The 1972 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
Nixon 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
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Utah overwhelmingly voted for incumbent President Richard Nixon (R-California) with over 67 percent of the popular vote, beating Democratic South Dakota Senator George McGovern with a margin of over forty percent,[1] carrying every county in the state. Nixon carried every county with over sixty percent of the vote except for Carbon County, which had typically been the most Democratic area of the state.[2] This occurred even as incumbent Democratic Governor Cal Rampton won reelection with nearly 70% of the vote on the same ballot. [3] U.S. Representative John G. Schmitz (R-California) of the American Independent Party received 5.97 percent of the popular vote, and his results in Utah proved to be his third strongest state in the 1972 election after Idaho and Alaska.
Results
edit| Party | Nominee | Popular Vote | Percentage | Electoral Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 323,643 | 67.64% | 4 |
| Democratic | George McGovern | 126,284 | 26.39% | 0 |
| American Independent | John G. Schmitz | 28,549 | 5.97% | 0 |
Results by county
edit| County | Richard Nixon Republican |
George McGovern Democratic |
John G. Schmitz American Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaver | 1,332 | 64.88% | 682 | 33.22% | 39 | 1.90% | 650 | 31.66% | 2,053 |
| Box Elder | 9,880 | 77.22% | 2,134 | 16.68% | 780 | 6.10% | 7,746 | 60.54% | 12,794 |
| Cache | 16,538 | 76.83% | 4,018 | 18.67% | 969 | 4.50% | 12,520 | 58.16% | 21,525 |
| Carbon | 3,956 | 53.19% | 3,335 | 44.84% | 147 | 1.98% | 621 | 8.35% | 7,438 |
| Daggett | 204 | 72.86% | 50 | 17.86% | 26 | 9.29% | 154 | 55.00% | 280 |
| Davis | 29,706 | 72.61% | 7,954 | 19.44% | 3,251 | 7.95% | 21,752 | 53.17% | 40,911 |
| Duchesne | 2,183 | 70.49% | 629 | 20.31% | 285 | 9.20% | 1,554 | 50.18% | 3,097 |
| Emery | 1,666 | 65.33% | 769 | 30.16% | 115 | 4.51% | 897 | 35.17% | 2,550 |
| Garfield | 1,290 | 80.47% | 242 | 15.10% | 71 | 4.43% | 1,048 | 65.37% | 1,603 |
| Grand | 1,837 | 72.15% | 560 | 22.00% | 149 | 5.85% | 1,277 | 50.15% | 2,546 |
| Iron | 5,085 | 76.49% | 1,098 | 16.52% | 465 | 6.99% | 3,987 | 59.97% | 6,648 |
| Juab | 1,629 | 67.06% | 691 | 28.45% | 109 | 4.49% | 938 | 38.61% | 2,429 |
| Kane | 1,146 | 78.82% | 218 | 14.99% | 90 | 6.19% | 928 | 63.83% | 1,454 |
| Millard | 2,689 | 70.48% | 777 | 20.37% | 349 | 9.15% | 1,912 | 50.11% | 3,815 |
| Morgan | 1,456 | 71.51% | 363 | 17.83% | 217 | 10.66% | 1,093 | 53.68% | 2,036 |
| Piute | 475 | 78.77% | 102 | 16.92% | 26 | 4.31% | 373 | 61.85% | 603 |
| Rich | 604 | 79.58% | 120 | 15.81% | 35 | 4.61% | 484 | 63.77% | 759 |
| Salt Lake | 132,066 | 62.99% | 68,489 | 32.67% | 9,111 | 4.35% | 63,577 | 30.32% | 209,666 |
| San Juan | 1,893 | 68.27% | 677 | 24.41% | 203 | 7.32% | 1,216 | 43.86% | 2,773 |
| Sanpete | 3,995 | 70.68% | 1,220 | 21.59% | 437 | 7.73% | 2,775 | 49.09% | 5,652 |
| Sevier | 3,700 | 72.96% | 820 | 16.17% | 551 | 10.87% | 2,880 | 56.79% | 5,071 |
| Summit | 2,209 | 69.95% | 836 | 26.47% | 113 | 3.58% | 1,373 | 43.48% | 3,158 |
| Tooele | 5,641 | 66.02% | 2,621 | 30.67% | 283 | 3.31% | 3,020 | 35.35% | 8,545 |
| Uintah | 4,712 | 80.30% | 716 | 12.20% | 440 | 7.50% | 3,996 | 68.10% | 5,868 |
| Utah | 42,179 | 70.94% | 10,828 | 18.21% | 6,453 | 10.85% | 31,351 | 52.73% | 59,460 |
| Wasatch | 2,046 | 70.21% | 693 | 23.78% | 175 | 6.01% | 1,353 | 46.43% | 2,914 |
| Washington | 5,176 | 77.69% | 956 | 14.35% | 530 | 7.96% | 4,220 | 63.34% | 6,662 |
| Wayne | 597 | 71.75% | 183 | 22.00% | 52 | 6.25% | 414 | 49.75% | 832 |
| Weber | 37,753 | 68.23% | 14,503 | 26.21% | 3,078 | 5.56% | 23,250 | 42.02% | 55,334 |
| Totals | 323,643 | 67.64% | 126,284 | 26.39% | 28,549 | 5.97% | 197,359 | 41.25% | 478,476 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ "Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office: Elections" (PDF). Utah Lieutenant Governor Elections. Utah.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ^ "1972 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Utah". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved September 12, 2019.