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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Florida

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Florida in 1972, 71.9% to 27.8%, a margin of 44.1 points and 1,139,642 votes.

Florida voted 21.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+23.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1968, when Richard Nixon also won.

Republicans led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Dade, cast 435,763 votes and went to the Republican by 18.1 points. The closest was Glades, where 766 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 1,857,759 71.9%
George McGovern Democratic 718,117 27.8%
All other candidates 7,407 0.3%
Total2,583,283

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 177,693 40.8% 256,529 58.9% 1,541 435,763 R+18.1
Broward 74,127 27.3% 196,528 72.4% 754 271,409 R+45.1
Pinellas 77,197 30.0% 179,541 69.8% 378 257,116 R+39.8
Duval 46,530 27.5% 122,154 72.2% 520 169,204 R+44.7
Hillsborough 45,305 29.7% 106,956 70.1% 249 152,510 R+40.4
Palm Beach 40,825 27.2% 108,670 72.3% 708 150,203 R+45.2
Orange 23,840 20.1% 94,516 79.6% 421 118,777 R+59.5
Brevard 16,854 21.1% 62,773 78.7% 106 79,733 R+57.6
Polk 16,419 21.2% 60,748 78.4% 293 77,460 R+57.2
Volusia 21,637 29.0% 52,656 70.6% 290 74,583 R+41.6
Escambia 14,078 20.0% 56,071 79.6% 315 70,464 R+59.6
Sarasota 12,235 20.0% 48,939 80.0% 36 61,210 R+60.0
Lee 9,404 20.3% 36,738 79.5% 93 46,235 R+59.1
Leon 15,555 36.1% 27,479 63.7% 92 43,126 R+27.6
Manatee 8,058 19.7% 32,664 79.8% 218 40,940 R+60.1
Pasco 11,330 27.9% 29,249 71.9% 97 40,676 R+44.1
Alachua 17,245 43.3% 22,536 56.5% 80 39,861 R+13.3
Seminole 6,503 19.0% 27,658 80.8% 51 34,212 R+61.8
Lake 4,803 17.2% 23,079 82.6% 48 27,930 R+65.4
Okaloosa 2,843 10.8% 23,303 88.6% 144 26,290 R+77.8
Marion 5,397 21.6% 19,505 78.2% 46 24,948 R+56.5
Bay 3,914 16.2% 20,245 83.8% 24,159 R+67.6
St. Lucie 4,593 24.3% 14,258 75.4% 59 18,910 R+51.1
Charlotte 3,874 23.0% 12,888 76.6% 55 16,817 R+53.6
Collier 3,201 19.1% 13,501 80.6% 42 16,744 R+61.5
Monroe 4,469 27.6% 11,688 72.2% 36 16,193 R+44.6
Indian River 3,316 22.0% 11,741 77.8% 25 15,082 R+55.9
Martin 2,946 20.6% 11,296 78.8% 88 14,330 R+58.3
Santa Rosa 1,491 10.5% 12,669 88.9% 85 14,245 R+78.5
Clay 1,748 14.3% 10,467 85.5% 23 12,238 R+71.2
Highlands 2,458 20.3% 9,645 79.5% 30 12,133 R+59.2
Putnam 2,901 24.8% 8,741 74.6% 74 11,716 R+49.8
St. Johns 2,549 22.1% 8,919 77.5% 43 11,511 R+55.3
Citrus 2,607 22.8% 8,848 77.2% 3 11,458 R+54.5
Osceola 1,875 16.7% 9,320 82.9% 42 11,237 R+66.3
Jackson 2,220 19.9% 8,904 80.0% 8 11,132 R+60.0
Gadsden 3,829 39.0% 5,995 61.0% 2 9,826 R+22.0
Hernando 2,110 25.1% 6,296 74.9% 3 8,409 R+49.8
Columbia 1,664 19.8% 6,723 80.2% 8,387 R+60.3
Walton 988 13.7% 6,217 85.9% 30 7,235 R+72.3
Nassau 1,293 20.2% 5,078 79.4% 21 6,392 R+59.2
Suwannee 1,027 18.7% 4,435 80.8% 29 5,491 R+62.1
Bradford 1,217 24.6% 3,652 73.7% 88 4,957 R+49.1
Taylor 754 15.5% 4,109 84.5% 4,863 R+69.0
Sumter 1,107 23.0% 3,695 76.7% 15 4,817 R+53.7
Madison 1,187 26.7% 3,236 72.9% 15 4,438 R+46.2
Washington 606 13.8% 3,777 86.1% 3 4,386 R+72.3
Hardee 647 15.4% 3,563 84.6% 3 4,213 R+69.2
Levy 862 20.8% 3,273 79.1% 2 4,137 R+58.3
Holmes 309 7.5% 3,819 92.5% 4,128 R+85.0
De Soto 852 22.3% 2,958 77.6% 3 3,813 R+55.2
Hendry 739 21.1% 2,763 78.9% 2 3,504 R+57.8
Gulf 713 21.3% 2,628 78.5% 5 3,346 R+57.2
Okeechobee 621 19.4% 2,581 80.6% 1 3,203 R+61.2
Jefferson 1,049 32.9% 2,108 66.0% 35 3,192 R+33.2
Wakulla 539 17.9% 2,466 82.0% 2 3,007 R+64.1
Franklin 490 17.7% 2,277 82.1% 5 2,772 R+64.5
Calhoun 461 18.2% 2,069 81.7% 3 2,533 R+63.5
Hamilton 626 26.4% 1,741 73.3% 7 2,374 R+47.0
Baker 379 16.3% 1,943 83.6% 1 2,323 R+67.3
Dixie 367 18.4% 1,628 81.5% 2 1,997 R+63.1
Flagler 493 25.9% 1,409 74.1% 1,902 R+48.2
Union 253 16.1% 1,314 83.9% 1,567 R+67.7
Gilchrist 247 15.8% 1,306 83.5% 12 1,565 R+67.7
Liberty 222 15.6% 1,199 84.4% 1,421 R+68.8
Glades 253 19.6% 1,019 78.8% 21 1,293 R+59.2
Lafayette 173 14.0% 1,060 85.7% 4 1,237 R+71.7

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.

Florida in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+3.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+1.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+0.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+2.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+5.0
2000 George W. Bush (R) level
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+5.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+1.9
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+22.4
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+30.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.0
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+44.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+2.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+10.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.2
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+52.2
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+49.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+28.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+51.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.1
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+41.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+46.9
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+52.8
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+85.0
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+19.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+8.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.0