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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Indiana

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Indiana in 1972, 66.1% to 33.3%, a margin of 32.8 points and 696,586 votes.

Indiana voted 9.6 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 92 of the 92 counties as they stood then. The largest, Marion, cast 309,766 votes and went to the Republican by 33.5 points. The closest was Switzerland, where 260 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 1,405,154 66.1%
George McGovern Democratic 708,568 33.3%
All other candidates 11,807 0.6%
Total2,125,529

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 102,166 33.0% 206,065 66.5% 1,535 309,766 R+33.5
Lake 88,510 43.1% 115,480 56.2% 1,352 205,342 R+13.1
Allen 38,621 33.2% 76,924 66.2% 654 116,199 R+33.0
St. Joseph 41,629 38.9% 64,808 60.5% 602 107,039 R+21.7
Vanderburgh 22,163 31.0% 48,806 68.3% 468 71,437 R+37.3
Madison 20,921 34.8% 39,036 64.9% 177 60,134 R+30.1
Delaware 17,936 35.5% 32,468 64.2% 163 50,567 R+28.7
Vigo 18,898 38.6% 29,730 60.7% 329 48,957 R+22.1
Tippecanoe 14,598 31.5% 31,565 68.1% 203 46,366 R+36.6
Elkhart 12,659 28.8% 31,009 70.6% 273 43,941 R+41.8
La Porte 13,222 33.2% 26,243 66.0% 311 39,776 R+32.7
Porter 8,943 24.8% 26,877 74.6% 210 36,030 R+49.8
Monroe 15,241 42.8% 19,953 56.1% 402 35,596 R+13.2
Howard 8,083 25.8% 23,089 73.7% 169 31,341 R+47.9
Wayne 7,655 26.1% 21,610 73.6% 96 29,361 R+47.5
Grant 7,912 27.3% 20,969 72.4% 77 28,958 R+45.1
Clark 10,838 40.0% 16,111 59.4% 164 27,113 R+19.4
Bartholomew 6,974 28.5% 17,365 70.9% 163 24,502 R+42.4
Hamilton 4,151 17.0% 20,247 82.7% 72 24,470 R+65.8
Johnson 5,067 22.3% 17,537 77.2% 120 22,724 R+54.9
Floyd 9,243 40.8% 13,198 58.3% 195 22,636 R+17.5
Hendricks 4,384 19.8% 17,699 79.9% 70 22,153 R+60.1
Kosciusko 4,233 20.6% 16,216 78.9% 96 20,545 R+58.3
Henry 5,610 27.8% 14,538 71.9% 60 20,208 R+44.2
Knox 6,089 33.5% 11,940 65.6% 167 18,196 R+32.2
Cass 5,317 29.3% 12,681 69.8% 178 18,176 R+40.5
Marshall 4,349 26.7% 11,908 73.0% 51 16,308 R+46.4
Huntington 4,908 31.0% 10,858 68.5% 89 15,855 R+37.5
Morgan 3,390 22.0% 11,980 77.6% 65 15,435 R+55.7
Lawrence 4,278 28.0% 10,936 71.6% 70 15,284 R+43.6
Shelby 4,028 27.0% 10,794 72.4% 78 14,900 R+45.4
Gibson 5,633 38.0% 9,115 61.5% 71 14,819 R+23.5
Jackson 4,984 33.9% 9,546 65.0% 159 14,689 R+31.1
Wabash 4,601 31.4% 10,011 68.3% 47 14,659 R+36.9
Montgomery 3,431 23.7% 10,997 76.0% 43 14,471 R+52.3
Clinton 4,283 30.2% 9,849 69.4% 55 14,187 R+39.2
Hancock 3,069 21.7% 11,019 77.9% 62 14,150 R+56.2
Miami 3,889 28.9% 9,477 70.5% 84 13,450 R+41.5
De Kalb 4,354 32.7% 8,834 66.4% 109 13,297 R+33.7
Dubois 6,365 48.3% 6,637 50.4% 177 13,179 R+2.1
Boone 3,235 24.6% 9,874 75.1% 38 13,147 R+50.5
Greene 4,450 34.1% 8,453 64.8% 142 13,045 R+30.7
Warrick 4,296 33.2% 8,520 65.8% 125 12,941 R+32.6
Randolph 3,409 27.9% 8,754 71.6% 69 12,232 R+43.7
Noble 4,250 34.8% 7,916 64.7% 60 12,226 R+30.0
Daviess 3,538 29.3% 8,490 70.3% 43 12,071 R+41.0
Dearborn 4,137 34.8% 7,689 64.7% 59 11,885 R+29.9
Adams 3,971 34.3% 7,549 65.2% 52 11,572 R+30.9
Whitley 3,838 33.7% 7,489 65.7% 77 11,404 R+32.0
Putnam 3,339 29.7% 7,879 70.1% 25 11,243 R+40.4
Jefferson 4,267 38.4% 6,722 60.5% 114 11,103 R+22.1
Clay 3,742 34.2% 7,146 65.3% 49 10,937 R+31.1
Fayette 3,519 32.5% 7,273 67.2% 37 10,829 R+34.7
Posey 3,586 34.6% 6,771 65.2% 21 10,378 R+30.7
Ripley 3,601 35.2% 6,594 64.5% 36 10,231 R+29.3
White 2,675 26.4% 7,419 73.2% 43 10,137 R+46.8
Harrison 3,927 39.7% 5,910 59.8% 51 9,888 R+20.1
Decatur 2,994 30.5% 6,761 68.8% 67 9,822 R+38.4
Wells 3,244 33.2% 6,425 65.8% 100 9,769 R+32.6
Perry 4,277 45.0% 5,204 54.7% 29 9,510 R+9.7
Jay 3,349 35.3% 6,090 64.2% 45 9,484 R+28.9
Spencer 3,867 41.1% 5,518 58.6% 30 9,415 R+17.5
Fountain 2,977 33.1% 5,979 66.4% 47 9,003 R+33.3
Sullivan 3,624 40.3% 5,338 59.3% 39 9,001 R+19.0
Orange 2,932 33.8% 5,715 65.9% 27 8,674 R+32.1
Starke 2,994 34.9% 5,520 64.4% 53 8,567 R+29.5
Fulton 2,150 25.7% 6,170 73.8% 38 8,358 R+48.1
Jasper 1,920 23.0% 6,369 76.2% 68 8,357 R+53.2
Vermillion 3,515 42.2% 4,764 57.2% 44 8,323 R+15.0
Jennings 2,903 35.6% 5,156 63.2% 98 8,157 R+27.6
Carroll 2,214 27.2% 5,885 72.3% 38 8,137 R+45.1
Steuben 2,401 29.7% 5,636 69.8% 38 8,075 R+40.1
Washington 3,086 39.0% 4,758 60.1% 78 7,922 R+21.1
Tipton 2,095 26.8% 5,674 72.7% 39 7,808 R+45.8
Rush 1,764 22.8% 5,965 76.9% 23 7,752 R+54.2
Parke 2,207 30.4% 5,014 69.2% 29 7,250 R+38.7
Pike 2,648 38.2% 4,252 61.3% 39 6,939 R+23.1
Franklin 2,131 32.9% 4,324 66.7% 24 6,479 R+33.8
Scott 2,785 43.6% 3,564 55.8% 42 6,391 R+12.2
Blackford 2,311 37.2% 3,876 62.3% 32 6,219 R+25.2
Pulaski 1,863 30.3% 4,243 69.0% 40 6,146 R+38.7
Lagrange 1,658 28.4% 4,152 71.1% 29 5,839 R+42.7
Owen 1,708 30.4% 3,896 69.2% 22 5,626 R+38.9
Martin 2,021 36.7% 3,470 63.0% 18 5,509 R+26.3
Benton 1,566 29.6% 3,703 70.0% 20 5,289 R+40.4
Newton 1,252 24.9% 3,771 75.0% 5 5,028 R+50.1
Crawford 1,801 40.5% 2,623 59.0% 25 4,449 R+18.5
Brown 1,443 34.3% 2,737 65.1% 27 4,207 R+30.8
Warren 1,164 29.7% 2,746 70.0% 15 3,925 R+40.3
Switzerland 1,612 46.1% 1,872 53.5% 13 3,497 R+7.4
Union 765 27.1% 2,043 72.5% 10 2,818 R+45.4
Ohio 922 40.1% 1,368 59.5% 9 2,299 R+19.4

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.

Indiana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+19.0
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+19.2
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+10.2
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+1.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+20.7
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+15.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+5.6
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+32.8
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+12.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+20.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.1
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+5.7
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+1.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+14.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+20.1
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+16.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+14.6
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+1.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+20.0
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+1.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+13.8
1900 William McKinley (R) R+4.0
1896 William McKinley (R) R+2.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.3
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.4
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.3
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+1.4
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+1.3
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.8