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1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina
County results
Congressional district results
Nixon
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
McGovern
50-60%
The 1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election . Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Amidst a nationwide landslide defeat especially felt in the South, McGovern won only two counties in North Carolina, neither of which have voted for a Republican presidential candidate since the Fourth Party System era: Orange County in the Research Triangle region, home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , and majority-Black Northampton County in the northeast of the state.[1] Even in these counties, where most Democratic candidates receive over sixty percent of the vote (and where Walter Mondale in 1984 would still win by double digits), McGovern won by less than five points.[2] 78% of white voters supported Nixon, while only 20% supported McGovern.
1972 was the first election in which a presidential candidate received more than one million votes in North Carolina, and remains the best Republican presidential performance in its history. This is also the last election to date in which Bertie County , Durham County , Edgecombe County , Halifax County , Hertford County , Hoke County , Warren County , or Washington County voted for the Republican candidate.[5]
Campaign [ edit ]
Results [ edit ]
Results by county [ edit ]
1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county[11]
County
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican
George Stanley McGovern Democratic
John George Schmitz American
Margin
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Avery
83.99%
3,510
15.00%
627
1.01%
42
68.99%
2,883
Mitchell
83.45%
4,240
15.74%
800
0.81%
41
67.70%
3,440
Henderson
80.17%
12,134
17.85%
2,701
1.98%
300
62.33%
9,433
Onslow
80.05%
10,343
18.76%
2,424
1.19%
154
61.29%
7,919
Yadkin
79.16%
6,824
18.47%
1,592
2.38%
205
60.69%
5,232
Johnston
79.24%
14,272
19.37%
3,488
1.39%
251
59.87%
10,784
Craven
78.74%
9,372
20.03%
2,384
1.23%
147
58.71%
6,988
Davie
75.69%
5,613
21.28%
1,578
3.03%
225
54.41%
4,035
Randolph
76.02%
18,724
21.71%
5,346
2.27%
559
54.32%
13,378
Cabarrus
76.45%
18,384
22.19%
5,336
1.36%
328
54.26%
13,048
Gaston
75.76%
27,956
22.93%
8,462
1.31%
483
52.83%
19,494
Greene
75.68%
2,788
22.99%
847
1.33%
49
52.69%
1,941
Davidson
74.79%
24,875
23.12%
7,691
2.09%
696
51.66%
17,184
Alamance
74.61%
22,046
23.12%
6,833
2.27%
670
51.48%
15,213
New Hanover
74.41%
19,060
23.01%
5,894
2.58%
661
51.40%
13,166
Iredell
73.79%
16,736
22.43%
5,088
3.78%
858
51.35%
11,648
Dare
75.20%
1,986
24.01%
634
0.80%
21
51.19%
1,352
Catawba
74.46%
24,106
23.92%
7,744
1.62%
525
50.54%
16,362
Harnett
74.64%
10,259
24.35%
3,347
1.00%
138
50.29%
6,912
Carteret
74.14%
8,463
24.57%
2,805
1.29%
147
49.57%
5,658
Lenoir
73.89%
11,065
24.52%
3,672
1.59%
238
49.37%
7,393
Rowan
73.34%
20,735
24.17%
6,834
2.49%
705
49.17%
13,901
Wilson
73.04%
12,060
25.23%
4,166
1.73%
286
47.81%
7,894
Lee
72.71%
5,836
25.22%
2,024
2.07%
166
47.50%
3,812
Wilkes
72.83%
13,105
25.75%
4,634
1.42%
255
47.08%
8,471
McDowell
72.09%
6,570
25.76%
2,348
2.15%
196
46.32%
4,222
Nash
71.39%
12,679
25.35%
4,503
3.26%
579
46.03%
8,176
Wayne
72.33%
14,352
26.38%
5,234
1.29%
256
45.95%
9,118
Cleveland
72.06%
13,726
26.22%
4,994
1.72%
328
45.84%
8,732
Person
71.89%
5,941
27.18%
2,246
0.93%
77
44.71%
3,695
Caldwell
71.41%
12,976
26.89%
4,886
1.70%
309
44.52%
8,090
Union
71.60%
10,264
27.11%
3,886
1.30%
186
44.49%
6,378
Hyde
69.28%
1,112
25.11%
403
5.61%
90
44.17%
709
Rockingham
71.15%
14,519
27.10%
5,530
1.75%
358
44.05%
8,989
Moore
70.68%
9,406
27.25%
3,627
2.07%
275
43.43%
5,779
Columbus
70.64%
8,468
27.57%
3,305
1.79%
214
43.07%
5,163
Buncombe
70.38%
32,091
27.69%
12,626
1.92%
877
42.69%
19,465
Duplin
70.61%
7,153
28.20%
2,857
1.18%
120
42.41%
4,296
Transylvania
69.73%
5,860
27.62%
2,321
2.65%
223
42.11%
3,539
Wake
70.32%
56,808
28.23%
22,807
1.45%
1,174
42.09%
34,001
Cumberland
70.46%
24,376
28.48%
9,853
1.06%
366
41.98%
14,523
Pitt
70.41%
14,406
28.63%
5,858
0.95%
195
41.78%
8,548
Brunswick
69.06%
6,153
28.06%
2,500
2.87%
256
41.00%
3,653
Beaufort
69.65%
6,915
29.22%
2,901
1.13%
112
40.43%
4,014
Stanly
69.32%
12,459
29.03%
5,218
1.64%
295
40.29%
7,241
Guilford
69.46%
61,381
29.20%
25,800
1.34%
1,185
40.27%
35,581
Alexander
68.95%
5,865
29.01%
2,468
2.03%
173
39.94%
3,397
Macon
69.20%
4,134
29.28%
1,749
1.52%
91
39.92%
2,385
Pender
68.90%
3,327
29.30%
1,415
1.80%
87
39.59%
1,912
Burke
68.96%
14,447
29.58%
6,197
1.46%
306
39.38%
8,250
Franklin
68.37%
5,431
29.47%
2,341
2.17%
172
38.90%
3,090
Rutherford
68.80%
9,506
29.97%
4,140
1.23%
170
38.84%
5,366
Mecklenburg
68.52%
77,546
29.80%
33,730
1.68%
1,900
38.71%
43,816
Martin
68.76%
4,188
30.21%
1,840
1.03%
63
38.55%
2,348
Surry
67.78%
10,497
30.39%
4,706
1.83%
284
37.39%
5,791
Forsyth
67.69%
46,415
30.52%
20,928
1.79%
1,226
37.17%
25,487
Polk
67.31%
3,121
30.54%
1,416
2.16%
100
36.77%
1,705
Currituck
66.67%
1,578
30.33%
718
3.00%
71
36.33%
860
Stokes
66.86%
7,118
30.57%
3,254
2.57%
274
36.30%
3,864
Halifax
66.60%
8,908
31.71%
4,241
1.69%
226
34.89%
4,667
Vance
66.85%
6,491
32.10%
3,117
1.05%
102
34.75%
3,374
Granville
66.82%
6,037
32.30%
2,918
0.89%
80
34.52%
3,119
Chowan
66.39%
1,906
32.60%
936
1.01%
29
33.79%
970
Montgomery
65.67%
4,417
32.34%
2,175
1.99%
134
33.33%
2,242
Pamlico
66.11%
1,847
32.89%
919
1.00%
28
33.21%
928
Sampson
65.76%
9,684
33.19%
4,888
1.05%
154
32.57%
4,796
Haywood
64.84%
8,903
32.88%
4,515
2.28%
313
31.96%
4,388
Clay
65.19%
1,545
33.63%
797
1.18%
28
31.56%
748
Bladen
64.72%
4,205
33.88%
2,201
1.40%
91
30.85%
2,004
Swain
64.45%
2,052
34.58%
1,101
0.97%
31
29.87%
951
Pasquotank
63.07%
3,906
34.15%
2,115
2.78%
172
28.92%
1,791
Scotland
63.69%
3,485
35.42%
1,938
0.90%
49
28.27%
1,547
Perquimans
62.57%
1,299
34.83%
723
2.60%
54
27.75%
576
Edgecombe
62.53%
8,244
35.16%
4,635
2.31%
305
27.37%
3,609
Ashe
62.95%
5,784
36.06%
3,313
0.99%
91
26.89%
2,471
Watauga
62.85%
6,017
36.05%
3,451
1.10%
105
26.80%
2,566
Cherokee
62.28%
4,113
36.51%
2,411
1.21%
80
25.77%
1,702
Chatham
62.12%
6,175
36.46%
3,624
1.43%
142
25.66%
2,551
Lincoln
61.88%
8,597
36.71%
5,100
1.40%
195
25.17%
3,497
Washington
61.65%
2,559
37.24%
1,546
1.11%
46
24.40%
1,013
Alleghany
61.29%
2,158
37.03%
1,304
1.68%
59
24.25%
854
Durham
61.38%
25,576
37.36%
15,566
1.26%
525
24.02%
10,010
Camden
60.20%
909
36.82%
556
2.98%
45
23.38%
353
Anson
60.88%
3,551
37.51%
2,188
1.61%
94
23.37%
1,363
Richmond
60.84%
5,692
37.49%
3,508
1.67%
156
23.34%
2,184
Graham
61.05%
1,699
37.98%
1,057
0.97%
27
23.07%
642
Madison
61.18%
3,273
38.11%
2,039
0.71%
38
23.07%
1,234
Bertie
60.54%
2,874
38.32%
1,819
1.14%
54
22.22%
1,055
Caswell
59.65%
2,983
38.43%
1,922
1.92%
96
21.22%
1,061
Robeson
59.99%
11,362
39.02%
7,391
0.99%
188
20.97%
3,971
Warren
59.62%
2,603
38.89%
1,698
1.49%
65
20.73%
905
Jones
58.93%
1,650
39.04%
1,093
2.04%
57
19.89%
557
Jackson
59.11%
4,709
39.78%
3,169
1.12%
89
19.33%
1,540
Tyrrell
59.30%
676
40.26%
459
0.44%
5
19.04%
217
Hertford
58.34%
2,794
40.26%
1,928
1.40%
67
18.08%
866
Yancey
57.10%
3,106
41.88%
2,278
1.03%
56
15.22%
828
Hoke
56.25%
1,927
42.79%
1,466
0.96%
33
13.46%
461
Gates
51.01%
1,264
47.50%
1,177
1.49%
37
3.51%
87
Northampton
47.71%
2,997
51.46%
3,233
0.83%
52
-3.76%
-236
Orange
47.66%
11,632
51.76%
12,634
0.58%
142
-4.11%
-1,002
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ]
Counties that flipped from American Independent to Republican [ edit ]
^ These write-in votes were not separated by county but given only as a state-wide total.[11]
References [ edit ]
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ ; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016
^ David Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1984 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – North Carolina
^ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – North Carolina" . David Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
^ "Nixon May Sweep Dixie States". Corvallis Gazette-Times . Corvallis , Oregon . September 19, 1972. p. 24.
^ Phillips, Kevin P. (October 9, 1972). "Dixie May Swing Political Future". The Bradenton Herald . Bradenton , Florida . p. 7-B.
^
^ "Nixon Expected To Sweep South". Sun Herald . Biloxi , Mississippi . November 5, 1972. p. C-9.
^ "1972 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – North Carolina" . David Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
^ a b Our Campaigns; NC US President Race, November 07, 1972
Works cited [ edit ]