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Elections in Mississippi |
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The 1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent President Nixon won the state of Mississippi with 78.20% of the vote.[1] This was the highest percentage Nixon received in any state in the election.[2] Nixon even received a higher share of the vote in Mississippi than McGovern did in the District of Columbia, making this one of only two elections where Washington, D.C. wasn't the largest margin for either candidate, along with 1964.
In Mississippi, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states. McGovern carried only three counties – Claiborne, Holmes, and Jefferson – all of which have overwhelming majority black populations.[3] Nixon would also be the first presidential candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 to win Mississippi and the election.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Republican presidential candidate: Marshall, Quitman, Bolivar, Sharkey, Wilkinson, Humphreys, Coahoma, Noxubee, and Tunica.[4] The proportion of white voters supporting McGovern was utterly negligible and estimated at maximally three percent.[5] Calculated estimates indicate that 100% of white voters supported Nixon while 0% supported McGovern.[6][7]
1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 505,125 | 78.20% | 7 | |
Democrat | George McGovern | 126,782 | 19.63% | 0 | |
Independent | John Schmitz | 11,598 | 1.80% | 0 | |
Independent | Linda Jenness | 2,458 | 0.38% | 0 | |
Totals | 645,963 | 100.0% | 7 |
Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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Republican Party | Richard Nixon | B. B. McClendon, Jr. | 505,125 | |
Republican Party | Richard Nixon | H. F. McCarty, Jr. | 500,702 | |
Republican Party | Richard Nixon | Clyde Q. Sheely | 500,493 | |
Republican Party | Richard Nixon | Paul V. Lacoste | 500,378 | |
Republican Party | Richard Nixon | J. B. Bright | 499,990 | |
Republican Party | Richard Nixon | William Neville, Jr. | 499,194 | |
Republican Party | Richard Nixon | Joe A. Moore | 497,430 | |
Democratic Party | George McGovern | Frank A. Riley | 126,782 | |
Democratic Party | George McGovern | Robert S. Reeves | 126,116 | |
Democratic Party | George McGovern | Bobby Garraway | 124,922 | |
Democratic Party | George McGovern | Mathew Page | 124,871 | |
Democratic Party | George McGovern | Daniel Harvey | 124,037 | |
Democratic Party | George McGovern | Obie Clark | 123,664 | |
Democratic Party | George McGovern | William Bruce Guy | 123,080 | |
Independent | John G. Schmitz | William Hollis Burrow | 11,598 | |
Independent | John G. Schmitz | Homer Brown Wells | 11,030 | |
Independent | John G. Schmitz | Robert L. Baker | 10,993 | |
Independent | John G. Schmitz | Robert W. Schaffer | 10,925 | |
Independent | John G. Schmitz | Mrs. Robert W. Saul | 10,888 | |
Independent | John G. Schmitz | Curtis W. Caine | 10,789 | |
Independent | John G. Schmitz | Andrew Cvitanovich | 10,569 | |
Independent | Linda Jenness | John Earl Brown | 2,458 | |
Independent | Linda Jenness | Robert Donnell | 1,478 | |
Independent | Linda Jenness | Shirley M. Roberts | 1,415 | |
Independent | Linda Jenness | Delores Buford | 1,386 | |
Independent | Linda Jenness | James Westley Miggins | 1,359 | |
Independent | Linda Jenness | Darius Singleton | 1,313 | |
Total votes | 645,963 |
County[9] | Richard Nixon Republican |
George McGovern Democratic |
John G. Schmitz Independent |
Linda Jenness Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 8,500 | 67.16% | 3,697 | 29.21% | 255 | 2.01% | 205 | 1.62% | 4,803 | 37.95% | 12,657 |
Alcorn | 5,732 | 83.28% | 982 | 14.27% | 134 | 1.95% | 35 | 0.51% | 4,750 | 69.01% | 6,883 |
Amite | 2,846 | 68.94% | 1,185 | 28.71% | 93 | 2.25% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,661 | 40.23% | 4,128 |
Attala | 4,738 | 79.50% | 1,103 | 18.51% | 116 | 1.95% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,635 | 60.99% | 5,960 |
Benton | 1,483 | 66.35% | 701 | 31.36% | 51 | 2.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 34.99% | 2,235 |
Bolivar | 7,397 | 66.12% | 3,616 | 32.32% | 155 | 1.39% | 19 | 0.17% | 3,781 | 33.80% | 11,187 |
Calhoun | 3,023 | 90.37% | 245 | 7.32% | 75 | 2.24% | 2 | 0.06% | 2,778 | 83.05% | 3,345 |
Carroll | 1,777 | 73.31% | 580 | 23.93% | 66 | 2.72% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,197 | 49.38% | 2,424 |
Chickasaw | 3,753 | 84.66% | 579 | 13.06% | 62 | 1.40% | 39 | 0.88% | 3,174 | 71.60% | 4,433 |
Choctaw | 2,301 | 86.57% | 326 | 12.26% | 29 | 1.09% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,975 | 74.31% | 2,658 |
Claiborne | 1,521 | 41.76% | 2,076 | 57.00% | 31 | 0.85% | 14 | 0.38% | -555 | -15.24% | 3,642 |
Clarke | 4,561 | 81.56% | 954 | 17.06% | 74 | 1.32% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,607 | 64.50% | 5,592 |
Clay | 4,035 | 71.39% | 1,410 | 24.95% | 116 | 2.05% | 91 | 1.61% | 2,625 | 46.44% | 5,652 |
Coahoma | 6,602 | 61.56% | 3,708 | 34.57% | 333 | 3.10% | 82 | 0.76% | 2,894 | 26.99% | 10,725 |
Copiah | 5,498 | 73.11% | 1,803 | 23.98% | 125 | 1.66% | 94 | 1.25% | 3,695 | 49.13% | 7,520 |
Covington | 3,842 | 84.09% | 642 | 14.05% | 77 | 1.69% | 8 | 0.18% | 3,200 | 70.04% | 4,569 |
DeSoto | 7,917 | 80.88% | 1,557 | 15.91% | 314 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.01% | 6,360 | 64.97% | 9,789 |
Forrest | 14,418 | 80.56% | 2,933 | 16.39% | 531 | 2.96% | 16 | 0.09% | 11,485 | 64.17% | 17,898 |
Franklin | 2,361 | 78.73% | 561 | 18.71% | 63 | 2.10% | 14 | 0.47% | 1,800 | 60.02% | 2,999 |
George | 3,979 | 92.90% | 270 | 6.30% | 33 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,709 | 86.60% | 4,283 |
Greene | 2,884 | 83.52% | 513 | 14.86% | 43 | 1.25% | 13 | 0.38% | 2,371 | 68.66% | 3,453 |
Grenada | 4,800 | 75.09% | 1,471 | 23.01% | 107 | 1.67% | 14 | 0.22% | 3,329 | 52.08% | 6,392 |
Hancock | 5,133 | 86.28% | 745 | 12.52% | 64 | 1.08% | 7 | 0.12% | 4,388 | 73.76% | 5,949 |
Harrison | 28,962 | 84.02% | 4,761 | 13.81% | 534 | 1.55% | 213 | 0.62% | 24,201 | 70.21% | 34,470 |
Hinds | 49,877 | 77.82% | 12,679 | 19.78% | 1,126 | 1.76% | 414 | 0.65% | 37,198 | 58.04% | 64,096 |
Holmes | 3,158 | 47.23% | 3,459 | 51.73% | 57 | 0.85% | 12 | 0.18% | -301 | -4.50% | 6,686 |
Humphreys | 2,334 | 69.01% | 892 | 26.37% | 86 | 2.54% | 70 | 2.07% | 1,442 | 42.64% | 3,382 |
Issaquena | 701 | 60.80% | 395 | 34.26% | 34 | 2.95% | 23 | 1.99% | 306 | 26.54% | 1,153 |
Itawamba | 4,419 | 89.20% | 509 | 10.27% | 24 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,910 | 78.93% | 4,954 |
Jackson | 22,204 | 88.68% | 2,534 | 10.12% | 282 | 1.13% | 18 | 0.07% | 19,670 | 78.56% | 25,038 |
Jasper | 3,597 | 78.47% | 935 | 20.40% | 50 | 1.09% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,662 | 58.07% | 4,584 |
Jefferson | 1,131 | 43.37% | 1,457 | 55.87% | 16 | 0.61% | 4 | 0.15% | -326 | -12.50% | 2,608 |
Jefferson Davis | 2,830 | 72.83% | 1,005 | 25.86% | 43 | 1.11% | 8 | 0.21% | 1,825 | 46.97% | 3,886 |
Jones | 16,489 | 83.79% | 2,790 | 14.18% | 320 | 1.63% | 80 | 0.41% | 13,699 | 69.61% | 19,679 |
Kemper | 2,748 | 75.25% | 837 | 22.92% | 65 | 1.78% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,911 | 52.33% | 3,652 |
Lafayette | 5,391 | 76.89% | 1,545 | 22.04% | 67 | 0.96% | 8 | 0.11% | 3,846 | 54.85% | 7,011 |
Lamar | 5,022 | 88.38% | 493 | 8.68% | 161 | 2.83% | 6 | 0.11% | 4,529 | 79.70% | 5,682 |
Lauderdale | 18,337 | 81.79% | 3,453 | 15.40% | 613 | 2.73% | 17 | 0.08% | 14,884 | 66.39% | 22,420 |
Lawrence | 3,394 | 81.70% | 709 | 17.07% | 50 | 1.20% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,685 | 64.63% | 4,154 |
Leake | 4,217 | 79.13% | 1,053 | 19.76% | 56 | 1.05% | 3 | 0.06% | 3,164 | 59.37% | 5,329 |
Lee | 10,730 | 82.60% | 1,632 | 12.56% | 520 | 4.00% | 109 | 0.84% | 9,098 | 70.04% | 12,991 |
Leflore | 6,779 | 75.58% | 2,038 | 22.72% | 148 | 1.65% | 4 | 0.04% | 4,741 | 52.86% | 8,969 |
Lincoln | 7,593 | 86.01% | 1,070 | 12.12% | 161 | 1.82% | 4 | 0.05% | 6,523 | 73.89% | 8,828 |
Lowndes | 10,098 | 78.70% | 2,398 | 18.69% | 326 | 2.54% | 9 | 0.07% | 7,700 | 60.01% | 12,831 |
Madison | 5,047 | 57.20% | 3,464 | 39.26% | 239 | 2.71% | 74 | 0.84% | 1,583 | 17.94% | 8,824 |
Marion | 6,805 | 79.40% | 1,693 | 19.75% | 65 | 0.76% | 7 | 0.08% | 5,112 | 59.65% | 8,570 |
Marshall | 3,326 | 62.10% | 1,875 | 35.01% | 115 | 2.15% | 40 | 0.75% | 1,451 | 27.09% | 5,356 |
Monroe | 7,273 | 84.10% | 1,279 | 14.79% | 84 | 0.97% | 12 | 0.14% | 5,994 | 69.31% | 8,648 |
Montgomery | 3,210 | 76.32% | 925 | 21.99% | 67 | 1.59% | 4 | 0.10% | 2,285 | 54.33% | 4,206 |
Neshoba | 6,815 | 88.22% | 812 | 10.51% | 93 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.06% | 6,003 | 77.71% | 7,725 |
Newton | 5,585 | 88.05% | 597 | 9.41% | 157 | 2.48% | 4 | 0.06% | 4,988 | 78.64% | 6,343 |
Noxubee | 2,239 | 66.28% | 1,052 | 31.14% | 83 | 2.46% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,187 | 35.14% | 3,378 |
Oktibbeha | 6,160 | 75.56% | 1,880 | 23.06% | 100 | 1.23% | 13 | 0.16% | 4,280 | 52.50% | 8,153 |
Panola | 5,284 | 70.61% | 2,091 | 27.94% | 105 | 1.40% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,193 | 42.67% | 7,483 |
Pearl River | 7,487 | 88.04% | 901 | 10.60% | 111 | 1.31% | 5 | 0.06% | 6,586 | 77.44% | 8,504 |
Perry | 2,689 | 84.14% | 446 | 13.95% | 60 | 1.88% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,243 | 70.19% | 3,196 |
Pike | 6,542 | 72.08% | 2,332 | 25.69% | 188 | 2.07% | 14 | 0.15% | 4,210 | 46.39% | 9,076 |
Pontotoc | 4,476 | 89.45% | 488 | 9.75% | 40 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,988 | 79.70% | 5,004 |
Prentiss | 4,607 | 91.12% | 398 | 7.87% | 51 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,209 | 83.25% | 5,056 |
Quitman | 2,524 | 74.41% | 790 | 23.29% | 59 | 1.74% | 19 | 0.56% | 1,734 | 51.12% | 3,392 |
Rankin | 12,187 | 85.19% | 1,913 | 13.37% | 197 | 1.38% | 8 | 0.06% | 10,274 | 71.82% | 14,305 |
Scott | 5,244 | 79.95% | 1,213 | 18.49% | 91 | 1.39% | 11 | 0.17% | 4,031 | 61.46% | 6,559 |
Sharkey | 1,426 | 67.94% | 655 | 31.21% | 15 | 0.71% | 3 | 0.14% | 771 | 36.73% | 2,099 |
Simpson | 5,669 | 85.87% | 871 | 13.19% | 51 | 0.77% | 11 | 0.17% | 4,798 | 72.68% | 6,602 |
Smith | 4,419 | 92.35% | 329 | 6.88% | 36 | 0.75% | 1 | 0.02% | 4,090 | 85.47% | 4,785 |
Stone | 2,467 | 88.49% | 293 | 10.51% | 27 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,174 | 77.98% | 2,788 |
Sunflower | 5,389 | 73.27% | 1,874 | 25.48% | 77 | 1.05% | 15 | 0.20% | 3,515 | 47.79% | 7,355 |
Tallahatchie | 3,442 | 77.37% | 835 | 18.77% | 157 | 3.53% | 15 | 0.34% | 2,607 | 58.60% | 4,449 |
Tate | 3,966 | 75.74% | 1,151 | 21.98% | 104 | 1.85% | 15 | 0.27% | 2,815 | 53.76% | 5,236 |
Tippah | 3,937 | 85.87% | 569 | 12.41% | 76 | 1.66% | 3 | 0.07% | 3,368 | 73.46% | 4,585 |
Tishomingo | 4,177 | 89.23% | 443 | 9.46% | 52 | 1.11% | 9 | 0.19% | 3,734 | 79.77% | 4,681 |
Tunica | 1,446 | 62.19% | 858 | 36.90% | 18 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.13% | 588 | 25.29% | 2,325 |
Union | 5,477 | 87.91% | 658 | 10.56% | 90 | 1.44% | 5 | 0.08% | 4,819 | 77.35% | 6,230 |
Walthall | 3,110 | 79.66% | 747 | 19.13% | 41 | 1.05% | 6 | 0.15% | 2,363 | 60.53% | 3,904 |
Warren | 10,420 | 71.97% | 3,480 | 24.04% | 452 | 3.12% | 126 | 0.87% | 6,940 | 47.93% | 14,478 |
Washington | 9,634 | 63.78% | 4,623 | 30.61% | 535 | 3.54% | 312 | 2.07% | 5,011 | 33.17% | 15,104 |
Wayne | 4,648 | 82.08% | 975 | 17.22% | 35 | 0.62% | 5 | 0.09% | 3,673 | 64.86% | 5,663 |
Webster | 3,624 | 89.15% | 403 | 9.91% | 38 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,221 | 79.24% | 4,065 |
Wilkinson | 1,608 | 52.65% | 1,409 | 46.14% | 32 | 1.05% | 5 | 0.16% | 199 | 6.51% | 3,054 |
Winston | 5,155 | 78.64% | 1,354 | 20.66% | 39 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.11% | 3,801 | 57.98% | 6,555 |
Yalobusha | 2,944 | 77.53% | 797 | 20.99% | 48 | 1.26% | 8 | 0.21% | 2,147 | 56.54% | 3,797 |
Yazoo | 5,555 | 72.58% | 2,008 | 26.23% | 84 | 1.10% | 7 | 0.09% | 3,547 | 46.35% | 7,654 |
Totals | 505,125 | 78.20% | 126,782 | 19.63% | 11,598 | 1.80% | 2,458 | 0.38% | 378,343 | 58.57% | 645,963 |