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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Alabama

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Alabama in 1972, 72.4% to 25.5%, a margin of 46.9 points and 471,778 votes.

Alabama voted 23.7 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+23.1.

Alabama changed party: in 1968 it went third-party, for George Wallace.

Republicans led in 61 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Jefferson, cast 198,528 votes and went to the Republican by 39.2 points. The closest was Sumter, where 51 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Richard Nixon won Republican 728,701 72.4%
George McGovern Democratic 256,923 25.5%
All other candidates 20,469 2.0%
Total1,006,093

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 57,288 28.9% 135,095 68.0% 6,145 198,528 R+39.2
Mobile 20,694 24.2% 62,639 73.1% 2,301 85,634 R+49.0
Madison 13,108 24.7% 38,899 73.4% 977 52,984 R+48.7
Montgomery 12,723 25.9% 35,353 71.9% 1,121 49,197 R+46.0
Tuscaloosa 8,272 27.4% 21,172 70.2% 735 30,179 R+42.7
Etowah 7,372 25.8% 20,851 73.0% 358 28,581 R+47.2
Calhoun 5,832 22.0% 20,364 76.9% 275 26,471 R+54.9
Morgan 5,004 21.2% 18,100 76.8% 449 23,553 R+55.6
Lauderdale 5,112 25.4% 14,410 71.7% 586 20,108 R+46.2
Walker 3,724 20.1% 14,581 78.8% 202 18,507 R+58.7
Baldwin 2,923 15.9% 15,104 82.2% 348 18,375 R+66.3
Cullman 3,571 19.7% 14,390 79.5% 130 18,091 R+59.8
Talladega 4,567 26.2% 12,763 73.1% 125 17,455 R+47.0
Colbert 4,811 29.0% 11,215 67.7% 538 16,564 R+38.7
Marshall 3,894 24.0% 12,090 74.5% 254 16,238 R+50.5
Lee 3,622 23.5% 11,571 74.9% 248 15,441 R+51.5
Houston 2,358 15.6% 12,622 83.5% 144 15,124 R+67.9
Dallas 5,427 38.0% 8,644 60.5% 209 14,280 R+22.5
De Kalb 3,759 28.4% 9,434 71.3% 44 13,237 R+42.9
Shelby 1,859 16.1% 9,390 81.2% 309 11,558 R+65.2
Coffee 2,160 19.1% 9,076 80.1% 100 11,336 R+61.0
Chambers 2,076 18.9% 8,716 79.2% 211 11,003 R+60.3
Covington 1,547 14.2% 9,278 85.3% 56 10,881 R+71.1
Tallapoosa 2,113 19.5% 8,535 78.7% 195 10,843 R+59.2
Elmore 1,891 17.9% 8,461 79.9% 238 10,590 R+62.0
Dale 1,594 15.9% 8,346 83.1% 98 10,038 R+67.3
Escambia 1,598 16.7% 7,883 82.2% 110 9,591 R+65.5
Jackson 2,985 31.7% 6,202 65.9% 223 9,410 R+34.2
Russell 2,644 29.2% 6,034 66.7% 365 9,043 R+37.5
Chilton 1,356 15.3% 7,349 82.9% 162 8,867 R+67.6
St. Clair 1,538 17.7% 6,952 79.8% 220 8,710 R+62.2
Limestone 2,079 24.6% 6,188 73.2% 185 8,452 R+48.6
Blount 1,582 19.4% 6,486 79.4% 105 8,173 R+60.0
Marengo 2,645 33.4% 5,156 65.1% 125 7,926 R+31.7
Franklin 1,840 23.6% 5,877 75.2% 95 7,812 R+51.7
Pike 1,624 21.9% 5,690 76.7% 108 7,422 R+54.8
Clarke 2,031 27.4% 5,256 70.9% 127 7,414 R+43.5
Autauga 1,593 22.3% 5,367 75.2% 180 7,140 R+52.9
Barbour 1,846 26.3% 4,985 70.9% 198 7,029 R+44.7
Marion 986 14.2% 5,927 85.4% 29 6,942 R+71.2
Geneva 1,049 15.1% 5,851 84.3% 38 6,938 R+69.2
Monroe 1,636 23.7% 5,155 74.8% 99 6,890 R+51.1
Butler 1,401 22.9% 4,685 76.5% 42 6,128 R+53.6
Pickens 1,933 32.0% 4,071 67.3% 42 6,046 R+35.4
Wilcox 3,254 54.7% 2,641 44.4% 50 5,945 D+10.3
Randolph 1,330 22.6% 4,427 75.1% 135 5,892 R+52.6
Lawrence 1,416 24.2% 4,433 75.6% 14 5,863 R+51.5
Macon 3,636 62.2% 1,931 33.0% 278 5,845 D+29.2
Winston 779 13.5% 4,971 86.1% 21 5,771 R+72.6
Perry 2,718 47.7% 2,800 49.1% 181 5,699 R+1.4
Sumter 2,737 50.1% 2,686 49.2% 38 5,461 D+0.9
Fayette 836 16.5% 4,240 83.5% 5,076 R+67.1
Choctaw 1,934 38.4% 3,055 60.7% 41 5,030 R+22.3
Hale 1,779 36.8% 2,859 59.2% 190 4,828 R+22.4
Greene 3,235 68.3% 1,404 29.7% 96 4,735 D+38.7
Lowndes 2,559 54.9% 1,990 42.7% 112 4,661 D+12.2
Bullock 2,321 50.6% 2,178 47.4% 92 4,591 D+3.1
Clay 507 11.3% 3,948 88.2% 19 4,474 R+76.9
Cherokee 1,182 26.7% 3,179 71.9% 61 4,422 R+45.2
Washington 1,096 25.0% 3,282 74.7% 14 4,392 R+49.8
Conecuh 1,042 24.3% 3,214 74.8% 40 4,296 R+50.6
Crenshaw 1,085 25.3% 3,129 72.9% 80 4,294 R+47.6
Henry 853 19.9% 3,414 79.6% 24 4,291 R+59.7
Bibb 837 19.7% 3,332 78.4% 79 4,248 R+58.7
Lamar 766 18.8% 3,283 80.6% 26 4,075 R+61.8
Cleburne 581 14.5% 3,420 85.2% 13 4,014 R+70.7
Coosa 773 22.3% 2,672 77.2% 16 3,461 R+54.9

Counties as they stood in 1972; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5