Richard Nixon carried Arkansas R+38.1.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Arkansas, 1972. The state ran 15.0 points more Republican than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Arkansas result

647,666 votes counted

McGovern (D)

198,899

30.7%

Nixon (R)

445,751

68.8%

All others

3,016

0.5%

Margin

R+38.1

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1972 presidential election

Arkansas, 1972

NixonR+38.1

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	68.8%	445,751
George McGovernDemocratic	30.7%	198,899
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	3,016

D+60

R+60

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

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Arkansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Arkansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+27.6%
1896	+48.6%
1900	+28.5%
1904	+15.2%
1908	+20.3%
1912	+35.9%
1916	+40.9%
1920	+18.9%
1924	+31.9%
1928	+20.9%
1932	+73.9%
1936	+63.9%
1940	+57.4%
1944	+40.1%
1948	+40.7%
1952	+12.1%
1956	+6.6%
1960	+7.1%
1964	+12.7%
1968	−0.4%
1972	−38.1%
1976	+30.0%
1980	−0.6%
1984	−22.2%
1988	−14.2%
1992	+17.7%
1996	+16.9%
2000	−5.4%
2004	−9.8%
2008	−19.9%
2012	−23.7%
2016	−27.8%
2020	−27.6%
2024	−30.6%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Arkansas County	R	−47.5%	1,849	5,225	7,113
Ashley County	R	−53.1%	1,680	5,506	7,203
Baxter County	R	−42.6%	2,677	6,754	9,560
Benton County	R	−56.1%	4,083	14,621	18,778
Boone County	R	−49.2%	1,862	5,484	7,362
Bradley County	R	−40.1%	1,368	3,218	4,614
Calhoun County	R	−29.3%	707	1,298	2,020
Carroll County	R	−42.5%	1,401	3,565	5,086
Chicot County	R	−32.1%	1,469	2,858	4,333
Clark County	R	−20.6%	2,741	4,173	6,960
Clay County	R	−38.8%	1,933	4,381	6,314
Cleburne County	R	−34.4%	1,400	2,870	4,274
Cleveland County	R	−42.9%	734	1,837	2,571
Columbia County	R	−45.0%	2,193	5,801	8,023
Conway County	R	−16.3%	3,009	4,187	7,205
Craighead County	R	−31.9%	5,843	11,312	17,155
Crawford County	R	−63.7%	1,520	6,974	8,566
Crittenden County	R	−42.1%	3,246	7,971	11,217
Cross County	R	−49.0%	1,221	3,743	5,143
Dallas County	R	−21.1%	1,402	2,152	3,554
Desha County	R	−34.0%	1,665	3,385	5,058
Drew County	R	−48.1%	1,168	3,334	4,502
Faulkner County	R	−18.9%	4,604	6,746	11,350
Franklin County	R	−49.2%	1,252	3,678	4,930
Fulton County	R	−35.8%	960	2,030	2,990
Garland County	R	−49.2%	5,207	15,602	21,112
Grant County	R	−35.4%	1,147	2,414	3,581
Greene County	R	−46.1%	2,263	6,128	8,391
Hempstead County	R	−41.6%	2,047	4,963	7,010
Hot Spring County	R	−30.1%	2,872	5,378	8,333
Howard County	R	−43.0%	1,069	2,682	3,751
Independence County	R	−31.7%	2,630	5,076	7,721
Izard County	R	−28.7%	1,108	2,001	3,114
Jackson County	R	−33.5%	2,092	4,196	6,288
Jefferson County	R	−24.0%	10,346	16,888	27,260
Johnson County	R	−33.5%	2,045	4,107	6,152
Lafayette County	R	−44.1%	952	2,460	3,421
Lawrence County	R	−38.9%	1,751	3,981	5,732
Lee County	R	−29.8%	1,907	3,540	5,481
Lincoln County	R	−35.0%	1,115	2,318	3,433
Little River County	R	−40.1%	1,091	2,550	3,641
Logan County	R	−43.3%	1,956	4,964	6,950
Lonoke County	R	−35.7%	2,504	5,298	7,835
Madison County	R	−28.2%	1,889	3,372	5,261
Marion County	R	−35.0%	1,108	2,331	3,497
Miller County	R	−49.1%	2,855	8,355	11,210
Mississippi County	R	−50.5%	3,544	10,931	14,627
Monroe County	R	−28.9%	1,578	2,897	4,566
Montgomery County	R	−38.0%	688	1,555	2,281
Nevada County	R	−36.1%	1,179	2,513	3,692
Newton County	R	−39.7%	831	1,924	2,755
Ouachita County	R	−25.5%	3,931	6,620	10,562
Perry County	R	−28.1%	810	1,445	2,262
Phillips County	R	−18.4%	4,283	6,235	10,586
Pike County	R	−48.3%	798	2,316	3,143
Poinsett County	R	−56.7%	1,908	7,010	8,998
Polk County	R	−51.6%	1,120	3,609	4,823
Pope County	R	−35.3%	3,302	6,917	10,244
Prairie County	R	−42.9%	873	2,186	3,059
Pulaski County	R	−26.2%	33,611	57,576	91,468
Randolph County	R	−25.7%	1,525	2,578	4,103
Saline County	R	−27.7%	4,503	7,972	12,527
Scott County	R	−51.7%	771	2,424	3,195
Searcy County	R	−57.5%	853	3,163	4,016
Sebastian County	R	−62.6%	5,770	25,219	31,047
Sevier County	R	−40.9%	1,048	2,526	3,613
Sharp County	R	−39.7%	1,154	2,677	3,840
St. Francis County	R	−35.0%	2,674	5,692	8,631
Stone County	R	−34.9%	958	1,989	2,952
Union County	R	−54.0%	3,531	11,925	15,543
Van Buren County	R	−24.3%	1,594	2,622	4,235
Washington County	R	−42.2%	7,108	17,523	24,701
White County	R	−35.1%	4,161	8,701	12,941
Woodruff County	R	−25.0%	1,183	1,989	3,222
Yell County	R	−33.0%	1,669	3,310	4,979