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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Idaho

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Idaho in 1972, 64.2% to 26.0%, a margin of 38.2 points and 118,558 votes.

Idaho voted 15.1 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 44 of the 44 counties as they stood then. The largest, Ada, cast 54,311 votes and went to the Republican by 44.1 points. The closest was Clearwater, where 178 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard Nixon won	Republican	199,384	64.2%
George McGovern	Democratic	80,826	26.0%
John G. Schmitz	American Independent	28,869	9.3%
All other candidates		1,300	0.4%
Total		310,379

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	12,687 23.4%	36,665 67.5%	4,959	54,311	R+44.1
Canyon	5,630 21.0%	18,383 68.4%	2,844	26,857	R+47.5
Bannock	7,840 35.3%	12,856 57.9%	1,495	22,191	R+22.6
Bonneville	4,199 19.6%	13,134 61.2%	4,133	21,466	R+41.6
Twin Falls	3,344 18.9%	13,075 74.0%	1,254	17,673	R+55.1
Kootenai	5,162 31.8%	9,958 61.3%	1,118	16,238	R+29.5
Nez Perce	5,081 42.6%	6,232 52.2%	628	11,941	R+9.6
Latah	4,548 41.7%	6,043 55.3%	327	10,918	R+13.7
Bingham	2,476 23.1%	6,886 64.3%	1,343	10,705	R+41.2
Bonner	2,599 33.9%	4,405 57.5%	661	7,665	R+23.6
Shoshone	3,020 41.9%	3,868 53.7%	319	7,207	R+11.8
Cassia	1,080 17.5%	4,576 74.3%	506	6,162	R+56.7
Minidoka	1,423 23.8%	4,097 68.7%	447	5,967	R+44.8
Payette	1,113 21.1%	3,577 67.8%	582	5,272	R+46.7
Madison	710 13.6%	3,606 69.1%	900	5,216	R+55.5
Idaho	1,622 31.2%	3,235 62.2%	344	5,201	R+31.0
Jefferson	715 14.0%	2,983 58.4%	1,412	5,110	R+44.4
Jerome	888 18.2%	3,661 75.1%	325	4,874	R+56.9
Elmore	1,153 24.9%	3,078 66.6%	394	4,625	R+41.6
Gem	1,069 24.1%	2,717 61.3%	645	4,431	R+37.2
Gooding	1,030 23.3%	3,124 70.7%	263	4,417	R+47.4
Fremont	819 19.2%	2,621 61.4%	830	4,270	R+42.2
Franklin	611 15.7%	2,787 71.6%	495	3,893	R+55.9
Washington	935 25.6%	2,264 62.0%	453	3,652	R+36.4
Blaine	1,240 35.8%	2,113 61.0%	112	3,465	R+25.2
Bear Lake	716 22.5%	2,213 69.5%	256	3,185	R+47.0
Clearwater	1,412 45.0%	1,590 50.7%	136	3,138	R+5.7
Caribou	614 20.8%	2,069 69.9%	275	2,958	R+49.2
Lemhi	526 18.0%	1,812 62.0%	585	2,923	R+44.0
Benewah	1,062 39.5%	1,494 55.5%	134	2,690	R+16.1
Boundary	860 32.1%	1,587 59.3%	231	2,678	R+27.1
Owyhee	463 19.9%	1,630 70.1%	231	2,324	R+50.2
Power	625 28.7%	1,405 64.4%	150	2,180	R+35.8
Valley	537 25.0%	1,324 61.6%	290	2,151	R+36.6
Lewis	635 37.6%	961 57.0%	91	1,687	R+19.3
Oneida	402 23.9%	1,204 71.5%	79	1,685	R+47.6
Lincoln	313 20.8%	1,120 74.4%	73	1,506	R+53.6
Custer	274 19.1%	989 69.1%	169	1,432	R+49.9
Adams	293 20.6%	963 67.8%	165	1,421	R+47.1
Butte	387 27.7%	788 56.4%	221	1,396	R+28.7
Teton	298 21.9%	932 68.6%	129	1,359	R+46.7
Boise	256 25.1%	676 66.3%	88	1,020	R+41.2
Camas	95 20.5%	344 74.3%	24	463	R+53.8
Clark	64 14.0%	339 74.3%	53	456	R+60.3

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.8
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+31.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+31.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+25.4
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+38.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+39.5
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.5
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+13.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+26.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+46.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+22.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.2
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+26.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+1.8
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.6
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+29.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+20.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+29.3
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+30.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+31.3
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+10.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+1.1
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+16.9
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+40.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+3.9
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+56.8
1892	James B. Weaver (other)

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