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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Utah

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Utah in 1972, 67.6% to 26.4%, a margin of 41.2 points and 197,359 votes.

Utah voted 18.1 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 29 of the 29 counties as they stood then. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 209,666 votes and went to the Republican by 30.3 points. The closest was Daggett, where 154 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 323,643 67.6%
George McGovern Democratic 126,284 26.4%
John G. Schmitz American Independent 28,549 6.0%
Total478,476

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 68,489 32.7% 132,066 63.0% 9,111 209,666 R+30.3
Utah 10,828 18.2% 42,179 70.9% 6,453 59,460 R+52.7
Weber 14,503 26.2% 37,753 68.2% 3,078 55,334 R+42.0
Davis 7,954 19.4% 29,706 72.6% 3,251 40,911 R+53.2
Cache 4,018 18.7% 16,538 76.8% 969 21,525 R+58.2
Box Elder 2,134 16.7% 9,880 77.2% 780 12,794 R+60.5
Tooele 2,621 30.7% 5,641 66.0% 283 8,545 R+35.3
Carbon 3,335 44.8% 3,956 53.2% 147 7,438 R+8.3
Washington 956 14.4% 5,176 77.7% 530 6,662 R+63.3
Iron 1,098 16.5% 5,085 76.5% 465 6,648 R+60.0
Uintah 716 12.2% 4,712 80.3% 440 5,868 R+68.1
Sanpete 1,220 21.6% 3,995 70.7% 437 5,652 R+49.1
Sevier 820 16.2% 3,700 73.0% 551 5,071 R+56.8
Millard 777 20.4% 2,689 70.5% 349 3,815 R+50.1
Summit 836 26.5% 2,209 69.9% 113 3,158 R+43.5
Duchesne 629 20.3% 2,183 70.5% 285 3,097 R+50.2
Wasatch 693 23.8% 2,046 70.2% 175 2,914 R+46.4
San Juan 677 24.4% 1,893 68.3% 203 2,773 R+43.9
Emery 769 30.2% 1,666 65.3% 115 2,550 R+35.2
Grand 560 22.0% 1,837 72.2% 149 2,546 R+50.2
Juab 691 28.4% 1,629 67.1% 109 2,429 R+38.6
Beaver 682 33.2% 1,332 64.9% 39 2,053 R+31.7
Morgan 363 17.8% 1,456 71.5% 217 2,036 R+53.7
Garfield 242 15.1% 1,290 80.5% 71 1,603 R+65.4
Kane 218 15.0% 1,146 78.8% 90 1,454 R+63.8
Wayne 183 22.0% 597 71.8% 52 832 R+49.8
Rich 120 15.8% 604 79.6% 35 759 R+63.8
Piute 102 16.9% 475 78.8% 26 603 R+61.9
Daggett 50 17.9% 204 72.9% 26 280 R+55.0

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.

Utah in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+21.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+20.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+18.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+48.0
2008 John McCain (R) R+28.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+45.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+40.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+21.1
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+18.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+34.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+49.8
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+52.2
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+28.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+41.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+19.4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+29.1
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.0
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.0
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+24.7
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+39.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+19.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+17.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+21.0
1912 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.9
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.1
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.6
1900 William McKinley (R) R+2.3
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+65.5