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{{Infobox election
|election_name=1972 United States presidential election
|country=United States
|flag_year=1960
|type=presidential
|previous_election=
|previous_year= [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]
|election_date=November 7, 1972
|next_election=
|next_year= [[1976 United States presidential election|1976]] |votes_for_election=
|needed_votes=Plurality in popular vote
|image_size=x175px

|image2= Ella Baker, 1970s.jpg
|nominee2=[[Ella Baker]]
|party2=Progressive Party (United States)
|home_state2=New York
|running_mate2=[[Paul Boutelle]]
|popular_vote2=19,226,545
|percentage2=23.2%

|image1= President Spiro Agnew.jpg
|nominee1='''[[Spiro Agnew]]'''
|party1=Republican Party (United States)
|home_state1=Maryland
|running_mate1='''[[Edward Brooke]]'''
|popular_vote1='''47,568,710'''
|percentage1='''57.3%'''
|title=President
|before_election=[[Barry Goldwater]]
|before_party=Republican Party (United States)
|after_election=[[Spiro Agnew]]
|after_party=Republican Party (United States)
|ongoing=

|nominee3=[[George Wallace]]
|party3=[[America First Party|America First]]
|running_mate3=Evan Mecham
|image3=GeorgeWallace cropped.jpg
|popular_vote3=16,217,934
|home_state3=Alabama
|percentage3=19.5%
|color3=3c3b6e}}

Revision as of 21:22, 25 June 2024

1972 United States presidential election
← 1968 November 7, 1972 1976 →
547 members of the Electoral College
Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout58.2% ▼ 5.3 pp
 
Nominee George Wallace George McGovern George Romney
Party Democratic Progressive Republican
Home state Alabama South Dakota Michigan
Running mate Edwin Edwards John Conyers James L. Buckley
Electoral vote 225 164 158
Popular vote 30,701,451 25,757,321 21,451,144
Percentage 38.5% 32.3% 26.9%
President before election

George McGovern
Progressive

Elected President

George Wallace
Democratic

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