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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Ohio

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Ohio in 1972, 59.6% to 38.1%, a margin of 21.6 points and 882,938 votes.

Ohio voted 1.6 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 86 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 659,751 votes and went to the Republican by 1.8 points. The closest was Athens, where 242 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 2,441,827 59.6%
George McGovern Democratic 1,558,889 38.1%
All other candidates 94,071 2.3%
Total4,094,787

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 317,670 48.1% 329,493 49.9% 12,588 659,751 R+1.8
Hamilton 119,054 32.7% 239,212 65.6% 6,119 364,385 R+33.0
Franklin 117,562 34.1% 219,771 63.7% 7,475 344,808 R+29.6
Summit 108,534 48.2% 112,419 49.9% 4,263 225,216 R+1.7
Montgomery 82,231 39.4% 120,998 58.0% 5,323 208,552 R+18.6
Lucas 90,142 49.3% 88,401 48.4% 4,166 182,709 D+1.0
Stark 51,565 35.1% 92,110 62.7% 3,135 146,810 R+27.6
Mahoning 62,428 48.4% 64,144 49.7% 2,516 129,088 R+1.3
Lorain 36,634 40.3% 51,102 56.1% 3,280 91,016 R+15.9
Trumbull 35,278 41.4% 47,680 55.9% 2,308 85,266 R+14.5
Butler 21,194 28.8% 50,380 68.4% 2,061 73,635 R+39.6
Lake 27,523 38.2% 42,488 58.9% 2,130 72,141 R+20.7
Clark 19,725 35.4% 34,447 61.8% 1,578 55,750 R+26.4
Richland 13,468 29.5% 31,117 68.2% 1,056 45,641 R+38.7
Portage 20,769 46.2% 23,294 51.8% 939 45,002 R+5.6
Columbiana 15,683 36.0% 27,308 62.6% 611 43,602 R+26.7
Licking 12,460 29.5% 28,070 66.5% 1,702 42,232 R+37.0
Greene 12,736 32.7% 25,349 65.1% 824 38,909 R+32.4
Ashtabula 15,052 39.0% 22,762 59.0% 794 38,608 R+20.0
Allen 10,184 26.4% 26,966 70.0% 1,393 38,543 R+43.5
Jefferson 16,198 42.3% 21,531 56.3% 545 38,274 R+13.9
Wood 13,494 37.9% 21,080 59.2% 1,051 35,625 R+21.3
Belmont 14,800 45.0% 17,628 53.6% 450 32,878 R+8.6
Medina 10,643 32.8% 21,010 64.8% 758 32,411 R+32.0
Clermont 8,276 25.9% 22,936 71.7% 777 31,989 R+45.8
Scioto 11,008 34.7% 19,998 63.1% 673 31,679 R+28.4
Tuscarawas 12,255 39.3% 18,413 59.1% 501 31,169 R+19.8
Muskingum 10,313 33.2% 19,897 64.0% 884 31,094 R+30.8
Miami 9,121 29.4% 21,226 68.4% 665 31,012 R+39.0
Fairfield 7,746 25.3% 21,909 71.7% 913 30,568 R+46.3
Wayne 9,260 30.8% 20,368 67.7% 448 30,076 R+36.9
Erie 10,889 38.1% 16,714 58.5% 988 28,591 R+20.4
Warren 6,941 24.9% 20,210 72.4% 746 27,897 R+47.6
Marion 7,970 31.1% 17,197 67.0% 492 25,659 R+36.0
Hancock 6,084 23.7% 18,111 70.7% 1,429 25,624 R+46.9
Sandusky 8,308 34.1% 15,489 63.6% 546 24,343 R+29.5
Geauga 7,329 31.1% 15,624 66.3% 624 23,577 R+35.2
Seneca 8,180 35.7% 13,939 60.8% 799 22,918 R+25.1
Lawrence 7,112 31.5% 15,125 67.0% 330 22,567 R+35.5
Ross 5,879 26.9% 15,573 71.1% 436 21,888 R+44.3
Darke 6,534 31.0% 13,862 65.7% 700 21,096 R+34.7
Crawford 5,518 26.2% 14,632 69.5% 903 21,053 R+43.3
Washington 5,814 28.5% 14,023 68.6% 597 20,434 R+40.2
Athens 9,977 50.1% 9,735 48.9% 203 19,915 D+1.2
Delaware 4,452 24.9% 12,950 72.4% 484 17,886 R+47.5
Huron 5,491 31.7% 10,942 63.1% 907 17,340 R+31.4
Ashland 4,302 25.2% 12,470 73.0% 302 17,074 R+47.8
Auglaize 4,617 27.1% 11,900 69.8% 530 17,047 R+42.7
Ottawa 6,465 38.3% 9,772 57.9% 652 16,889 R+19.6
Knox 5,370 32.1% 10,705 64.0% 664 16,739 R+31.9
Logan 3,786 24.6% 10,938 71.1% 656 15,380 R+46.5
Mercer 5,798 38.9% 8,587 57.6% 522 14,907 R+18.7
Shelby 4,721 32.1% 9,089 61.8% 893 14,703 R+29.7
Guernsey 4,757 32.5% 9,648 66.0% 214 14,619 R+33.5
Defiance 4,377 32.1% 8,914 65.4% 339 13,630 R+33.3
Williams 4,278 31.4% 9,083 66.8% 244 13,605 R+35.3
Van Wert 3,644 27.2% 9,545 71.3% 202 13,391 R+44.1
Pickaway 2,978 22.9% 9,661 74.3% 363 13,002 R+51.4
Preble 3,472 27.1% 8,993 70.3% 330 12,795 R+43.1
Champaign 3,626 28.8% 8,756 69.5% 221 12,603 R+40.7
Hardin 3,535 28.1% 8,713 69.1% 354 12,602 R+41.1
Putnam 3,729 30.2% 8,185 66.3% 428 12,342 R+36.1
Fulton 3,615 29.5% 8,387 68.6% 232 12,234 R+39.0
Highland 3,464 28.3% 8,524 69.7% 238 12,226 R+41.4
Coshocton 3,790 31.1% 8,082 66.2% 334 12,206 R+35.2
Henry 3,145 27.4% 8,099 70.6% 231 11,475 R+43.2
Madison 2,484 22.5% 8,372 75.7% 208 11,064 R+53.2
Union 2,447 22.1% 8,389 75.9% 218 11,054 R+53.8
Clinton 2,709 24.7% 8,140 74.1% 139 10,988 R+49.4
Jackson 3,410 31.2% 7,351 67.3% 162 10,923 R+36.1
Perry 3,728 34.5% 6,716 62.1% 365 10,809 R+27.6
Brown 3,770 34.9% 6,772 62.7% 262 10,804 R+27.8
Morrow 2,527 25.9% 6,886 70.6% 346 9,759 R+44.7
Fayette 2,344 24.6% 6,970 73.3% 201 9,515 R+48.6
Wyandot 2,771 29.4% 6,414 68.1% 227 9,412 R+38.7
Carroll 2,755 30.6% 5,984 66.4% 275 9,014 R+35.8
Gallia 2,341 26.1% 6,506 72.4% 139 8,986 R+46.3
Pike 3,531 40.3% 5,037 57.5% 193 8,761 R+17.2
Hocking 2,874 33.8% 5,407 63.7% 211 8,492 R+29.8
Meigs 2,335 27.7% 5,961 70.7% 137 8,433 R+43.0
Adams 2,709 34.4% 4,980 63.2% 193 7,882 R+28.8
Paulding 2,283 32.5% 4,553 64.8% 189 7,025 R+32.3
Harrison 2,388 34.1% 4,554 65.0% 68 7,010 R+30.9
Monroe 2,483 39.5% 3,721 59.1% 88 6,292 R+19.7
Morgan 1,554 28.9% 3,679 68.5% 138 5,371 R+39.6
Holmes 1,507 28.1% 3,752 70.0% 103 5,362 R+41.9
Noble 1,449 30.2% 3,274 68.2% 76 4,799 R+38.0
Vinton 1,537 35.4% 2,725 62.8% 74 4,336 R+27.4

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.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0