United States presidential election in Colorado, 1972

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United States presidential election in Colorado, 1972

November 7, 1972

Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern Party Republican Democratic Home state California South Dakota Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver Electoral vote 9 0 Popular vote 597,189 329,980 Percentage 62.61% 34.59%

President before election Richard Nixon Republican Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

The 1972 United States presidential election in Colorado refers to how Colorado participated in the 1972 United States presidential election.

Colorado voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern.  Nixon took 62.61% of the vote to McGovern's 34.59%, a margin of 28.01%.

Results

United States presidential election in Colorado, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Richard Nixon (incumbent)	597,189	62.61%	7
	Democratic	George McGovern	329,980	34.59%	0
	American Independent	John G. Schmitz	17,269	1.81%	0
	Socialist Labor	Louis Fisher	4,361	0.46%	0
	People's	Benjamin Spock	2,403	0.25%	0
	Libertarian	John Hospers	1,111	0.12%	0
	Socialist Workers	Linda Jenness	666	0.07%	0
	Prohibition	E. Harold Munn	467	0.05%	0
	Communist	Gus Hall	432	0.05%	0
	Write-ins	Scattered (write-ins)	6	0.00%	0
Totals			953,884	100.00%	7
Voter turnout					—