County Results
Nixon
50–60%
60–70%
70-80%
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50–60%
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The 1972 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1972 as part of the 1972 United States presidential election . State voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Colorado voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon , over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern . Nixon took 62.61% of the vote to McGovern's 34.59%, a margin of 28.01 points.
Like most of the rest of the Mountain West , Colorado voted powerfully Republican in 1972, giving Nixon a margin in excess of his national margin by 4.8%. Nevertheless, Pitkin County , home to Aspen , shifted powerfully against the national trend, switching from supporting Nixon in 1968 to supporting McGovern in 1972.
Results
Results by county
County
Richard Milhous Nixon [3] Republican
George Stanley McGovern [3] Democratic
John George Schmitz [3] American Independent
Various candidates[3] Other parties
Margin
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Hinsdale
77.83%
172
19.91%
44
2.26%
5
0.00%
0
57.92%
128
Rio Blanco
77.29%
1,586
20.18%
414
2.24%
46
0.29%
6
57.12%
1,172
Jackson
76.82%
623
21.95%
178
0.86%
7
0.37%
3
54.87%
445
Ouray
74.67%
669
20.76%
186
3.68%
33
0.89%
8
53.91%
483
Douglas
75.60%
3,625
21.86%
1,048
2.09%
100
0.46%
22
53.74%
2,577
Baca
74.00%
1,645
23.71%
527
2.25%
50
0.04%
1
50.29%
1,118
Elbert
73.52%
1,416
23.42%
451
2.91%
56
0.16%
3
50.10%
965
Custer
71.53%
495
22.25%
154
6.21%
43
0.00%
0
49.28%
341
Dolores
71.86%
498
23.95%
166
4.04%
28
0.14%
1
47.91%
332
Montezuma
73.49%
3,391
26.51%
1,223
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
46.99%
2,168
Moffat
67.70%
1,928
20.75%
591
11.55%
329
0.00%
0
46.95%
1,337
Arapahoe
72.60%
52,283
25.87%
18,631
1.13%
816
0.40%
289
46.73%
33,652
Kit Carson
70.93%
2,316
25.24%
824
3.80%
124
0.03%
1
45.70%
1,492
Washington
69.90%
1,837
24.47%
643
5.14%
135
0.49%
13
45.43%
1,194
Yuma
71.10%
2,873
26.38%
1,066
2.33%
94
0.20%
8
44.72%
1,807
Teller
70.62%
1,440
26.24%
535
2.45%
50
0.69%
14
44.38%
905
Rio Grande
69.74%
2,787
25.75%
1,029
4.28%
171
0.23%
9
43.99%
1,758
Crowley
70.76%
1,094
26.78%
414
2.26%
35
0.19%
3
43.98%
680
Mineral
71.18%
247
27.67%
96
1.15%
4
0.00%
0
43.52%
151
Park
70.39%
1,001
27.14%
386
1.62%
23
0.84%
12
43.25%
615
Morgan
70.48%
5,365
27.34%
2,081
1.81%
138
0.37%
28
43.14%
3,284
Jefferson
70.25%
80,082
27.68%
31,555
1.59%
1,813
0.48%
544
42.57%
48,527
Grand
70.10%
1,721
27.90%
685
1.63%
40
0.37%
9
42.20%
1,036
El Paso
69.15%
53,892
27.25%
21,234
2.90%
2,262
0.70%
543
41.91%
32,658
Lincoln
70.06%
1,678
28.60%
685
1.17%
28
0.17%
4
41.46%
993
Delta
67.79%
4,890
26.38%
1,903
5.49%
396
0.33%
24
41.41%
2,987
Mesa
68.70%
15,527
28.13%
6,358
2.78%
628
0.39%
89
40.57%
9,169
Fremont
68.46%
6,701
28.74%
2,813
2.53%
248
0.27%
26
39.72%
3,888
Sedgwick
67.93%
1,129
29.18%
485
2.59%
43
0.30%
5
38.75%
644
Montrose
64.78%
4,571
26.50%
1,870
8.29%
585
0.43%
30
38.28%
2,701
Kiowa
67.97%
849
29.78%
372
2.16%
27
0.08%
1
38.19%
477
Logan
67.31%
5,352
30.51%
2,426
1.89%
150
0.29%
23
36.80%
2,926
Garfield
66.31%
4,452
31.10%
2,088
2.13%
143
0.46%
31
35.21%
2,364
Chaffee
66.83%
2,859
31.65%
1,354
1.05%
45
0.47%
20
35.18%
1,505
Weld
66.68%
24,695
31.57%
11,690
1.12%
416
0.63%
233
35.12%
13,005
Phillips
65.34%
1,480
30.33%
687
4.15%
94
0.18%
4
35.01%
793
Otero
66.40%
6,016
32.33%
2,929
0.77%
70
0.50%
45
34.07%
3,087
Archuleta
64.67%
606
32.02%
300
3.20%
30
0.11%
1
32.66%
306
Larimer
65.30%
27,462
32.65%
13,731
1.56%
658
0.48%
202
32.65%
13,731
Cheyenne
63.42%
815
31.13%
400
5.29%
68
0.16%
2
32.30%
415
La Plata
62.28%
5,691
30.97%
2,830
6.29%
575
0.46%
42
31.31%
2,861
Bent
64.35%
1,525
33.21%
787
2.19%
52
0.25%
6
31.14%
738
Gunnison
64.05%
2,231
34.08%
1,187
1.67%
58
0.20%
7
29.97%
1,044
Clear Creek
62.66%
1,557
32.80%
815
3.78%
94
0.76%
19
29.86%
742
Alamosa
62.52%
2,916
33.02%
1,540
4.10%
191
0.36%
17
29.50%
1,376
Saguache
63.21%
1,062
34.40%
578
2.26%
38
0.12%
2
28.81%
484
Prowers
61.64%
3,272
35.04%
1,860
3.00%
159
0.32%
17
26.60%
1,412
Adams
61.19%
40,372
36.63%
24,170
1.72%
1,133
0.46%
306
24.56%
16,202
San Juan
58.48%
238
34.40%
140
6.88%
28
0.25%
1
24.08%
98
Routt
59.36%
2,629
36.42%
1,613
3.59%
159
0.63%
28
22.94%
1,016
Summit
59.09%
1,082
38.61%
707
0.76%
14
1.53%
28
20.48%
375
Eagle
58.22%
1,920
39.60%
1,306
1.52%
50
0.67%
22
18.62%
614
Conejos
55.53%
1,658
38.18%
1,140
6.16%
184
0.13%
4
17.35%
518
Gilpin
57.14%
516
40.09%
362
2.10%
19
0.66%
6
17.05%
154
Boulder
57.00%
40,766
41.22%
29,484
1.17%
837
0.61%
433
15.77%
11,282
San Miguel
55.05%
583
40.23%
426
3.97%
42
0.76%
8
14.83%
157
Pueblo
55.01%
25,607
42.15%
19,620
2.39%
1,113
0.45%
211
12.86%
5,987
Denver
54.50%
121,995
43.81%
98,062
1.03%
2,306
0.66%
1,485
10.69%
23,933
Lake
54.12%
1,556
43.93%
1,263
0.97%
28
0.97%
28
10.19%
293
Huerfano
53.59%
1,620
44.36%
1,341
1.59%
48
0.46%
14
9.23%
279
Las Animas
52.63%
3,659
46.35%
3,222
0.85%
59
0.17%
12
6.29%
437
Pitkin
44.20%
2,064
54.20%
2,531
0.71%
33
0.90%
42
-10.00%
-467
Costilla
42.79%
602
52.88%
744
1.28%
18
3.06%
43
-10.09%
-142
References
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