Richard Nixon carried Georgia R+50.6.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Georgia, 1972. The state ran 27.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Georgia result

1,171,025 votes counted

McGovern (D)

289,529

24.7%

Nixon (R)

881,496

75.3%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+50.6

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1972 presidential election

Georgia, 1972

NixonR+50.6

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	75.3%	881,496
George McGovernDemocratic	24.7%	289,529
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	R	−68.7%	512	2,755	3,267
Atkinson County	R	−49.9%	309	924	1,233
Bacon County	R	−80.4%	192	1,771	1,963
Baker County	R	−47.3%	345	965	1,310
Baldwin County	R	−54.2%	1,435	4,826	6,261
Banks County	R	−57.9%	356	1,336	1,692
Barrow County	R	−59.6%	867	3,423	4,290
Bartow County	R	−50.5%	1,590	4,836	6,426
Ben Hill County	R	−49.9%	703	2,104	2,807
Berrien County	R	−72.1%	371	2,285	2,656
Bibb County	R	−45.7%	10,201	27,402	37,603
Bleckley County	R	−71.9%	377	2,308	2,685
Brantley County	R	−64.9%	338	1,587	1,925
Brooks County	R	−58.2%	643	2,430	3,073
Bryan County	R	−68.5%	263	1,409	1,672
Bulloch County	R	−57.7%	1,524	5,683	7,207
Burke County	R	−45.8%	1,058	2,846	3,904
Butts County	R	−46.0%	727	1,968	2,695
Calhoun County	R	−28.6%	495	892	1,387
Camden County	R	−51.9%	753	2,380	3,133
Candler County	R	−71.4%	238	1,427	1,665
Carroll County	R	−58.7%	2,158	8,296	10,454
Catoosa County	R	−74.1%	894	6,008	6,902
Charlton County	R	−60.1%	310	1,244	1,554
Chatham County	R	−42.0%	15,566	38,079	53,645
Chattahoochee County	R	−48.1%	121	345	466
Chattooga County	R	−55.1%	923	3,188	4,111
Cherokee County	R	−65.2%	1,159	5,509	6,668
Clarke County	R	−30.6%	6,090	11,465	17,555
Clay County	R	−38.1%	283	632	915
Clayton County	R	−72.7%	3,740	23,681	27,421
Clinch County	R	−65.0%	239	1,127	1,366
Cobb County	R	−70.2%	7,688	43,977	51,665
Coffee County	R	−73.3%	607	3,934	4,541
Colquitt County	R	−76.2%	930	6,900	7,830
Columbia County	R	−67.3%	946	4,839	5,785
Cook County	R	−60.5%	525	2,135	2,660
Coweta County	R	−57.3%	1,560	5,751	7,311
Crawford County	R	−39.0%	512	1,167	1,679
Crisp County	R	−68.3%	682	3,623	4,305
Dade County	R	−86.9%	148	2,110	2,258
Dawson County	R	−56.5%	230	828	1,058
Decatur County	R	−56.4%	1,196	4,292	5,488
DeKalb County	R	−54.7%	30,671	104,750	135,421
Dodge County	R	−66.2%	884	4,346	5,230
Dooly County	R	−52.7%	590	1,904	2,494
Dougherty County	R	−56.1%	3,625	12,878	16,503
Douglas County	R	−74.1%	982	6,610	7,592
Early County	R	−64.7%	513	2,396	2,909
Echols County	R	−71.2%	68	404	472
Effingham County	R	−72.9%	497	3,175	3,672
Elbert County	R	−53.0%	884	2,875	3,759
Emanuel County	R	−60.2%	916	3,684	4,600
Evans County	R	−63.3%	375	1,666	2,041
Fannin County	R	−59.9%	949	3,783	4,732
Fayette County	R	−76.6%	450	3,401	3,851
Floyd County	R	−64.2%	3,372	15,485	18,857
Forsyth County	R	−68.8%	549	2,968	3,517
Franklin County	R	−64.6%	435	2,022	2,457
Fulton County	R	−12.9%	74,329	96,256	170,585
Gilmer County	R	−56.1%	768	2,729	3,497
Glascock County	R	−86.8%	41	578	619
Glynn County	R	−51.8%	3,002	9,443	12,445
Gordon County	R	−66.6%	870	4,344	5,214
Grady County	R	−62.0%	874	3,732	4,606
Greene County	R	−29.3%	919	1,679	2,598
Gwinnett County	R	−72.5%	2,896	18,181	21,077
Habersham County	R	−69.9%	172	971	1,143
Hall County	R	−62.8%	2,440	10,686	13,126
Hancock County	R	−3.0%	1,502	1,595	3,097
Haralson County	R	−63.7%	767	3,460	4,227
Harris County	R	−57.7%	701	2,617	3,318
Hart County	R	−49.3%	784	2,308	3,092
Heard County	R	−63.6%	276	1,239	1,515
Henry County	R	−55.9%	1,460	5,155	6,615
Houston County	R	−68.3%	2,556	13,576	16,132
Irwin County	R	−69.4%	335	1,851	2,186
Jackson County	R	−59.3%	1,055	4,124	5,179
Jasper County	R	−47.1%	463	1,289	1,752
Jeff Davis County	R	−72.0%	302	1,857	2,159
Jefferson County	R	−40.2%	1,184	2,777	3,961
Jenkins County	R	−57.0%	484	1,769	2,253
Johnson County	R	−68.1%	417	2,201	2,618
Jones County	R	−48.5%	861	2,483	3,344
Lamar County	R	−46.9%	666	1,844	2,510
Lanier County	R	−63.0%	193	850	1,043
Laurens County	R	−55.1%	2,130	7,350	9,480
Lee County	R	−57.4%	390	1,441	1,831
Liberty County	R	−31.5%	1,217	2,337	3,554
Lincoln County	R	−57.1%	340	1,246	1,586
Long County	R	−52.8%	236	764	1,000
Lowndes County	R	−59.0%	2,015	7,812	9,827
Lumpkin County	R	−58.6%	385	1,477	1,862
Macon County	R	−41.1%	837	2,005	2,842
Madison County	R	−64.0%	572	2,606	3,178
Marion County	R	−67.7%	164	850	1,014
McDuffie County	R	−50.0%	996	2,990	3,986
McIntosh County	R	−24.3%	833	1,367	2,200
Meriwether County	R	−47.6%	1,213	3,420	4,633
Miller County	R	−83.0%	118	1,269	1,387
Mitchell County	R	−36.4%	1,120	2,400	3,520
Monroe County	R	−46.9%	789	2,181	2,970
Montgomery County	R	−60.5%	337	1,370	1,707
Morgan County	R	−50.1%	668	2,007	2,675
Murray County	R	−60.8%	644	2,643	3,287
Muscogee County	R	−55.1%	8,234	28,449	36,683
Newton County	R	−54.2%	1,380	4,647	6,027
Oconee County	R	−62.8%	464	2,029	2,493
Oglethorpe County	R	−68.0%	326	1,712	2,038
Paulding County	R	−47.4%	1,004	2,814	3,818
Peach County	R	−21.7%	2,413	3,747	6,160
Pickens County	R	−60.3%	520	2,101	2,621
Pierce County	R	−76.1%	269	1,982	2,251
Pike County	R	−54.4%	423	1,432	1,855
Polk County	R	−57.8%	1,317	4,929	6,246
Pulaski County	R	−63.2%	444	1,966	2,410
Putnam County	R	−52.9%	604	1,963	2,567
Quitman County	R	−56.4%	140	502	642
Rabun County	R	−60.3%	366	1,477	1,843
Randolph County	R	−33.5%	798	1,603	2,401
Richmond County	R	−45.1%	9,219	24,362	33,581
Rockdale County	R	−63.6%	791	3,560	4,351
Schley County	R	−62.1%	162	694	856
Screven County	R	−61.4%	575	2,402	2,977
Seminole County	R	−66.2%	376	1,851	2,227
Spalding County	R	−61.7%	1,702	7,183	8,885
Stephens County	R	−62.5%	871	3,773	4,644
Stewart County	R	−48.6%	353	1,020	1,373
Sumter County	R	−56.3%	1,268	4,533	5,801
Talbot County	R	−32.2%	508	990	1,498
Taliaferro County	R	−22.3%	372	585	957
Tattnall County	R	−70.9%	492	2,892	3,384
Taylor County	R	−50.9%	514	1,580	2,094
Telfair County	R	−53.1%	687	2,245	2,932
Terrell County	R	−50.0%	686	2,057	2,743
Thomas County	R	−50.9%	2,171	6,668	8,839
Tift County	R	−69.8%	816	4,591	5,407
Toombs County	R	−71.6%	675	4,080	4,755
Towns County	R	−59.1%	404	1,573	1,977
Treutlen County	R	−73.0%	210	1,346	1,556
Troup County	R	−60.5%	2,056	8,350	10,406
Turner County	R	−65.8%	437	2,120	2,557
Twiggs County	R	−10.1%	1,113	1,363	2,476
Union County	R	−51.5%	742	2,317	3,059
Upson County	R	−69.0%	896	4,892	5,788
Walker County	R	−69.4%	1,574	8,728	10,302
Walton County	R	−55.6%	1,140	3,994	5,134
Ware County	R	−58.5%	1,724	6,578	8,302
Warren County	R	−42.4%	475	1,175	1,650
Washington County	R	−51.6%	1,246	3,901	5,147
Wayne County	R	−66.8%	733	3,677	4,410
Webster County	R	−63.5%	108	483	591
Wheeler County	R	−57.6%	294	1,093	1,387
White County	R	−63.5%	343	1,537	1,880
Whitfield County	R	−62.9%	1,955	8,591	10,546
Wilcox County	R	−71.1%	315	1,863	2,178
Wilkes County	R	−54.5%	646	2,195	2,841
Wilkinson County	R	−49.0%	751	2,196	2,947
Worth County	R	−68.9%	542	2,942	3,484