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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Georgia

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Georgia in 1972, 75.0% to 24.6%, a margin of 50.4 points and 591,967 votes.

Georgia voted 27.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+23.1.

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

Republicans led in 159 of the 159 counties as they stood then. The largest, Fulton, cast 170,585 votes and went to the Republican by 12.9 points. The closest was Hancock, where 93 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 881,496 75.0%
George McGovern Democratic 289,529 24.6%
All other candidates 3,747 0.3%
Total1,174,772

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fulton 74,329 43.6% 96,256 56.4% 170,585 R+12.9
Dekalb 30,671 22.6% 104,750 77.4% 135,421 R+54.7
Chatham 15,566 29.0% 38,079 71.0% 53,645 R+42.0
Cobb 7,688 14.9% 43,977 85.1% 51,665 R+70.2
Bibb 10,201 27.1% 27,402 72.9% 37,603 R+45.7
Muscogee 8,234 22.4% 28,449 77.6% 36,683 R+55.1
Richmond 9,219 27.5% 24,362 72.5% 33,581 R+45.1
Clayton 3,740 13.6% 23,681 86.4% 27,421 R+72.7
Gwinnett 2,896 13.7% 18,181 86.3% 21,077 R+72.5
Floyd 3,372 17.9% 15,485 82.1% 18,857 R+64.2
Clarke 6,090 34.7% 11,465 65.3% 17,555 R+30.6
Dougherty 3,625 22.0% 12,878 78.0% 16,503 R+56.1
Houston 2,556 15.8% 13,576 84.2% 16,132 R+68.3
Hall 2,440 18.6% 10,686 81.4% 13,126 R+62.8
Glynn 3,002 24.1% 9,443 75.9% 12,445 R+51.8
Whitfield 1,955 18.5% 8,591 81.5% 10,546 R+62.9
Carroll 2,158 20.6% 8,296 79.4% 10,454 R+58.7
Troup 2,056 19.8% 8,350 80.2% 10,406 R+60.5
Walker 1,574 15.3% 8,728 84.7% 10,302 R+69.4
Lowndes 2,015 20.5% 7,812 79.5% 9,827 R+59.0
Laurens 2,130 22.5% 7,350 77.5% 9,480 R+55.1
Spalding 1,702 19.2% 7,183 80.8% 8,885 R+61.7
Thomas 2,171 24.6% 6,668 75.4% 8,839 R+50.9
Ware 1,724 20.8% 6,578 79.2% 8,302 R+58.5
Colquitt 930 11.9% 6,900 88.1% 7,830 R+76.2
Douglas 982 12.9% 6,610 87.1% 7,592 R+74.1
Coweta 1,560 21.3% 5,751 78.7% 7,311 R+57.3
Bulloch 1,524 21.1% 5,683 78.9% 7,207 R+57.7
Catoosa 894 13.0% 6,008 87.0% 6,902 R+74.1
Cherokee 1,159 17.4% 5,509 82.6% 6,668 R+65.2
Henry 1,460 22.1% 5,155 77.9% 6,615 R+55.9
Bartow 1,590 24.7% 4,836 75.3% 6,426 R+50.5
Baldwin 1,435 22.9% 4,826 77.1% 6,261 R+54.2
Polk 1,317 21.1% 4,929 78.9% 6,246 R+57.8
Peach 2,413 39.2% 3,747 60.8% 6,160 R+21.7
Newton 1,380 22.9% 4,647 77.1% 6,027 R+54.2
Sumter 1,268 21.9% 4,533 78.1% 5,801 R+56.3
Upson 896 15.5% 4,892 84.5% 5,788 R+69.0
Columbia 946 16.4% 4,839 83.6% 5,785 R+67.3
Decatur 1,196 21.8% 4,292 78.2% 5,488 R+56.4
Tift 816 15.1% 4,591 84.9% 5,407 R+69.8
Dodge 884 16.9% 4,346 83.1% 5,230 R+66.2
Gordon 870 16.7% 4,344 83.3% 5,214 R+66.6
Jackson 1,055 20.4% 4,124 79.6% 5,179 R+59.3
Washington 1,246 24.2% 3,901 75.8% 5,147 R+51.6
Walton 1,140 22.2% 3,994 77.8% 5,134 R+55.6
Toombs 675 14.2% 4,080 85.8% 4,755 R+71.6
Fannin 949 20.1% 3,783 79.9% 4,732 R+59.9
Stephens 871 18.8% 3,773 81.2% 4,644 R+62.5
Meriwether 1,213 26.2% 3,420 73.8% 4,633 R+47.6
Grady 874 19.0% 3,732 81.0% 4,606 R+62.0
Emanuel 916 19.9% 3,684 80.1% 4,600 R+60.2
Coffee 607 13.4% 3,934 86.6% 4,541 R+73.3
Wayne 733 16.6% 3,677 83.4% 4,410 R+66.8
Rockdale 791 18.2% 3,560 81.8% 4,351 R+63.6
Crisp 682 15.8% 3,623 84.2% 4,305 R+68.3
Barrow 867 20.2% 3,423 79.8% 4,290 R+59.6
Haralson 767 18.1% 3,460 81.9% 4,227 R+63.7
Chattooga 923 22.5% 3,188 77.5% 4,111 R+55.1
McDuffie 996 25.0% 2,990 75.0% 3,986 R+50.0
Jefferson 1,184 29.9% 2,777 70.1% 3,961 R+40.2
Burke 1,058 27.1% 2,846 72.9% 3,904 R+45.8
Fayette 450 11.7% 3,401 88.3% 3,851 R+76.6
Paulding 1,004 26.3% 2,814 73.7% 3,818 R+47.4
Elbert 884 23.5% 2,875 76.5% 3,759 R+53.0
Effingham 497 13.5% 3,175 86.5% 3,672 R+72.9
Liberty 1,217 34.2% 2,337 65.8% 3,554 R+31.5
Mitchell 1,120 31.8% 2,400 68.2% 3,520 R+36.4
Forsyth 549 15.6% 2,968 84.4% 3,517 R+68.8
Gilmer 768 22.0% 2,729 78.0% 3,497 R+56.1
Worth 542 15.6% 2,942 84.4% 3,484 R+68.9
Tattnall 492 14.5% 2,892 85.5% 3,384 R+70.9
Jones 861 25.7% 2,483 74.3% 3,344 R+48.5
Harris 701 21.1% 2,617 78.9% 3,318 R+57.7
Murray 644 19.6% 2,643 80.4% 3,287 R+60.8
Appling 512 15.7% 2,755 84.3% 3,267 R+68.7
Madison 572 18.0% 2,606 82.0% 3,178 R+64.0
Camden 753 24.0% 2,380 76.0% 3,133 R+51.9
Hancock 1,502 48.5% 1,595 51.5% 3,097 R+3.0
Hart 784 25.4% 2,308 74.6% 3,092 R+49.3
Brooks 643 20.9% 2,430 79.1% 3,073 R+58.2
Union 742 24.3% 2,317 75.7% 3,059 R+51.5
Screven 575 19.3% 2,402 80.7% 2,977 R+61.4
Monroe 789 26.6% 2,181 73.4% 2,970 R+46.9
Wilkinson 751 25.5% 2,196 74.5% 2,947 R+49.0
Telfair 687 23.4% 2,245 76.6% 2,932 R+53.1
Early 513 17.6% 2,396 82.4% 2,909 R+64.7
Macon 837 29.5% 2,005 70.5% 2,842 R+41.1
Wilkes 646 22.7% 2,195 77.3% 2,841 R+54.5
Ben Hill 703 25.0% 2,104 75.0% 2,807 R+49.9
Terrell 686 25.0% 2,057 75.0% 2,743 R+50.0
Butts 727 27.0% 1,968 73.0% 2,695 R+46.0
Bleckley 377 14.0% 2,308 86.0% 2,685 R+71.9
Morgan 668 25.0% 2,007 75.0% 2,675 R+50.1
Cook 525 19.7% 2,135 80.3% 2,660 R+60.5
Berrien 371 14.0% 2,285 86.0% 2,656 R+72.1
Pickens 520 19.8% 2,101 80.2% 2,621 R+60.3
Johnson 417 15.9% 2,201 84.1% 2,618 R+68.1
Greene 919 35.4% 1,679 64.6% 2,598 R+29.3
Putnam 604 23.5% 1,963 76.5% 2,567 R+52.9
Turner 437 17.1% 2,120 82.9% 2,557 R+65.8
Lamar 666 26.5% 1,844 73.5% 2,510 R+46.9
Dooly 590 23.7% 1,904 76.3% 2,494 R+52.7
Oconee 464 18.6% 2,029 81.4% 2,493 R+62.8
Twiggs 1,113 45.0% 1,363 55.0% 2,476 R+10.1
Franklin 435 17.7% 2,022 82.3% 2,457 R+64.6
Pulaski 444 18.4% 1,966 81.6% 2,410 R+63.2
Randolph 798 33.2% 1,603 66.8% 2,401 R+33.5
Dade 148 6.6% 2,110 93.4% 2,258 R+86.9
Jenkins 484 21.5% 1,769 78.5% 2,253 R+57.0
Pierce 269 12.0% 1,982 88.0% 2,251 R+76.1
Seminole 376 16.9% 1,851 83.1% 2,227 R+66.2
McIntosh 833 37.9% 1,367 62.1% 2,200 R+24.3
Irwin 335 15.3% 1,851 84.7% 2,186 R+69.4
Wilcox 315 14.5% 1,863 85.5% 2,178 R+71.1
Jeff Davis 302 14.0% 1,857 86.0% 2,159 R+72.0
Taylor 514 24.5% 1,580 75.5% 2,094 R+50.9
Evans 375 18.4% 1,666 81.6% 2,041 R+63.3
Oglethorpe 326 16.0% 1,712 84.0% 2,038 R+68.0
Towns 404 20.4% 1,573 79.6% 1,977 R+59.1
Bacon 192 9.8% 1,771 90.2% 1,963 R+80.4
Brantley 338 17.6% 1,587 82.4% 1,925 R+64.9
White 343 18.2% 1,537 81.8% 1,880 R+63.5
Lumpkin 385 20.7% 1,477 79.3% 1,862 R+58.6
Pike 423 22.8% 1,432 77.2% 1,855 R+54.4
Rabun 366 19.9% 1,477 80.1% 1,843 R+60.3
Lee 390 21.3% 1,441 78.7% 1,831 R+57.4
Jasper 463 26.4% 1,289 73.6% 1,752 R+47.1
Montgomery 337 19.7% 1,370 80.3% 1,707 R+60.5
Banks 356 21.0% 1,336 79.0% 1,692 R+57.9
Crawford 512 30.5% 1,167 69.5% 1,679 R+39.0
Bryan 263 15.7% 1,409 84.3% 1,672 R+68.5
Candler 238 14.3% 1,427 85.7% 1,665 R+71.4
Warren 475 28.8% 1,175 71.2% 1,650 R+42.4
Lincoln 340 21.4% 1,246 78.6% 1,586 R+57.1
Treutlen 210 13.5% 1,346 86.5% 1,556 R+73.0
Charlton 310 19.9% 1,244 80.1% 1,554 R+60.1
Heard 276 18.2% 1,239 81.8% 1,515 R+63.6
Talbot 508 33.9% 990 66.1% 1,498 R+32.2
Calhoun 495 35.7% 892 64.3% 1,387 R+28.6
Miller 118 8.5% 1,269 91.5% 1,387 R+83.0
Wheeler 294 21.2% 1,093 78.8% 1,387 R+57.6
Stewart 353 25.7% 1,020 74.3% 1,373 R+48.6
Clinch 239 17.5% 1,127 82.5% 1,366 R+65.0
Baker 345 26.3% 965 73.7% 1,310 R+47.3
Atkinson 309 25.1% 924 74.9% 1,233 R+49.9
Habersham 172 15.0% 971 85.0% 1,143 R+69.9
Dawson 230 21.7% 828 78.3% 1,058 R+56.5
Lanier 193 18.5% 850 81.5% 1,043 R+63.0
Marion 164 16.2% 850 83.8% 1,014 R+67.7
Long 236 23.6% 764 76.4% 1,000 R+52.8
Taliaferro 372 38.9% 585 61.1% 957 R+22.3
Clay 283 30.9% 632 69.1% 915 R+38.1
Schley 162 18.9% 694 81.1% 856 R+62.1
Quitman 140 21.8% 502 78.2% 642 R+56.4
Glascock 41 6.6% 578 93.4% 619 R+86.8
Webster 108 18.3% 483 81.7% 591 R+63.5
Echols 68 14.4% 404 85.6% 472 R+71.2
Chattahoochee 121 26.0% 345 74.0% 466 R+48.1

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+2.2
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+5.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+7.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+5.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+16.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+11.7
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+1.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+0.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+20.4
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+14.8
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+33.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+50.4
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+8.3
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+25.1
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+33.8
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+39.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+42.5
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+83.8
1928 Al Smith (D) D+13.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+55.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+44.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+72.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+72.4
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+23.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+45.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+21.0
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+36.3
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+42.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+32.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+30.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+44.1
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Horatio Seymour (D) D+28.5