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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in North Dakota

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1972, 62.1% to 35.8%, a margin of 26.3 points and 73,725 votes.

North Dakota voted 3.1 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 52 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Cass, cast 36,306 votes and went to the Republican by 21.2 points. The closest was Sioux, where 4 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 174,109 62.1%
George McGovern Democratic 100,384 35.8%
All other candidates 6,021 2.1%
Total280,514

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 14,073 38.8% 21,770 60.0% 463 36,306 R+21.2
Grand Forks 9,416 40.1% 13,361 56.9% 698 23,475 R+16.8
Ward 6,706 32.1% 13,900 66.6% 262 20,868 R+34.5
Burleigh 5,841 28.3% 13,909 67.4% 894 20,644 R+39.1
Stutsman 3,589 35.8% 6,269 62.5% 170 10,028 R+26.7
Morton 3,312 36.1% 5,494 59.9% 371 9,177 R+23.8
Richland 3,367 39.0% 5,194 60.2% 63 8,624 R+21.2
Stark 2,636 32.4% 5,115 62.9% 380 8,131 R+30.5
Williams 2,989 37.3% 4,800 59.9% 225 8,014 R+22.6
Barnes 2,804 37.9% 4,518 61.1% 67 7,389 R+23.2
Walsh 2,908 41.0% 3,991 56.3% 191 7,090 R+15.3
Ramsey 2,384 37.3% 3,954 61.8% 62 6,400 R+24.5
McLean 1,703 31.5% 3,575 66.2% 120 5,398 R+34.7
Pembina 1,801 34.6% 3,317 63.8% 85 5,203 R+29.1
Traill 1,892 37.3% 3,118 61.4% 68 5,078 R+24.1
Cavalier 1,867 38.7% 2,898 60.1% 59 4,824 R+21.4
Bottineau 1,369 29.2% 3,263 69.6% 56 4,688 R+40.4
McHenry 1,554 35.8% 2,765 63.6% 27 4,346 R+27.9
Wells 1,297 33.2% 2,519 64.4% 94 3,910 R+31.3
Benson 1,635 43.9% 2,050 55.1% 36 3,721 R+11.2
Dickey 1,266 35.4% 2,277 63.6% 38 3,581 R+28.2
Rolette 1,803 50.7% 1,713 48.1% 43 3,559 D+2.5
La Moure 1,399 39.5% 2,110 59.6% 30 3,539 R+20.1
Mountrail 1,391 39.8% 2,038 58.3% 67 3,496 R+18.5
Mercer 784 22.7% 2,567 74.3% 105 3,456 R+51.6
Ransom 1,355 39.4% 2,056 59.9% 24 3,435 R+20.4
Emmons 1,115 32.8% 2,194 64.5% 91 3,400 R+31.7
Nelson 1,358 44.8% 1,625 53.7% 45 3,028 R+8.8
McIntosh 521 17.4% 2,440 81.6% 29 2,990 R+64.2
Pierce 973 32.7% 1,970 66.2% 35 2,978 R+33.5
Sargent 1,331 44.9% 1,616 54.5% 19 2,966 R+9.6
McKenzie 937 32.3% 1,913 65.9% 54 2,904 R+33.6
Hettinger 726 31.2% 1,511 64.9% 90 2,327 R+33.7
Towner 944 40.6% 1,349 58.0% 32 2,325 R+17.4
Griggs 901 39.9% 1,312 58.1% 45 2,258 R+18.2
Foster 861 38.4% 1,352 60.3% 30 2,243 R+21.9
Grant 596 26.7% 1,569 70.2% 71 2,236 R+43.5
Dunn 644 29.3% 1,438 65.5% 115 2,197 R+36.1
Burke 651 29.9% 1,446 66.4% 82 2,179 R+36.5
Divide 774 37.9% 1,230 60.3% 36 2,040 R+22.4
Logan 554 27.3% 1,408 69.3% 69 2,031 R+42.0
Steele 892 45.3% 1,063 54.0% 15 1,970 R+8.7
Eddy 911 46.4% 1,022 52.0% 31 1,964 R+5.7
Kidder 557 28.4% 1,315 67.1% 89 1,961 R+38.7
Adams 665 35.5% 1,177 62.8% 33 1,875 R+27.3
Renville 702 38.3% 1,121 61.1% 12 1,835 R+22.8
Sheridan 334 18.5% 1,460 80.7% 15 1,809 R+62.2
Bowman 643 35.7% 1,111 61.7% 47 1,801 R+26.0
Golden Valley 362 29.5% 774 63.0% 93 1,229 R+33.5
Sioux 557 48.8% 561 49.1% 24 1,142 R+0.4
Oliver 293 28.5% 669 65.1% 65 1,027 R+36.6
Billings 192 26.3% 509 69.8% 28 729 R+43.5
Slope 249 36.1% 413 59.9% 28 690 R+23.8

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.

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)