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The 1972 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 9[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. These electors at the time were Frank Stubblefield (D), Romano L. Mazzoli (D), Gene Snyder (R), Tim Lee Carter (R), William P. Curlin Jr. (D), Carl D. Perkins (D), John Sherman Cooper (R), Marlow W. Cook (R).
Kentucky was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 63.77 percent of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 34.77%.[3][4] Nixon won 112 out of 120 counties in the Commonwealth.[5]
This was the first time a Republican ever carried the Jackson Purchase counties. Nixon was the first Republican to carry Kentucky twice in a row (he also carried the state in his unsuccessful 1960 run).
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Results
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Nixon of California | Spiro Agnew | Republican | 9 | 676,446 | 63.37% |
George McGovern | Sargent Shriver | Democratic | 0 | 371,159 | 34.77% |
John G. Schmitz | Thomas J. Anderson | American | 0 | 17,627 | 1.65% |
Benjamin Spock | Julius Hobson | People's | 0 | 1,118 | 0.10% |
Linda Jenness | Andrew Pulley | Socialist Workers | 0 | 685 | 0.06% |
Gus Hall | Jarvis Tyner | Communist | 0 | 464 | 0.04% |
Results by county
County | Richard Milhous Nixon[6] Republican |
George Stanley McGovern[6] Democratic |
John George Schmitz[6] American |
Various candidates[6] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 3,859 | 69.77% | 1,610 | 29.11% | 55 | 0.99% | 7 | 0.13% | 2,249 | 40.66% | 5,531 |
Allen | 3,025 | 69.83% | 1,259 | 29.06% | 43 | 0.99% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,766 | 40.77% | 4,332 |
Anderson | 2,298 | 62.62% | 1,302 | 35.48% | 60 | 1.63% | 10 | 0.27% | 996 | 27.14% | 3,670 |
Ballard | 1,542 | 49.92% | 1,411 | 45.68% | 128 | 4.14% | 8 | 0.26% | 131 | 4.24% | 3,089 |
Barren | 6,070 | 62.60% | 3,384 | 34.90% | 230 | 2.37% | 12 | 0.12% | 2,686 | 27.70% | 9,696 |
Bath | 1,919 | 58.47% | 1,347 | 41.04% | 12 | 0.37% | 4 | 0.12% | 572 | 17.43% | 3,282 |
Bell | 6,518 | 66.06% | 3,219 | 32.62% | 96 | 0.97% | 34 | 0.34% | 3,299 | 33.43% | 9,867 |
Boone | 7,355 | 71.55% | 2,595 | 25.24% | 316 | 3.07% | 14 | 0.14% | 4,760 | 46.30% | 10,280 |
Bourbon | 3,180 | 62.02% | 1,860 | 36.28% | 78 | 1.52% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,320 | 25.75% | 5,127 |
Boyd | 12,812 | 65.92% | 6,434 | 33.10% | 170 | 0.87% | 21 | 0.11% | 6,378 | 32.81% | 19,437 |
Boyle | 4,317 | 63.66% | 2,395 | 35.32% | 54 | 0.80% | 15 | 0.22% | 1,922 | 28.34% | 6,781 |
Bracken | 1,628 | 64.30% | 873 | 34.48% | 29 | 1.15% | 2 | 0.08% | 755 | 29.82% | 2,532 |
Breathitt | 1,846 | 40.65% | 2,677 | 58.95% | 13 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.11% | -831 | -18.30% | 4,541 |
Breckinridge | 3,574 | 64.25% | 1,921 | 34.53% | 62 | 1.11% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,653 | 29.71% | 5,563 |
Bullitt | 4,517 | 59.80% | 2,827 | 37.43% | 191 | 2.53% | 18 | 0.24% | 1,690 | 22.38% | 7,553 |
Butler | 2,941 | 77.03% | 835 | 21.87% | 36 | 0.94% | 6 | 0.16% | 2,106 | 55.16% | 3,818 |
Caldwell | 2,952 | 66.32% | 1,345 | 30.22% | 139 | 3.12% | 15 | 0.34% | 1,607 | 36.10% | 4,451 |
Calloway | 5,167 | 59.17% | 3,468 | 39.72% | 85 | 0.97% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,699 | 19.46% | 8,732 |
Campbell | 20,025 | 68.01% | 8,585 | 29.16% | 770 | 2.62% | 65 | 0.22% | 11,440 | 38.85% | 29,445 |
Carlisle | 1,169 | 55.75% | 872 | 41.58% | 48 | 2.29% | 8 | 0.38% | 297 | 14.16% | 2,097 |
Carroll | 1,228 | 47.71% | 1,308 | 50.82% | 35 | 1.36% | 3 | 0.12% | -80 | -3.11% | 2,574 |
Carter | 4,082 | 60.68% | 2,591 | 38.52% | 39 | 0.58% | 15 | 0.22% | 1,491 | 22.16% | 6,727 |
Casey | 3,727 | 78.83% | 913 | 19.31% | 53 | 1.12% | 35 | 0.74% | 2,814 | 59.52% | 4,728 |
Christian | 7,414 | 63.34% | 4,063 | 34.71% | 215 | 1.84% | 13 | 0.11% | 3,351 | 28.63% | 11,705 |
Clark | 4,506 | 68.43% | 2,020 | 30.68% | 51 | 0.77% | 8 | 0.12% | 2,486 | 37.75% | 6,585 |
Clay | 4,046 | 69.99% | 1,709 | 29.56% | 22 | 0.38% | 4 | 0.07% | 2,337 | 40.43% | 5,781 |
Clinton | 2,632 | 79.59% | 659 | 19.93% | 13 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,973 | 59.66% | 3,307 |
Crittenden | 2,248 | 71.52% | 859 | 27.33% | 32 | 1.02% | 4 | 0.13% | 1,389 | 44.19% | 3,143 |
Cumberland | 2,294 | 76.42% | 686 | 22.85% | 20 | 0.67% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,608 | 53.56% | 3,002 |
Daviess | 17,234 | 65.64% | 8,168 | 31.11% | 757 | 2.88% | 97 | 0.37% | 9,066 | 34.53% | 26,256 |
Edmonson | 2,327 | 75.70% | 722 | 23.49% | 17 | 0.55% | 8 | 0.26% | 1,605 | 52.21% | 3,074 |
Elliott | 782 | 34.04% | 1,499 | 65.26% | 7 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.39% | -717 | -31.21% | 2,297 |
Estill | 3,054 | 69.42% | 1,322 | 30.05% | 20 | 0.45% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,732 | 39.37% | 4,399 |
Fayette | 42,362 | 66.54% | 19,828 | 31.14% | 1,315 | 2.07% | 161 | 0.25% | 22,534 | 35.39% | 63,666 |
Fleming | 2,484 | 62.38% | 1,455 | 36.54% | 25 | 0.63% | 18 | 0.45% | 1,029 | 25.84% | 3,982 |
Floyd | 6,099 | 44.20% | 7,544 | 54.67% | 117 | 0.85% | 40 | 0.29% | -1,445 | -10.47% | 13,800 |
Franklin | 7,781 | 56.88% | 5,601 | 40.95% | 264 | 1.93% | 33 | 0.24% | 2,180 | 15.94% | 13,679 |
Fulton | 1,807 | 61.32% | 1,024 | 34.75% | 111 | 3.77% | 5 | 0.17% | 783 | 26.57% | 2,947 |
Gallatin | 719 | 53.38% | 612 | 45.43% | 14 | 1.04% | 2 | 0.15% | 107 | 7.94% | 1,347 |
Garrard | 3,143 | 67.49% | 1,441 | 30.94% | 65 | 1.40% | 8 | 0.17% | 1,702 | 36.55% | 4,657 |
Grant | 2,086 | 64.03% | 1,054 | 32.35% | 111 | 3.41% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,032 | 31.68% | 3,258 |
Graves | 6,098 | 60.38% | 3,701 | 36.64% | 266 | 2.63% | 35 | 0.35% | 2,397 | 23.73% | 10,100 |
Grayson | 4,155 | 67.99% | 1,839 | 30.09% | 98 | 1.60% | 19 | 0.31% | 2,316 | 37.90% | 6,111 |
Green | 2,755 | 68.82% | 1,209 | 30.20% | 36 | 0.90% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,546 | 38.62% | 4,003 |
Greenup | 6,828 | 59.70% | 4,491 | 39.27% | 104 | 0.91% | 14 | 0.12% | 2,337 | 20.43% | 11,437 |
Hancock | 1,583 | 64.61% | 791 | 32.29% | 67 | 2.73% | 9 | 0.37% | 792 | 32.33% | 2,450 |
Hardin | 8,740 | 65.93% | 4,060 | 30.63% | 429 | 3.24% | 27 | 0.20% | 4,680 | 35.30% | 13,256 |
Harlan | 6,527 | 59.42% | 4,349 | 39.59% | 80 | 0.73% | 29 | 0.26% | 2,178 | 19.83% | 10,985 |
Harrison | 2,732 | 59.70% | 1,780 | 38.90% | 53 | 1.16% | 11 | 0.24% | 952 | 20.80% | 4,576 |
Hart | 3,582 | 60.31% | 2,307 | 38.84% | 41 | 0.69% | 9 | 0.15% | 1,275 | 21.47% | 5,939 |
Henderson | 6,231 | 60.68% | 3,889 | 37.87% | 113 | 1.10% | 36 | 0.35% | 2,342 | 22.81% | 10,269 |
Henry | 1,919 | 52.49% | 1,688 | 46.17% | 47 | 1.29% | 2 | 0.05% | 231 | 6.32% | 3,656 |
Hickman | 1,430 | 56.66% | 976 | 38.67% | 113 | 4.48% | 5 | 0.20% | 454 | 17.99% | 2,524 |
Hopkins | 7,133 | 68.67% | 3,129 | 30.12% | 112 | 1.08% | 14 | 0.13% | 4,004 | 38.54% | 10,388 |
Jackson | 5,303 | 92.18% | 436 | 7.58% | 6 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.14% | 4,867 | 84.60% | 5,753 |
Jefferson | 142,436 | 60.41% | 88,143 | 37.39% | 4,766 | 2.02% | 419 | 0.18% | 54,293 | 23.03% | 235,764 |
Jessamine | 3,819 | 72.91% | 1,269 | 24.23% | 133 | 2.54% | 17 | 0.32% | 2,550 | 48.68% | 5,238 |
Johnson | 4,907 | 72.25% | 1,840 | 27.09% | 33 | 0.49% | 12 | 0.18% | 3,067 | 45.16% | 6,792 |
Kenton | 28,076 | 66.66% | 12,872 | 30.56% | 1,055 | 2.50% | 118 | 0.28% | 15,204 | 36.10% | 42,121 |
Knott | 1,479 | 34.50% | 2,774 | 64.71% | 24 | 0.56% | 10 | 0.23% | -1,295 | -30.21% | 4,287 |
Knox | 5,017 | 81.46% | 1,085 | 17.62% | 36 | 0.58% | 21 | 0.34% | 3,932 | 63.84% | 6,159 |
Larue | 2,449 | 61.53% | 1,483 | 37.26% | 40 | 1.01% | 8 | 0.20% | 966 | 24.27% | 3,980 |
Laurel | 7,276 | 75.63% | 2,274 | 23.64% | 62 | 0.64% | 8 | 0.08% | 5,002 | 52.00% | 9,620 |
Lawrence | 2,392 | 60.48% | 1,529 | 38.66% | 31 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.08% | 863 | 21.82% | 3,955 |
Lee | 1,629 | 68.22% | 744 | 31.16% | 12 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.13% | 885 | 37.06% | 2,388 |
Leslie | 3,299 | 77.88% | 913 | 21.55% | 7 | 0.17% | 17 | 0.40% | 2,386 | 56.33% | 4,236 |
Letcher | 4,213 | 58.54% | 2,908 | 40.41% | 59 | 0.82% | 17 | 0.24% | 1,305 | 18.13% | 7,197 |
Lewis | 3,124 | 71.57% | 1,200 | 27.49% | 31 | 0.71% | 10 | 0.23% | 1,924 | 44.08% | 4,365 |
Lincoln | 3,623 | 65.03% | 1,882 | 33.78% | 54 | 0.97% | 12 | 0.22% | 1,741 | 31.25% | 5,571 |
Livingston | 1,673 | 59.96% | 1,065 | 38.17% | 47 | 1.68% | 5 | 0.18% | 608 | 21.79% | 2,790 |
Logan | 3,573 | 57.86% | 2,459 | 39.82% | 127 | 2.06% | 16 | 0.26% | 1,114 | 18.04% | 6,175 |
Lyon | 1,030 | 58.52% | 687 | 39.03% | 41 | 2.33% | 2 | 0.11% | 343 | 19.49% | 1,760 |
Madison | 8,659 | 65.60% | 4,328 | 32.79% | 178 | 1.35% | 34 | 0.26% | 4,331 | 32.81% | 13,199 |
Magoffin | 2,243 | 52.39% | 2,024 | 47.28% | 8 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.14% | 219 | 5.12% | 4,281 |
Marion | 2,370 | 49.74% | 2,351 | 49.34% | 31 | 0.65% | 13 | 0.27% | 19 | 0.40% | 4,765 |
Marshall | 4,290 | 59.16% | 2,806 | 38.69% | 147 | 2.03% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,484 | 20.46% | 7,252 |
Martin | 2,495 | 77.87% | 661 | 20.63% | 40 | 1.25% | 8 | 0.25% | 1,834 | 57.24% | 3,204 |
Mason | 3,529 | 58.46% | 2,459 | 40.73% | 42 | 0.70% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,070 | 17.72% | 6,037 |
McCracken | 11,260 | 57.69% | 7,567 | 38.77% | 642 | 3.29% | 49 | 0.25% | 3,693 | 18.92% | 19,518 |
McCreary | 3,203 | 80.56% | 684 | 17.20% | 81 | 2.04% | 8 | 0.20% | 2,519 | 63.36% | 3,976 |
McLean | 2,298 | 65.10% | 1,191 | 33.74% | 36 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,107 | 31.36% | 3,530 |
Meade | 2,492 | 60.93% | 1,541 | 37.68% | 51 | 1.25% | 6 | 0.15% | 951 | 23.25% | 4,090 |
Menifee | 596 | 43.89% | 732 | 53.90% | 28 | 2.06% | 2 | 0.15% | -136 | -10.01% | 1,358 |
Mercer | 3,575 | 66.08% | 1,707 | 31.55% | 118 | 2.18% | 10 | 0.18% | 1,868 | 34.53% | 5,410 |
Metcalfe | 1,896 | 58.55% | 1,308 | 40.40% | 25 | 0.77% | 9 | 0.28% | 588 | 18.16% | 3,238 |
Monroe | 3,770 | 82.57% | 768 | 16.82% | 24 | 0.53% | 4 | 0.09% | 3,002 | 65.75% | 4,566 |
Montgomery | 2,868 | 62.63% | 1,657 | 36.19% | 46 | 1.00% | 8 | 0.17% | 1,211 | 26.45% | 4,579 |
Morgan | 1,535 | 45.56% | 1,815 | 53.87% | 11 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.24% | -280 | -8.31% | 3,369 |
Muhlenberg | 5,596 | 62.33% | 3,246 | 36.16% | 130 | 1.45% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,350 | 26.18% | 8,978 |
Nelson | 3,495 | 53.54% | 2,828 | 43.32% | 181 | 2.77% | 24 | 0.37% | 667 | 10.22% | 6,528 |
Nicholas | 1,076 | 56.22% | 804 | 42.01% | 33 | 1.72% | 1 | 0.05% | 272 | 14.21% | 1,914 |
Ohio | 2,392 | 71.75% | 906 | 27.17% | 31 | 0.93% | 5 | 0.15% | 1,486 | 44.57% | 3,334 |
Oldham | 3,041 | 68.00% | 1,311 | 29.32% | 110 | 2.46% | 10 | 0.22% | 1,730 | 38.69% | 4,472 |
Owen | 1,456 | 54.92% | 1,161 | 43.79% | 32 | 1.21% | 2 | 0.08% | 295 | 11.13% | 2,651 |
Owsley | 1,328 | 83.68% | 251 | 15.82% | 7 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,077 | 67.86% | 1,587 |
Pendleton | 1,966 | 67.28% | 909 | 31.11% | 40 | 1.37% | 7 | 0.24% | 1,057 | 36.17% | 2,922 |
Perry | 5,373 | 59.37% | 3,601 | 39.79% | 54 | 0.60% | 22 | 0.24% | 1,772 | 19.58% | 9,050 |
Pike | 12,535 | 56.46% | 9,513 | 42.85% | 119 | 0.54% | 33 | 0.15% | 3,022 | 13.61% | 22,200 |
Powell | 1,766 | 58.40% | 1,230 | 40.67% | 17 | 0.56% | 11 | 0.36% | 536 | 17.72% | 3,024 |
Pulaski | 10,602 | 76.99% | 3,080 | 22.37% | 80 | 0.58% | 8 | 0.06% | 7,522 | 54.63% | 13,770 |
Robertson | 456 | 51.01% | 421 | 47.09% | 15 | 1.68% | 2 | 0.22% | 35 | 3.91% | 894 |
Rockcastle | 3,437 | 77.31% | 968 | 21.77% | 33 | 0.74% | 8 | 0.18% | 2,469 | 55.53% | 4,446 |
Rowan | 3,245 | 59.45% | 2,169 | 39.74% | 32 | 0.59% | 12 | 0.22% | 1,076 | 19.71% | 5,458 |
Russell | 3,992 | 76.48% | 1,169 | 22.39% | 41 | 0.79% | 18 | 0.34% | 2,823 | 54.08% | 5,220 |
Scott | 3,255 | 64.76% | 1,642 | 32.67% | 119 | 2.37% | 10 | 0.20% | 1,613 | 32.09% | 5,026 |
Shelby | 3,893 | 64.19% | 2,074 | 34.20% | 87 | 1.43% | 11 | 0.18% | 1,819 | 29.99% | 6,065 |
Simpson | 2,285 | 62.57% | 1,325 | 36.28% | 33 | 0.90% | 9 | 0.25% | 960 | 26.29% | 3,652 |
Spencer | 1,120 | 68.75% | 481 | 29.53% | 24 | 1.47% | 4 | 0.25% | 639 | 39.23% | 1,629 |
Taylor | 4,035 | 67.79% | 1,859 | 31.23% | 48 | 0.81% | 10 | 0.17% | 2,176 | 36.56% | 5,952 |
Todd | 1,964 | 59.25% | 1,222 | 36.86% | 117 | 3.53% | 12 | 0.36% | 742 | 22.38% | 3,315 |
Trigg | 1,767 | 52.95% | 1,514 | 45.37% | 49 | 1.47% | 7 | 0.21% | 253 | 7.58% | 3,337 |
Trimble | 935 | 54.61% | 757 | 44.22% | 18 | 1.05% | 2 | 0.12% | 178 | 10.40% | 1,712 |
Union | 2,701 | 58.67% | 1,855 | 40.29% | 29 | 0.63% | 19 | 0.41% | 846 | 18.38% | 4,604 |
Warren | 12,481 | 66.78% | 5,934 | 31.75% | 194 | 1.04% | 82 | 0.44% | 6,547 | 35.03% | 18,691 |
Washington | 2,378 | 58.70% | 1,552 | 38.31% | 106 | 2.62% | 15 | 0.37% | 826 | 20.39% | 4,051 |
Wayne | 3,514 | 64.83% | 1,853 | 34.19% | 40 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.24% | 1,661 | 30.65% | 5,420 |
Webster | 2,396 | 57.57% | 1,712 | 41.13% | 42 | 1.01% | 12 | 0.29% | 684 | 16.43% | 4,162 |
Whitley | 6,788 | 74.91% | 2,199 | 24.27% | 53 | 0.58% | 22 | 0.24% | 4,589 | 50.64% | 9,062 |
Wolfe | 936 | 48.83% | 957 | 49.92% | 19 | 0.99% | 5 | 0.26% | -21 | -1.10% | 1,917 |
Woodford | 3,363 | 70.34% | 1,268 | 26.52% | 145 | 3.03% | 5 | 0.10% | 2,095 | 43.82% | 4,781 |
Totals | 676,446 | 63.37% | 371,159 | 34.77% | 17,627 | 1.65% | 2,267 | 0.21% | 305,287 | 28.60% | 1,067,499 |
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1972 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ "1972 Election for the Forty-Seventh Term (1973-77)". Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1972". Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ Leip, David (2016). "1972 Presidential General Election Data – Kentucky". US Election Atlas. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 07, 1972