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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Montana

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Montana in 1972, 57.9% to 37.8%, a margin of 20.1 points and 63,779 votes.

Montana voted 3.1 points more Democratic 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 54 of the 56 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Yellowstone, cast 40,237 votes and went to the Republican by 28.8 points. The closest was Mineral, where 47 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 183,976 57.9%
George McGovern Democratic 120,197 37.8%
All other candidates 13,430 4.2%
Total317,603

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Yellowstone 13,602 33.8% 25,205 62.6% 1,430 40,237 R+28.8
Cascade 12,899 41.8% 16,159 52.4% 1,778 30,836 R+10.6
Missoula 13,784 45.9% 15,557 51.8% 708 30,049 R+5.9
Silver Bow 11,704 57.4% 7,967 39.0% 733 20,404 D+18.3
Lewis And Clark 6,081 35.1% 10,719 61.9% 516 17,316 R+26.8
Flathead 5,412 31.5% 10,417 60.7% 1,327 17,156 R+29.2
Gallatin 5,096 31.7% 10,663 66.3% 329 16,088 R+34.6
Ravalli 2,480 33.3% 4,611 61.8% 367 7,458 R+28.6
Hill 3,061 43.2% 3,759 53.1% 265 7,085 R+9.9
Lake 2,260 33.6% 4,172 62.1% 287 6,719 R+28.5
Deer Lodge 3,979 60.3% 2,373 35.9% 252 6,604 D+24.3
Lincoln 2,402 38.7% 3,276 52.8% 530 6,208 R+14.1
Fergus 1,652 27.3% 4,082 67.5% 315 6,049 R+40.2
Park 1,923 32.6% 3,771 63.9% 208 5,902 R+31.3
Custer 1,875 34.1% 3,486 63.3% 145 5,506 R+29.3
Valley 1,973 36.9% 3,210 60.0% 165 5,348 R+23.1
Dawson 1,685 33.6% 3,207 64.0% 122 5,014 R+30.4
Richland 1,438 33.4% 2,645 61.5% 217 4,300 R+28.1
Roosevelt 1,464 37.5% 2,304 59.0% 139 3,907 R+21.5
Carbon 1,292 33.6% 2,378 61.9% 171 3,841 R+28.3
Big Horn 1,552 40.6% 2,148 56.2% 124 3,824 R+15.6
Glacier 1,469 38.5% 2,143 56.1% 207 3,819 R+17.6
Beaverhead 775 22.7% 2,460 72.0% 182 3,417 R+49.3
Chouteau 1,149 33.8% 2,027 59.6% 223 3,399 R+25.8
Teton 1,121 33.8% 1,991 60.0% 209 3,321 R+26.2
Pondera 1,215 36.9% 1,890 57.4% 187 3,292 R+20.5
Sanders 1,197 36.8% 1,779 54.7% 275 3,251 R+17.9
Powell 1,050 36.4% 1,720 59.7% 112 2,882 R+23.2
Toole 897 31.9% 1,679 59.6% 239 2,815 R+27.8
Sheridan 1,197 43.1% 1,500 54.0% 83 2,780 R+10.9
Blaine 1,151 41.4% 1,513 54.4% 115 2,779 R+13.0
Madison 669 25.9% 1,780 68.8% 139 2,588 R+42.9
Phillips 828 32.4% 1,659 64.9% 70 2,557 R+32.5
Stillwater 716 28.7% 1,698 67.9% 85 2,499 R+39.3
Rosebud 777 33.1% 1,486 63.2% 87 2,350 R+30.2
Jefferson 904 39.6% 1,281 56.1% 100 2,285 R+16.5
Musselshell 689 35.0% 1,202 61.1% 76 1,967 R+26.1
Sweet Grass 350 21.1% 1,260 76.0% 48 1,658 R+54.9
Judith Basin 557 34.5% 961 59.5% 96 1,614 R+25.0
Fallon 531 33.1% 1,034 64.5% 39 1,604 R+31.4
Daniels 570 36.2% 973 61.8% 31 1,574 R+25.6
McCone 562 38.4% 854 58.3% 49 1,465 R+19.9
Mineral 659 46.4% 706 49.8% 54 1,419 R+3.3
Broadwater 411 29.9% 916 66.6% 49 1,376 R+36.7
Wheatland 445 33.6% 761 57.4% 120 1,326 R+23.8
Granite 422 32.7% 804 62.3% 65 1,291 R+29.6
Liberty 365 29.6% 808 65.4% 62 1,235 R+35.9
Powder River 267 21.9% 844 69.4% 106 1,217 R+47.4
Prairie 303 30.3% 685 68.6% 11 999 R+38.2
Carter 218 22.2% 726 73.9% 39 983 R+51.7
Meagher 230 24.4% 674 71.5% 38 942 R+47.1
Garfield 173 19.4% 695 77.8% 25 893 R+58.5
Wibaux 283 40.3% 390 55.5% 30 703 R+15.2
Treasure 176 30.7% 377 65.7% 21 574 R+35.0
Golden Valley 170 30.7% 359 64.9% 24 553 R+34.2
Petroleum 87 26.8% 232 71.4% 6 325 R+44.6

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.

Montana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+19.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+16.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.4
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+13.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+2.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+20.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+25.1
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+2.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.0
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.9
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.6
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+22.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.9
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+23.1
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+29.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+19.3
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+11.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.4
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+20.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+18.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+60.6
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.7