1972 United States Presidential Election in Vermont

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The 1972 United States Presidential Election in Vermont was held on November 7, 1972. The total votes casted was 186,792. Richard Nixon (Republican) was elected, receiving 62.70% of the votes, which equals 117,127 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Richard Nixon of Republican (62.70%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated George McGovern of Democratic (36.43%) by a comfortable margin of 26.27%.

1972 United States Presidential Election in Vermont
Candidate Party Votes %
Richard Nixon Republican 117,127 62.70%
George McGovern Democratic 68,043 36.43%
Benjamin Spock Liberty Union 1,010 0.54%
Write-In 318 0.17%
Linda Jenness Socialist Workers 294 0.16%
Date: 1972-11-07, Valid Votes: 186,792, Margin: 26.3%

Election Votes Details

1972 United States Presidential Election in Vermont (General) - Results by County
County Richard Nixon
Republican		 George McGovern
Democratic		 Benjamin Spock
Liberty Union		 Linda Jenness
Socialist Workers		 Valid Votes Margin
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Addison 255 72.86% 94 26.86% 1 0.29% - - 350 46.00%
Albany 162 66.67% 81 33.33% - - - - 243 33.33%
Alburgh 365 60.73% 225 37.44% 9 1.50% 2 0.33% 601 23.29%
Andover 98 74.24% 32 24.24% 2 1.52% - - 132 50.00%
Arlington 627 66.49% 314 33.30% 1 0.11% 1 0.11% 943 33.19%
Athens 57 73.08% 21 26.92% - - - - 78 46.15%
Bakersfield 158 60.08% 102 38.78% 2 0.76% 1 0.38% 263 21.29%
Baltimore 61 83.56% 12 16.44% - - - - 73 67.12%
Barnard 214 69.93% 92 30.07% - - - - 306 39.87%
Barnet 473 77.80% 132 21.71% 3 0.49% - - 608 56.09%
Barre City 2,523 57.16% 1,860 42.14% 20 0.45% 11 0.25% 4,414 15.02%
Barre Town 1,677 61.59% 1,029 37.79% 10 0.37% 7 0.26% 2,723 23.80%
Barton 733 70.01% 308 29.42% 4 0.38% 2 0.19% 1,047 40.59%
Belvidere 47 69.12% 20 29.41% 1 1.47% - - 68 39.71%
Bennington 2,788 52.46% 2,476 46.59% 37 0.70% 14 0.26% 5,315 5.87%
Benson 193 64.33% 106 35.33% 1 0.33% - - 300 29.00%
Berkshire 232 59.03% 159 40.46% 1 0.25% 1 0.25% 393 18.58%
Berlin 611 68.27% 272 30.39% 8 0.89% 4 0.45% 895 37.88%
Bethel 364 65.70% 188 33.94% 2 0.36% - - 554 31.77%
Bloomfield 44 68.75% 19 29.69% 1 1.56% - - 64 39.06%
Bolton 129 67.54% 62 32.46% - - - - 191 35.08%
Bradford 603 78.31% 164 21.30% 2 0.26% 1 0.13% 770 57.01%
Braintree 222 72.79% 83 27.21% - - - - 305 45.57%
Brandon 816 66.94% 398 32.65% 5 0.41% - - 1,219 34.29%
Brattleboro 2,862 60.35% 1,856 39.14% 21 0.44% 3 0.06% 4,742 21.21%
Bridgewater 211 64.13% 117 35.56% - - 1 0.30% 329 28.57%
Bridport 261 63.81% 147 35.94% - - 1 0.24% 409 27.87%
Brighton 363 56.37% 275 42.70% 2 0.31% 4 0.62% 644 13.66%
Bristol 737 69.20% 323 30.33% 4 0.38% 1 0.09% 1,065 38.87%
Brookfield 215 69.58% 91 29.45% 3 0.97% - - 309 40.13%
Brookline 77 76.24% 24 23.76% - - - - 101 52.48%
Brownington 86 48.04% 92 51.40% 1 0.56% - - 179 -3.35%
Brunswick 16 66.67% 7 29.17% - - 1 4.17% 24 37.50%
Burke 263 59.37% 177 39.95% 2 0.45% 1 0.23% 443 19.41%
Burlington 6,911 48.82% 7,015 49.55% 172 1.22% 58 0.41% 14,156 -0.73%
Cabot 270 70.87% 108 28.35% 3 0.79% - - 381 42.52%
Calais 238 49.28% 243 50.31% 1 0.21% 1 0.21% 483 -1.04%
Cambridge 492 72.67% 183 27.03% 1 0.15% 1 0.15% 677 45.64%
Canaan 223 67.58% 103 31.21% 3 0.91% 1 0.30% 330 36.36%
Castleton 660 62.26% 391 36.89% 8 0.75% 1 0.09% 1,060 25.38%
Cavendish 320 64.13% 176 35.27% 3 0.60% - - 499 28.86%
Charleston 148 58.27% 106 41.73% - - - - 254 16.54%
Charlotte 568 61.41% 352 38.05% 5 0.54% - - 925 23.35%
Chelsea 331 76.44% 97 22.40% 3 0.69% 2 0.46% 433 54.04%
Chester 754 69.11% 324 29.70% 10 0.92% 3 0.27% 1,091 39.41%
Chittenden 204 69.15% 82 27.80% 9 3.05% - - 295 41.36%
Clarendon 472 72.84% 172 26.54% 4 0.62% - - 648 46.30%
Colchester 1,884 61.77% 1,149 37.67% 14 0.46% 3 0.10% 3,050 24.10%
Concord 242 100.00% - - - - - - 242 100.00%
Corinth 196 64.69% 102 33.66% 4 1.32% 1 0.33% 303 31.02%
Cornwall 191 71.27% 77 28.73% - - - - 268 42.54%
Coventry 120 76.43% 37 23.57% - - - - 157 52.87%
Craftsbury 176 67.43% 83 31.80% 2 0.77% - - 261 35.63%
Danby 211 67.41% 101 32.27% 1 0.32% - - 313 35.14%
Danville 582 76.38% 179 23.49% 1 0.13% - - 762 52.89%
Derby 769 67.10% 366 31.94% 7 0.61% 4 0.35% 1,146 35.17%
Dorset 558 73.13% 196 25.69% 9 1.18% - - 763 47.44%
Dover 233 63.66% 131 35.79% 2 0.55% - - 366 27.87%
Dummerston 373 66.97% 184 33.03% - - - - 557 33.93%
Duxbury 143 68.75% 64 30.77% 1 0.48% - - 208 37.98%
East Haven 56 57.14% 42 42.86% - - - - 98 14.29%
East Montpelier 516 59.72% 339 39.24% 4 0.46% 5 0.58% 864 20.49%
Eden 130 72.22% 48 26.67% 2 1.11% - - 180 45.56%
Elmore 91 73.98% 32 26.02% - - - - 123 47.97%
Enosburgh 574 68.82% 256 30.70% 3 0.36% 1 0.12% 834 38.13%
Essex 3,342 70.08% 1,402 29.40% 23 0.48% 2 0.04% 4,769 40.68%
Fair Haven 721 65.13% 378 34.15% 6 0.54% 2 0.18% 1,107 30.98%
Fairfax 379 66.96% 184 32.51% 3 0.53% - - 566 34.45%
Fairfield 266 57.20% 197 42.37% 1 0.22% 1 0.22% 465 14.84%
Fairlee 229 73.16% 84 26.84% - - - - 313 46.33%
Fayston 129 53.31% 112 46.28% 1 0.41% - - 242 7.02%
Ferrisburgh 482 70.26% 199 29.01% 5 0.73% - - 686 41.25%
Fletcher 102 60.00% 63 37.06% 5 2.94% - - 170 22.94%
Franklin 223 71.47% 89 28.53% - - - - 312 42.95%
Georgia 494 77.67% 138 21.70% 2 0.31% 2 0.31% 636 55.97%
Glover 209 69.90% 89 29.77% 1 0.33% - - 299 40.13%
Goshen 49 69.01% 21 29.58% 1 1.41% - - 71 39.44%
Grafton 180 67.16% 85 31.72% 3 1.12% - - 268 35.45%
Granby 22 100.00% - - - - - - 22 100.00%
Grand Isle 282 59.24% 194 40.76% - - - - 476 18.49%
Granville 57 66.28% 29 33.72% - - - - 86 32.56%
Greensboro 169 57.88% 121 41.44% 1 0.34% 1 0.34% 292 16.44%
Groton 241 73.25% 87 26.44% 1 0.30% - - 329 46.81%
Guildhall 76 83.52% 15 16.48% - - - - 91 67.03%
Guilford 340 61.15% 213 38.31% 2 0.36% 1 0.18% 556 22.84%
Halifax 97 52.15% 89 47.85% - - - - 186 4.30%
Hancock 78 53.79% 65 44.83% 1 0.69% 1 0.69% 145 8.97%
Hardwick 630 63.32% 360 36.18% 4 0.40% 1 0.10% 995 27.14%
Hartford 1,496 62.94% 874 36.77% 6 0.25% 1 0.04% 2,377 26.17%
Hartland 499 63.32% 285 36.17% 3 0.38% 1 0.13% 788 27.16%
Highgate 367 62.31% 221 37.52% - - 1 0.17% 589 24.79%
Hinesburg 412 63.58% 233 35.96% 3 0.46% - - 648 27.62%
Holland 72 58.06% 49 39.52% 2 1.61% 1 0.81% 124 18.55%
Hubbardton 105 73.94% 36 25.35% 1 0.70% - - 142 48.59%
Huntington 236 66.48% 115 32.39% 3 0.85% 1 0.28% 355 34.08%
Hyde Park 432 70.94% 177 29.06% - - - - 609 41.87%
Ira 112 82.96% 22 16.30% 1 0.74% - - 135 66.67%
Irasburg 140 58.58% 96 40.17% 3 1.26% - - 239 18.41%
Isle La Motte 84 56.00% 65 43.33% - - 1 0.67% 150 12.67%
Jamaica 164 64.82% 86 33.99% 3 1.19% - - 253 30.83%
Jay 47 54.02% 38 43.68% 1 1.15% 1 1.15% 87 10.34%
Jericho 753 68.70% 342 31.20% 1 0.09% - - 1,096 37.50%
Johnson 533 64.92% 280 34.10% 8 0.97% - - 821 30.82%
Kirby 74 77.08% 21 21.88% 1 1.04% - - 96 55.21%
Landgrove 33 57.89% 24 42.11% - - - - 57 15.79%
Leicester 166 69.17% 73 30.42% 1 0.42% - - 240 38.75%
Lemington 35 77.78% 10 22.22% - - - - 45 55.56%
Lincoln 207 64.49% 109 33.96% 5 1.56% - - 321 30.53%
Londonderry 473 67.48% 226 32.24% 1 0.14% 1 0.14% 701 35.24%
Lowell 107 49.31% 110 50.69% - - - - 217 -1.38%
Ludlow 668 59.38% 449 39.91% 3 0.27% 5 0.44% 1,125 19.47%
Lunenburg 273 71.09% 111 28.91% - - - - 384 42.19%
Lyndon 1,003 72.00% 380 27.28% 8 0.57% 2 0.14% 1,393 44.72%
Maidstone 30 69.77% 13 30.23% - - - - 43 39.53%
Manchester 1,119 73.38% 401 26.30% 5 0.33% - - 1,525 47.08%
Marlboro 119 37.66% 193 61.08% 3 0.95% 1 0.32% 316 -23.42%
Marshfield 301 54.73% 240 43.64% 5 0.91% 4 0.73% 550 11.09%
Mendon 275 68.75% 123 30.75% 2 0.50% - - 400 38.00%
Middlebury 1,410 57.34% 1,038 42.21% 9 0.37% 2 0.08% 2,459 15.13%
Middlesex 253 61.71% 153 37.32% 2 0.49% 2 0.49% 410 24.39%
Middletown Springs 163 66.53% 81 33.06% 1 0.41% - - 245 33.47%
Milton 1,106 65.91% 565 33.67% 3 0.18% 4 0.24% 1,678 32.24%
Monkton 189 98.95% 1 0.52% 1 0.52% - - 191 98.43%
Montgomery 152 51.53% 140 47.46% 3 1.02% - - 295 4.07%
Montpelier 2,249 69.54% 985 30.46% - - - - 3,234 39.08%
Moretown 233 63.84% 132 36.16% - - - - 365 27.67%
Morgan 140 74.47% 48 25.53% - - - - 188 48.94%
Morristown 1,292 75.91% 402 23.62% 6 0.35% 2 0.12% 1,702 52.29%
Mount Holly 247 66.04% 127 33.96% - - - - 374 32.09%
Mount Tabor 59 69.41% 26 30.59% - - - - 85 38.82%
New Haven 305 70.28% 129 29.72% - - - - 434 40.55%
Newark 28 39.44% 43 60.56% - - - - 71 -21.13%
Newbury 571 75.13% 181 23.82% 5 0.66% 3 0.39% 760 51.32%
Newfane 331 66.07% 169 33.73% 1 0.20% - - 501 32.34%
Newport City 1,161 65.52% 608 34.31% 2 0.11% 1 0.06% 1,772 31.21%
Newport Town 230 60.69% 148 39.05% 1 0.26% - - 379 21.64%
North Hero 167 78.40% 44 20.66% 1 0.47% 1 0.47% 213 57.75%
Northfield 1,108 66.11% 558 33.29% 8 0.48% 2 0.12% 1,676 32.82%
Norton 39 37.86% 61 59.22% 3 2.91% - - 103 -21.36%
Norwich 505 49.75% 508 50.05% 2 0.20% - - 1,015 -0.30%
Orange 123 59.42% 82 39.61% 2 0.97% - - 207 19.81%
Orwell 251 74.70% 83 24.70% 2 0.60% - - 336 50.00%
Panton 125 67.93% 59 32.07% - - - - 184 35.87%
Pawlet 419 73.90% 143 25.22% 5 0.88% - - 567 48.68%
Peacham 195 72.49% 74 27.51% - - - - 269 44.98%
Peru 75 60.48% 48 38.71% 1 0.81% - - 124 21.77%
Pittsfield 113 65.32% 60 34.68% - - - - 173 30.64%
Pittsford 656 61.71% 405 38.10% 2 0.19% - - 1,063 23.61%
Plainfield 282 43.59% 352 54.40% 11 1.70% 2 0.31% 647 -10.82%
Plymouth 116 63.39% 67 36.61% - - - - 183 26.78%
Pomfret 254 69.59% 111 30.41% - - - - 365 39.18%
Poultney 780 65.11% 407 33.97% 10 0.83% 1 0.08% 1,198 31.14%
Pownal 553 59.91% 368 39.87% 2 0.22% - - 923 20.04%
Proctor 644 61.63% 395 37.80% 5 0.48% 1 0.10% 1,045 23.83%
Putney 401 40.30% 578 58.09% 13 1.31% 3 0.30% 995 -17.79%
Randolph 1,220 71.89% 469 27.64% 8 0.47% - - 1,697 44.25%
Reading 152 66.96% 74 32.60% 1 0.44% - - 227 34.36%
Readsboro 164 51.74% 152 47.95% 1 0.32% - - 317 3.79%
Richford 466 60.68% 297 38.67% 4 0.52% 1 0.13% 768 22.01%
Richmond 655 66.84% 313 31.94% 9 0.92% 3 0.31% 980 34.90%
Ripton 73 60.33% 47 38.84% 1 0.83% - - 121 21.49%
Rochester 343 65.21% 183 34.79% - - - - 526 30.42%
Rockingham 1,301 55.43% 1,035 44.10% 10 0.43% 1 0.04% 2,347 11.33%
Roxbury 113 67.26% 54 32.14% - - 1 0.60% 168 35.12%
Royalton 423 71.21% 169 28.45% 2 0.34% - - 594 42.76%
Rupert 214 78.68% 58 21.32% - - - - 272 57.35%
Rutland City 4,653 57.54% 3,386 41.87% 39 0.48% 8 0.10% 8,086 15.67%
Rutland Town 786 71.58% 309 28.14% 2 0.18% 1 0.09% 1,098 43.44%
Ryegate 353 73.54% 124 25.83% 3 0.63% - - 480 47.71%
Salisbury 188 61.84% 115 37.83% 1 0.33% - - 304 24.01%
Sandgate 85 71.43% 33 27.73% 1 0.84% - - 119 43.70%
Searsburg 25 65.79% 12 31.58% - - 1 2.63% 38 34.21%
Shaftsbury 777 62.51% 457 36.77% 7 0.56% 2 0.16% 1,243 25.74%
Sharon 173 67.84% 79 30.98% 3 1.18% - - 255 36.86%
Sheffield 116 80.00% 29 20.00% - - - - 145 60.00%
Shelburne 1,304 68.78% 582 30.70% 9 0.47% 1 0.05% 1,896 38.08%
Sheldon 278 63.18% 160 36.36% 1 0.23% 1 0.23% 440 26.82%
Sherburne 211 62.24% 126 37.17% 2 0.59% - - 339 25.07%
Shoreham 242 69.54% 103 29.60% 2 0.57% 1 0.29% 348 39.94%
Shrewsbury 175 57.38% 120 39.34% 9 2.95% 1 0.33% 305 18.03%
South Burlington 2,967 65.01% 1,571 34.42% 23 0.50% 3 0.07% 4,564 30.59%
South Hero 362 62.63% 214 37.02% 2 0.35% - - 578 25.61%
Springfield 2,667 62.65% 1,572 36.93% 17 0.40% 1 0.02% 4,257 25.72%
St. Albans City 2,354 69.07% 1,042 30.58% 10 0.29% 2 0.06% 3,408 38.50%
St. Albans Town 901 71.06% 366 28.86% 1 0.08% - - 1,268 42.19%
St. George 144 64.86% 76 34.23% 2 0.90% - - 222 30.63%
St. Johnsbury 2,243 63.58% 1,270 36.00% 8 0.23% 7 0.20% 3,528 27.58%
Stamford 219 64.60% 116 34.22% 2 0.59% 2 0.59% 339 30.38%
Stannard 25 44.64% 30 53.57% - - 1 1.79% 56 -8.93%
Starksboro 217 67.18% 103 31.89% 2 0.62% 1 0.31% 323 35.29%
Stockbridge 132 70.21% 54 28.72% 1 0.53% 1 0.53% 188 41.49%
Stowe 846 67.46% 396 31.58% 10 0.80% 2 0.16% 1,254 35.89%
Strafford 155 56.78% 115 42.12% 3 1.10% - - 273 14.65%
Stratton 45 67.16% 22 32.84% - - - - 67 34.33%
Sudbury 85 61.59% 50 36.23% 3 2.17% - - 138 25.36%
Sunderland 196 68.06% 91 31.60% 1 0.35% - - 288 36.46%
Sutton 119 75.80% 36 22.93% 1 0.64% 1 0.64% 157 52.87%
Swanton 1,150 70.16% 487 29.71% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 1,639 40.45%
Thetford 350 57.76% 254 41.91% 2 0.33% - - 606 15.84%
Tinmouth 89 80.91% 19 17.27% 2 1.82% - - 110 63.64%
Topsham 200 75.47% 65 24.53% - - - - 265 50.94%
Townshend 234 70.69% 92 27.79% 4 1.21% 1 0.30% 331 42.90%
Troy 302 49.83% 301 49.67% 2 0.33% 1 0.17% 606 0.17%
Tunbridge 236 71.95% 91 27.74% 1 0.30% - - 328 44.21%
Underhill 404 63.82% 217 34.28% 11 1.74% 1 0.16% 633 29.54%
Vergennes 616 69.92% 257 29.17% 8 0.91% - - 881 40.75%
Vernon 339 70.33% 137 28.42% 4 0.83% 2 0.41% 482 41.91%
Vershire 67 52.76% 59 46.46% 1 0.79% - - 127 6.30%
Victory 21 67.74% 9 29.03% 1 3.23% - - 31 38.71%
Waitsfield 329 61.96% 199 37.48% 3 0.56% - - 531 24.48%
Walden 129 63.86% 73 36.14% - - - - 202 27.72%
Wallingford 519 71.69% 205 28.31% - - - - 724 43.37%
Waltham 82 72.57% 30 26.55% 1 0.88% - - 113 46.02%
Wardsboro 147 80.33% 36 19.67% - - - - 183 60.66%
Warren 213 46.81% 239 52.53% 3 0.66% - - 455 -5.71%
Washington 121 53.07% 104 45.61% 2 0.88% 1 0.44% 228 7.46%
Waterbury 968 65.27% 506 34.12% 6 0.40% 3 0.20% 1,483 31.15%
Waterford 224 80.87% 51 18.41% 1 0.36% 1 0.36% 277 62.45%
Waterville 118 84.89% 21 15.11% - - - - 139 69.78%
Weathersfield 587 67.86% 270 31.21% 6 0.69% 2 0.23% 865 36.65%
Wells 208 71.23% 84 28.77% - - - - 292 42.47%
West Fairlee 87 70.16% 36 29.03% 1 0.81% - - 124 41.13%
West Haven 85 70.83% 33 27.50% 2 1.67% - - 120 43.33%
West Rutland 483 49.09% 492 50.00% 7 0.71% 2 0.20% 984 -0.91%
West Windsor 181 65.34% 95 34.30% 1 0.36% - - 277 31.05%
Westfield 68 47.22% 75 52.08% 1 0.69% - - 144 -4.86%
Westford 238 65.56% 121 33.33% 3 0.83% 1 0.28% 363 32.23%
Westminster 531 59.53% 353 39.57% 5 0.56% 3 0.34% 892 19.96%
Westmore 67 65.69% 34 33.33% 1 0.98% - - 102 32.35%
Weston 163 59.49% 104 37.96% 6 2.19% 1 0.36% 274 21.53%
Weybridge 207 65.71% 104 33.02% 3 0.95% 1 0.32% 315 32.70%
Wheelock 60 67.42% 29 32.58% - - - - 89 34.83%
Whiting 85 66.93% 42 33.07% - - - - 127 33.86%
Whitingham 251 68.02% 114 30.89% - - 4 1.08% 369 37.13%
Williamstown 461 62.98% 255 34.84% 14 1.91% 2 0.27% 732 28.14%
Williston 942 63.56% 528 35.63% 8 0.54% 4 0.27% 1,482 27.94%
Wilmington 420 61.40% 258 37.72% 5 0.73% 1 0.15% 684 23.68%
Windham 69 68.32% 30 29.70% 2 1.98% - - 101 38.61%
Windsor 950 59.49% 640 40.08% 5 0.31% 2 0.13% 1,597 19.41%
Winhall 110 55.28% 87 43.72% - - 2 1.01% 199 11.56%
Winooski 1,011 43.56% 1,266 54.55% 24 1.03% 20 0.86% 2,321 -10.99%
Wolcott 181 63.51% 103 36.14% 1 0.35% - - 285 27.37%
Woodbury 98 51.85% 84 44.44% 7 3.70% - - 189 7.41%
Woodford 68 56.67% 51 42.50% - - 1 0.83% 120 14.17%
Woodstock 1,088 67.41% 519 32.16% 6 0.37% 1 0.06% 1,614 35.25%
Worcester 167 65.75% 83 32.68% 3 1.18% 1 0.39% 254 33.07%
Total 117,127 62.81% 68,043 36.49% 1,010 0.54% 294 0.16% 186,792 26.32%

See Also

United States Presidential Elections in Vermont

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