Election 1972 Results
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1972 presidential election in Rhode Island
Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Rhode Island in 1972, 53.0% to 46.8%, a margin of 6.2 points and 25,738 votes.
Rhode Island voted 17.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+23.1.
Rhode Island changed party: in 1968 it went Democratic, for Hubert Humphrey.
Republicans led in 5 of the 5 counties as they stood then. The largest, Providence, cast 259,156 votes and went to the Republican by 0.1 points.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon won | Republican | 220,383 | 53.0% |
| George McGovern | Democratic | 194,645 | 46.8% |
| All other candidates | 780 | 0.2% | |
| Total | 415,808 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 129,232 49.9% | 129,418 49.9% | 506 | 259,156 | R+0.1 |
| Kent | 29,004 41.6% | 40,534 58.2% | 115 | 69,653 | R+16.6 |
| Washington | 13,637 41.4% | 19,280 58.5% | 62 | 32,979 | R+17.1 |
| Newport | 12,844 40.1% | 19,142 59.8% | 49 | 32,035 | R+19.7 |
| Bristol | 9,928 45.2% | 12,009 54.6% | 48 | 21,985 | R+9.5 |
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.
Rhode Island in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+13.8 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+20.8 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+15.5 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+27.5 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+27.8 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+20.8 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+29.1 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+32.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+18.0 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+11.7 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+3.6 |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+10.5 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+11.3 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+6.2 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+32.2 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+61.7 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+27.3 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+16.5 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+1.8 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+16.2 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+17.3 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+13.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+12.9 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+11.8 |
| 1928 | Al Smith (D) | D+0.6 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+23.2 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+31.2 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+5.1 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+3.5 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+26.6 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+24.4 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+24.7 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+41.9 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+5.0 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+10.9 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+20.3 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+25.4 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+19.2 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+43.9 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+33.4 |