 | 60.53% | 3,904 |
Warren | 10,420 | 71.97% | 3,480 | 24.04% | 452 | 3.12% | 126 | 0.87% | 6,940 | 47.93% | 14,478 |
Washington | 9,634 | 63.78% | 4,623 | 30.61% | 535 | 3.54% | 312 | 2.07% | 5,011 | 33.17% | 15,104 |
Wayne | 4,648 | 82.08% | 975 | 17.22% | 35 | 0.62% | 5 | 0.09% | 3,673 | 64.86% | 5,663 |
Webster | 3,624 | 89.15% | 403 | 9.91% | 38 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,221 | 79.24% | 4,065 |
Wilkinson | 1,608 | 52.65% | 1,409 | 46.14% | 32 | 1.05% | 5 | 0.16% | 199 | 6.51% | 3,054 |
Winston | 5,155 | 78.64% | 1,354 | 20.66% | 39 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.11% | 3,801 | 57.98% | 6,555 |
Yalobusha | 2,944 | 77.53% | 797 | 20.99% | 48 | 1.26% | 8 | 0.21% | 2,147 | 56.54% | 3,797 |
Yazoo | 5,555 | 72.58% | 2,008 | 26.23% | 84 | 1.10% | 7 | 0.09% | 3,547 | 46.35% | 7,654 |
Totals | 505,125 | 78.20% | 126,782 | 19.63% | 11,598 | 1.80% | 2,458 | 0.38% | 378,343 | 58.57% | 645,963 |
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