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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Oklahoma

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Oklahoma in 1972, 73.7% to 24.0%, a margin of 49.7 points and 511,878 votes.

Oklahoma voted 26.6 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 77 of the 77 counties as they stood then. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 207,925 votes and went to the Republican by 52.6 points. The closest was Love, where 736 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 759,025 73.7%
George McGovern Democratic 247,147 24.0%
All other candidates 23,728 2.3%
Total1,029,900

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Oklahoma 46,986 22.6% 156,437 75.2% 4,502 207,925 R+52.6
Tulsa 32,779 20.3% 125,278 77.8% 3,069 161,126 R+57.4
Cleveland 11,126 29.7% 25,777 68.7% 615 37,518 R+39.1
Comanche 4,559 18.4% 19,759 79.9% 427 24,745 R+61.4
Garfield 4,557 18.6% 19,348 79.1% 564 24,469 R+60.4
Muskogee 7,380 32.0% 15,161 65.7% 551 23,092 R+33.7
Payne 5,644 24.5% 17,019 73.8% 407 23,070 R+49.3
Kay 4,246 19.3% 17,244 78.4% 494 21,984 R+59.1
Washington 3,658 17.8% 16,347 79.7% 495 20,500 R+61.9
Pottawatomie 4,822 25.8% 13,308 71.3% 534 18,664 R+45.5
Creek 3,705 22.5% 12,396 75.1% 402 16,503 R+52.7
Pittsburg 4,748 31.6% 9,989 66.4% 303 15,040 R+34.8
Canadian 2,751 18.9% 11,400 78.3% 413 14,564 R+59.4
Stephens 3,623 25.2% 10,309 71.6% 464 14,396 R+46.4
Carter 4,577 32.4% 9,368 66.4% 161 14,106 R+34.0
Okmulgee 4,494 32.9% 8,706 63.8% 442 13,642 R+30.9
Rogers 2,607 20.5% 9,697 76.2% 424 12,728 R+55.7
Osage 2,968 23.6% 9,288 73.8% 335 12,591 R+50.2
Ottawa 3,657 30.1% 8,348 68.6% 158 12,163 R+38.6
Pontotoc 3,160 26.0% 8,762 72.0% 240 12,162 R+46.1
Le Flore 3,433 29.2% 7,932 67.5% 394 11,759 R+38.3
Grady 3,440 29.9% 7,762 67.5% 297 11,499 R+37.6
Caddo 2,921 26.8% 7,683 70.4% 308 10,912 R+43.6
Mayes 2,656 25.4% 7,535 72.1% 263 10,454 R+46.7
Garvin 2,685 26.2% 7,245 70.7% 315 10,245 R+44.5
Cherokee 2,899 28.4% 7,080 69.4% 227 10,206 R+41.0
Seminole 2,746 28.0% 6,879 70.0% 199 9,824 R+42.1
Custer 2,298 23.5% 7,267 74.3% 215 9,780 R+50.8
Sequoyah 2,519 26.4% 6,842 71.6% 190 9,551 R+45.3
Logan 2,760 29.0% 6,543 68.9% 200 9,503 R+39.8
McCurtain 2,568 28.0% 6,441 70.2% 166 9,175 R+42.2
Wagoner 2,257 24.8% 6,569 72.1% 281 9,107 R+47.3
Bryan 3,144 36.1% 5,397 61.9% 177 8,718 R+25.8
Lincoln 1,919 22.1% 6,512 75.0% 254 8,685 R+52.9
Delaware 2,135 27.4% 5,476 70.3% 178 7,789 R+42.9
Jackson 2,054 26.7% 5,519 71.6% 134 7,707 R+45.0
Texas 924 13.3% 5,726 82.5% 287 6,937 R+69.2
Woodward 1,104 16.5% 5,350 80.1% 229 6,683 R+63.5
Adair 1,601 24.8% 4,720 73.1% 134 6,455 R+48.3
Beckham 1,608 25.8% 4,472 71.7% 155 6,235 R+45.9
Kingfisher 912 15.4% 4,861 81.9% 162 5,935 R+66.5
Craig 1,642 27.8% 4,163 70.4% 112 5,917 R+42.6
McClain 1,350 23.3% 4,241 73.2% 206 5,797 R+49.9
Woods 1,234 21.3% 4,413 76.2% 142 5,789 R+54.9
Pawnee 1,135 20.5% 4,280 77.3% 122 5,537 R+56.8
Hughes 1,787 33.1% 3,497 64.9% 108 5,392 R+31.7
Kiowa 1,495 28.1% 3,711 69.8% 110 5,316 R+41.7
Choctaw 1,798 34.1% 3,399 64.4% 81 5,278 R+30.3
Noble 999 19.2% 4,085 78.4% 128 5,212 R+59.2
Blaine 963 18.9% 3,958 77.7% 171 5,092 R+58.8
McIntosh 1,686 33.5% 3,216 63.9% 132 5,034 R+30.4
Washita 1,305 26.1% 3,578 71.4% 125 5,008 R+45.4
Tillman 1,256 26.7% 3,331 70.9% 110 4,697 R+44.2
Nowata 1,096 24.2% 3,293 72.6% 146 4,535 R+48.4
Haskell 1,408 31.6% 2,815 63.1% 237 4,460 R+31.5
Murray 1,294 29.6% 2,983 68.2% 95 4,372 R+38.6
Okfuskee 1,328 31.0% 2,862 66.7% 99 4,289 R+35.8
Atoka 993 24.9% 2,905 72.9% 89 3,987 R+48.0
Alfalfa 641 16.3% 3,208 81.5% 88 3,937 R+65.2
Latimer 1,239 31.9% 2,520 64.8% 130 3,889 R+32.9
Major 512 13.4% 3,203 83.9% 103 3,818 R+70.5
Grant 805 21.4% 2,829 75.3% 121 3,755 R+53.9
Pushmataha 1,016 28.2% 2,456 68.2% 127 3,599 R+40.0
Marshall 1,113 32.0% 2,273 65.4% 91 3,477 R+33.4
Johnston 983 30.2% 2,205 67.7% 68 3,256 R+37.5
Greer 1,004 30.9% 2,154 66.4% 86 3,244 R+35.5
Beaver 522 16.4% 2,562 80.4% 102 3,186 R+64.0
Cotton 798 27.3% 2,050 70.2% 71 2,919 R+42.9
Dewey 626 22.2% 2,106 74.8% 84 2,816 R+52.6
Jefferson 969 35.2% 1,709 62.1% 73 2,751 R+26.9
Ellis 473 17.9% 2,059 77.8% 116 2,648 R+59.9
Harper 385 15.6% 1,976 79.8% 114 2,475 R+64.3
Coal 680 31.2% 1,461 67.0% 38 2,179 R+35.8
Roger Mills 420 19.4% 1,696 78.2% 54 2,170 R+58.8
Love 671 31.8% 1,407 66.7% 30 2,108 R+34.9
Harmon 568 29.4% 1,319 68.4% 42 1,929 R+38.9
Cimarron 323 17.1% 1,350 71.6% 212 1,885 R+54.5

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.

Oklahoma in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+34.3
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.1
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+33.5
2008 John McCain (R) R+31.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+31.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+8.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+37.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+25.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+49.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+15.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.5
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+18.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+10.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+9.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+25.5
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.2
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+46.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+28.3
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+5.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+5.5
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+17.4
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+11.2
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.2