1972 United States presidential election

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1972 United States presidential election

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547 members of the Electoral College
Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout58.2% 5.3 pp
 
Nominee George Wallace George McGovern Donald Rumsfeld
Party Democratic Progressive Republican
Home state Alabama South Dakota Illinois
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