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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in District of Columbia

George McGovern (Democrat) beat Richard Nixon (Republican) in District of Columbia in 1972, 78.1% to 21.6%, a margin of 56.5 points and 92,401 votes.

District of Columbia voted 79.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+23.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1968, when Hubert Humphrey won.

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Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
George McGovern won	Democratic	127,627	78.1%
Richard Nixon	Republican	35,226	21.6%
All other candidates		568	0.3%
Total		163,421

District of Columbia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+83.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+86.8
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+86.8
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+83.6
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+85.9
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+79.8
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+76.2
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+75.9
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+75.5
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+68.3
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+71.7
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+61.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+65.1
1972	George McGovern (D)	D+56.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+63.6
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+71.0

1972 presidential election in District of Columbia

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