Minnesota 1972 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Minnesota 1972 presidential election with 898,269 votes (51.6%), a margin of R+5.5. Minnesota's 10 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

46.1%

51.6%

802,346

Democratic Candidate (46.1%)

898,269

Republican Candidate (51.6%)

Total Votes: 1,741,652|Margin: R+5.5

County Results

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County Results (87 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
St. Louis County	D+18.9	D+31.4	D+38.6	104,180	R+26.6%
Swift County	D+17.4	D+4.4	D+9.8	6,617	R+1.8%
Lake County	D+16.8	D+20.9	D+37.8	6,327	R+32.6%
Traverse County	D+15.3	R+10.4	R+2.7	3,055	D+2.6%
Red Lake County	D+14.1	D+3.5	D+4.4	2,541	R+18.3%
Carlton County	D+13.1	D+27.4	D+30.4	12,730	R+32.8%
Big Stone County	D+10.9	R+3.3	D+4.5	4,017	R+1.1%
Itasca County	D+6.8	D+16.9	D+10.3	16,583	R+27.9%
Lincoln County	D+6.5	R+11.7	R+2.1	4,095	R+2.8%
Ramsey County	D+6.0	D+19.7	D+19.2	209,951	R+23.9%
Mahnomen County	D+5.6	R+3.8	R+3.4	2,691	R+18.0%
Pope County	D+5.3	R+10.3	R+5.2	5,681	D+3.6%
Nobles County	D+4.9	R+0.0	R+2.7	10,525	R+2.3%
Grant County	D+4.6	R+5.4	R+6.1	4,054	D+3.3%
Kandiyohi County	D+4.3	R+2.4	R+6.3	14,481	R+14.8%
Morrison County	D+2.3	D+4.5	R+9.6	12,329	R+12.0%
Mower County	D+1.7	D+12.9	D+21.5	20,530	R+15.1%
Lac qui Parle County	D+1.3	R+8.9	R+0.8	5,726	R+3.3%
Stearns County	D+0.9	R+5.9	R+18.0	41,400	R+0.8%
Stevens County	D+0.7	R+11.2	R+13.9	5,811	D+6.9%
Isanti County	R+0.7	D+9.0	R+2.5	7,634	R+16.7%
Pine County	R+1.1	D+12.6	D+7.5	8,017	R+21.5%
Murray County	R+1.1	R+4.7	R+0.7	5,927	D+3.0%
Lyon County	R+1.8	R+1.8	R+14.1	11,630	R+11.7%
Norman County	R+1.8	D+1.3	D+1.1	5,021	R+18.7%
Clearwater County	R+1.8	D+0.9	R+3.7	3,683	R+23.2%
Chippewa County	R+2.1	R+13.4	R+12.9	7,547	R+9.2%
Anoka County	R+2.6	D+14.2	D+3.8	59,360	R+31.1%
Yellow Medicine County	R+3.0	R+15.8	R+11.6	7,319	R+10.5%
Sherburne County	R+3.0	D+1.4	R+11.4	8,658	R+14.3%
Benton County	R+3.9	R+2.0	R+16.1	9,426	R+10.8%
Scott County	R+3.9	D+0.5	R+14.1	14,376	R+21.0%
Koochiching County	R+3.9	D+9.1	D+10.0	7,230	R+40.4%
Jackson County	R+4.2	R+4.7	D+4.6	6,989	R+13.5%
Polk County	R+4.9	R+10.7	R+10.0	15,885	R+20.1%
Hennepin County	R+5.2	D+8.8	D+3.5	443,358	R+17.5%
Chisago County	R+5.9	D+9.8	D+3.1	9,241	R+19.6%
Le Sueur County	R+6.5	R+2.7	R+8.6	10,262	R+15.9%
Rice County	R+6.5	D+6.6	D+2.0	17,475	R+11.3%
Beltrami County	R+6.6	D+6.1	D+0.4	11,393	R+18.3%
Wright County	R+6.7	D+0.3	R+10.4	19,386	R+22.4%
Kittson County	R+7.1	R+13.1	R+3.2	3,479	R+20.2%
Marshall County	R+7.7	R+14.8	R+11.7	6,190	R+21.0%
Renville County	R+8.3	R+14.2	R+16.6	10,044	R+5.4%
Roseau County	R+8.4	R+11.7	R+19.4	5,344	R+20.3%
Washington County	R+8.4	D+5.3	R+0.9	36,098	R+27.5%
Blue Earth County	R+8.7	R+4.0	R+9.2	23,662	R+7.1%
Crow Wing County	R+8.7	R+7.0	R+13.1	16,551	R+13.6%
Aitkin County	R+9.2	D+3.7	D+7.0	6,032	R+24.0%
Kanabec County	R+9.2	D+2.8	R+6.4	4,632	R+16.4%
Douglas County	R+9.3	R+15.6	R+24.5	12,606	R+3.5%
Clay County	R+9.9	R+6.7	R+5.8	20,400	R+10.3%
Pennington County	R+9.9	R+8.3	R+9.6	6,600	R+23.7%
Dakota County	R+10.0	D+2.9	R+5.7	64,796	R+28.3%
Todd County	R+11.0	R+12.2	R+17.1	10,137	R+1.6%
Becker County	R+12.3	R+12.4	R+16.0	10,884	R+13.7%
Pipestone County	R+12.3	R+13.1	R+11.9	6,376	D+5.2%
Lake of the Woods County	R+13.0	R+14.4	R+13.9	1,582	R+30.2%
Wilkin County	R+13.5	R+17.7	R+25.2	4,093	R+11.3%
Mille Lacs County	R+13.9	D+6.5	R+3.5	7,686	R+21.2%
Nicollet County	R+14.0	R+7.6	R+12.6	11,069	R+9.4%
Winona County	R+14.6	R+2.3	R+11.0	19,327	R+18.2%
Freeborn County	R+15.1	R+1.5	D+5.2	17,130	R+23.3%
Wadena County	R+16.4	R+20.5	R+27.3	5,974	R+3.1%
Meeker County	R+16.7	R+7.9	R+13.9	8,933	R+18.7%
Cook County	R+16.8	R+12.2	R+3.8	1,817	R+12.4%
Cass County	R+18.3	R+12.2	R+16.1	8,503	R+14.3%
Hubbard County	R+20.9	R+17.7	R+24.3	5,554	R+4.7%
Cottonwood County	R+21.8	R+16.6	R+16.3	7,303	R+8.2%
Rock County	R+24.6	R+18.8	R+15.1	5,612	R+6.5%
Wabasha County	R+25.4	R+13.5	R+15.4	8,413	R+17.5%
McLeod County	R+25.8	R+20.2	R+28.1	12,733	R+11.2%
Otter Tail County	R+25.9	R+22.9	R+23.3	21,731	R+1.4%
Carver County	R+26.6	R+17.8	R+27.8	13,905	R+9.1%
Brown County	R+27.1	R+22.2	R+30.3	12,729	R+7.2%
Watonwan County	R+27.7	R+18.0	R+18.4	6,251	R+16.1%
Redwood County	R+28.1	R+31.4	R+33.8	9,252	R+12.4%
Goodhue County	R+28.1	R+3.8	R+12.5	17,631	R+21.5%
Waseca County	R+29.0	R+13.6	R+21.8	7,926	R+12.7%
Faribault County	R+29.4	R+24.7	R+17.4	10,153	R+16.6%
Sibley County	R+29.8	R+25.4	R+25.1	7,080	R+5.9%
Steele County	R+30.9	R+19.0	R+26.7	11,868	R+16.9%
Martin County	R+32.0	R+22.4	R+21.9	11,718	R+8.3%
Dodge County	R+32.7	R+16.9	R+22.6	5,936	R+21.7%
Houston County	R+34.9	R+24.9	R+23.1	7,790	R+12.2%
Fillmore County	R+37.8	R+21.6	R+18.5	10,460	R+15.7%
Olmsted County	R+40.5	R+21.3	R+26.3	34,521	R+28.4%

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