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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Wisconsin

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1972, 53.4% to 43.7%, a margin of 9.7 points and 179,256 votes.

Wisconsin voted 13.5 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 65 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 416,677 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.5 points. The closest was Pepin, where 49 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 989,430 53.4%
George McGovern Democratic 810,174 43.7%
All other candidates 53,286 2.9%
Total1,852,890

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 210,802 50.6% 191,874 46.0% 14,001 416,677 D+4.5
Dane 79,567 58.1% 56,020 40.9% 1,439 137,026 D+17.2
Waukesha 34,573 35.4% 59,399 60.8% 3,650 97,622 R+25.4
Racine 27,778 40.7% 38,490 56.4% 1,968 68,236 R+15.7
Brown 26,511 40.4% 37,101 56.5% 2,063 65,675 R+16.1
Rock 21,033 40.2% 30,361 58.0% 925 52,319 R+17.8
Winnebago 20,450 39.7% 29,488 57.3% 1,544 51,482 R+17.6
Outagamie 17,447 37.9% 27,533 59.8% 1,028 46,008 R+21.9
Kenosha 19,441 43.6% 24,041 53.9% 1,094 44,576 R+10.3
Sheboygan 21,114 48.5% 21,500 49.4% 905 43,519 R+0.9
Marathon 18,500 44.2% 21,454 51.3% 1,885 41,839 R+7.1
La Crosse 12,152 35.0% 21,992 63.3% 602 34,746 R+28.3
Fond Du Lac 12,050 35.0% 21,007 61.0% 1,386 34,443 R+26.0
Manitowoc 16,489 48.2% 16,599 48.5% 1,132 34,220 R+0.3
Eau Claire 14,300 46.2% 15,883 51.3% 760 30,943 R+5.1
Dodge 9,898 35.7% 17,068 61.5% 771 27,737 R+25.8
Washington 10,434 38.6% 15,338 56.8% 1,229 27,001 R+18.2
Wood 10,415 38.6% 14,806 54.9% 1,759 26,980 R+16.3
Walworth 8,598 31.9% 17,823 66.1% 546 26,967 R+34.2
Ozaukee 8,503 33.4% 15,759 61.9% 1,204 25,466 R+28.5
Jefferson 9,303 37.8% 14,621 59.5% 663 24,587 R+21.6
Portage 13,564 58.1% 9,346 40.0% 431 23,341 D+18.1
Douglas 11,054 55.9% 8,419 42.6% 298 19,771 D+13.3
Grant 6,915 36.3% 11,873 62.3% 273 19,061 R+26.0
Sauk 6,980 39.9% 10,285 58.8% 228 17,493 R+18.9
Columbia 7,083 40.6% 10,122 58.0% 242 17,447 R+17.4
Chippewa 8,210 47.9% 8,451 49.4% 462 17,123 R+1.4
St. Croix 7,488 46.0% 8,553 52.5% 250 16,291 R+6.5
Waupaca 4,418 28.1% 11,040 70.1% 284 15,742 R+42.1
Marinette 5,900 38.7% 8,740 57.4% 598 15,238 R+18.6
Barron 5,376 38.3% 8,418 59.9% 251 14,045 R+21.7
Shawano 3,940 30.0% 8,807 67.0% 395 13,142 R+37.0
Clark 4,617 36.5% 7,138 56.5% 886 12,641 R+19.9
Dunn 5,681 45.2% 6,660 53.0% 215 12,556 R+7.8
Polk 5,738 45.8% 6,567 52.4% 228 12,533 R+6.6
Pierce 5,611 47.9% 5,899 50.3% 206 11,716 R+2.5
Oneida 4,262 36.8% 6,811 58.8% 504 11,577 R+22.0
Calumet 4,804 41.6% 6,446 55.8% 292 11,542 R+14.2
Monroe 3,640 31.8% 7,625 66.7% 171 11,436 R+34.8
Green 3,634 32.4% 7,422 66.1% 166 11,222 R+33.8
Oconto 4,041 36.9% 6,511 59.4% 413 10,965 R+22.5
Lincoln 4,175 38.5% 6,206 57.3% 459 10,840 R+18.7
Vernon 3,407 32.8% 6,836 65.8% 142 10,385 R+33.0
Door 3,430 33.9% 6,503 64.3% 188 10,121 R+30.4
Trempealeau 4,232 41.9% 5,723 56.7% 140 10,095 R+14.8
Kewaunee 3,360 40.0% 4,802 57.1% 241 8,403 R+17.2
Juneau 2,943 36.7% 4,833 60.2% 254 8,030 R+23.5
Lafayette 2,804 36.0% 4,898 62.9% 84 7,786 R+26.9
Richland 2,492 32.6% 5,062 66.1% 100 7,654 R+33.6
Langlade 3,011 39.5% 4,368 57.3% 250 7,629 R+17.8
Iowa 3,131 41.1% 4,387 57.5% 108 7,626 R+16.5
Green Lake 2,174 29.2% 5,046 67.7% 237 7,457 R+38.5
Ashland 3,771 50.9% 3,478 46.9% 162 7,411 D+4.0
Taylor 2,934 39.7% 4,125 55.9% 324 7,383 R+16.1
Price 2,831 41.7% 3,694 54.4% 267 6,792 R+12.7
Waushara 2,094 31.1% 4,466 66.3% 179 6,739 R+35.2
Vilas 1,907 28.4% 4,422 65.9% 379 6,708 R+37.5
Jackson 2,445 37.8% 3,937 60.8% 94 6,476 R+23.0
Crawford 2,487 39.4% 3,705 58.7% 123 6,315 R+19.3
Rusk 3,075 49.0% 3,007 47.9% 197 6,279 D+1.1
Bayfield 2,736 46.6% 3,045 51.9% 84 5,865 R+5.3
Washburn 2,336 41.2% 3,220 56.8% 109 5,665 R+15.6
Buffalo 2,461 43.5% 3,079 54.4% 120 5,660 R+10.9
Burnett 2,389 43.7% 2,972 54.4% 105 5,466 R+10.7
Sawyer 1,765 35.8% 3,081 62.5% 82 4,928 R+26.7
Marquette 1,537 35.9% 2,682 62.6% 65 4,284 R+26.7
Adams 1,833 44.3% 2,200 53.2% 104 4,137 R+8.9
Forest 1,678 45.0% 1,856 49.8% 195 3,729 R+4.8
Iron 1,648 47.8% 1,723 49.9% 80 3,451 R+2.2
Pepin 1,409 47.6% 1,458 49.3% 93 2,960 R+1.7
Florence 757 42.1% 971 54.1% 68 1,796 R+11.9
Menominee 608 62.3% 355 36.4% 13 976 D+25.9

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5