Richard Nixon carried Alaska R+23.5.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Alaska, 1972. The state ran 0.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

Nominees: George McGovern (D) · Richard Nixon (R)

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Alaska result

95,218 votes counted

McGovern (D)

32,966

34.6%

Nixon (R)

55,351

58.1%

All others

6,902

7.2%

Margin

R+23.5

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1972 presidential election

Alaska, 1972

NixonR+23.5

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	58.1%	55,351
George McGovernDemocratic	34.6%	32,966
OtherAll other candidates	7.2%	6,902

D+60

R+60

30 counties, each filled by 1972 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Alaska's presidential margins

1960–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Alaska's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1960	−1.9%
1964	+31.6%
1968	−2.1%
1972	−23.5%
1976	−22.3%
1980	−27.9%
1984	−36.8%
1988	−23.3%
1992	−9.2%
1996	−17.5%
2000	−31.0%
2004	−25.9%
2008	−21.5%
2012	−14.0%
2016	−14.8%
2020	−10.2%
2024	−13.1%

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County results — 1972

30 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aleutians East Borough	R	−34.3%	86	181	277
Aleutians West Census Area	R	−33.9%	178	372	572
Anchorage Municipality	R	−34.4%	10,944	23,968	37,853
Bethel Census Area	D	+15.4%	1,424	1,033	2,545
Bristol Bay Borough	R	−18.8%	112	167	293
Chugach Census Area	R	−27.1%	391	719	1,209
Copper River Census Area	R	−26.5%	171	356	698
Denali Borough	R	−28.5%	197	371	610
Dillingham Census Area	R	−7.5%	312	365	707
Fairbanks North Star Borough	R	−15.0%	5,536	7,690	14,334
Haines Borough	R	−44.5%	121	334	479
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	D	+7.1%	346	299	663
Juneau City and Borough	R	−14.6%	2,725	3,681	6,570
Kenai Peninsula Borough	R	−30.3%	1,517	3,213	5,590
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	R	−23.3%	1,362	2,264	3,874
Kodiak Island Borough	R	−15.1%	857	1,172	2,089
Kusilvak Census Area	D	+9.6%	524	428	996
Lake and Peninsula Borough	R	−2.7%	171	181	371
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	R	−43.6%	693	2,004	3,006
Nome Census Area	R	−5.4%	812	912	1,840
North Slope Borough	D	+25.5%	561	325	927
Northwest Arctic Borough	R	−14.8%	549	743	1,315
Petersburg Borough	R	−31.4%	254	506	802
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	R	−5.5%	563	632	1,258
Sitka City and Borough	R	−8.2%	1,081	1,280	2,433
Skagway Municipality	R	−42.5%	89	236	346
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	R	−30.5%	279	573	963
Wrangell City and Borough	R	−23.4%	255	422	715
Yakutat City and Borough	R	−19.7%	58	88	152
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	R	−2.2%	798	836	1,731