Georgia — 1972 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1972 presidential electionGeorgia · PresidentNixonR+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 |
1972presidential margin
D+60R+60
159 counties, each filled by 1972 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Georgia cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (159 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Appling County, GA | Republican | R+68.7 |
| Atkinson County, GA | Republican | R+49.9 |
| Bacon County, GA | Republican | R+80.4 |
| Baker County, GA | Republican | R+47.3 |
| Baldwin County, GA | Republican | R+54.2 |
| Banks County, GA | Republican | R+57.9 |
| Barrow County, GA | Republican | R+59.6 |
| Bartow County, GA | Republican | R+50.5 |
| Ben Hill County, GA | Republican | R+49.9 |
| Berrien County, GA | Republican | R+72.1 |
| Bibb County, GA | Republican | R+45.7 |
| Bleckley County, GA | Republican | R+71.9 |
| Brantley County, GA | Republican | R+64.9 |
| Brooks County, GA | Republican | R+58.2 |
| Bryan County, GA | Republican | R+68.5 |
| Bulloch County, GA | Republican | R+57.7 |
| Burke County, GA | Republican | R+45.8 |
| Butts County, GA | Republican | R+46.0 |
| Calhoun County, GA | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Camden County, GA | Republican | R+51.9 |
| Candler County, GA | Republican | R+71.4 |
| Carroll County, GA | Republican | R+58.7 |
| Catoosa County, GA | Republican | R+74.1 |
| Charlton County, GA | Republican | R+60.1 |
| Chatham County, GA | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Chattahoochee County, GA | Republican | R+48.1 |
| Chattooga County, GA | Republican | R+55.1 |
| Cherokee County, GA | Republican | R+65.2 |
| Clarke County, GA | Republican | R+30.6 |
| Clay County, GA | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Clayton County, GA | Republican | R+72.7 |
| Clinch County, GA | Republican | R+65.0 |
| Cobb County, GA | Republican | R+70.2 |
| Coffee County, GA | Republican | R+73.3 |
| Colquitt County, GA | Republican | R+76.2 |
| Columbia County, GA | Republican | R+67.3 |
| Cook County, GA | Republican | R+60.5 |
| Coweta County, GA | Republican | R+57.3 |
| Crawford County, GA | Republican | R+39.0 |
| Crisp County, GA | Republican | R+68.3 |
| Dade County, GA | Republican | R+86.9 |
| Dawson County, GA | Republican | R+56.5 |
| Decatur County, GA | Republican | R+56.4 |
| DeKalb County, GA | Republican | R+54.7 |
| Dodge County, GA | Republican | R+66.2 |
| Dooly County, GA | Republican | R+52.7 |
| Dougherty County, GA | Republican | R+56.1 |
| Douglas County, GA | Republican | R+74.1 |
| Early County, GA | Republican | R+64.7 |
| Echols County, GA | Republican | R+71.2 |
| Effingham County, GA | Republican | R+72.9 |
| Elbert County, GA | Republican | R+53.0 |
| Emanuel County, GA | Republican | R+60.2 |
| Evans County, GA | Republican | R+63.3 |
| Fannin County, GA | Republican | R+59.9 |
| Fayette County, GA | Republican | R+76.6 |
| Floyd County, GA | Republican | R+64.2 |
| Forsyth County, GA | Republican | R+68.8 |
| Franklin County, GA | Republican | R+64.6 |
| Fulton County, GA | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Gilmer County, GA | Republican | R+56.1 |
| Glascock County, GA | Republican | R+86.8 |
| Glynn County, GA | Republican | R+51.8 |
| Gordon County, GA | Republican | R+66.6 |
| Grady County, GA | Republican | R+62.0 |
| Greene County, GA | Republican | R+29.3 |
| Gwinnett County, GA | Republican | R+72.5 |
| Habersham County, GA | Republican | R+69.9 |
| Hall County, GA | Republican | R+62.8 |
| Hancock County, GA | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Haralson County, GA | Republican | R+63.7 |
| Harris County, GA | Republican | R+57.7 |
| Hart County, GA | Republican | R+49.3 |
| Heard County, GA | Republican | R+63.6 |
| Henry County, GA | Republican | R+55.9 |
| Houston County, GA | Republican | R+68.3 |
| Irwin County, GA | Republican | R+69.4 |
| Jackson County, GA | Republican | R+59.3 |
| Jasper County, GA | Republican | R+47.1 |
| Jeff Davis County, GA | Republican | R+72.0 |
| Jefferson County, GA | Republican | R+40.2 |
| Jenkins County, GA | Republican | R+57.0 |
| Johnson County, GA | Republican | R+68.1 |
| Jones County, GA | Republican | R+48.5 |
| Lamar County, GA | Republican | R+46.9 |
| Lanier County, GA | Republican | R+63.0 |
| Laurens County, GA | Republican | R+55.1 |
| Lee County, GA | Republican | R+57.4 |
| Liberty County, GA | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Lincoln County, GA | Republican | R+57.1 |
| Long County, GA | Republican | R+52.8 |
| Lowndes County, GA | Republican | R+59.0 |
| Lumpkin County, GA | Republican | R+58.6 |
| Macon County, GA | Republican | R+41.1 |
| Madison County, GA | Republican | R+64.0 |
| Marion County, GA | Republican | R+67.7 |
| McDuffie County, GA | Republican | R+50.0 |
| McIntosh County, GA | Republican | R+24.3 |
| Meriwether County, GA | Republican | R+47.6 |
| Miller County, GA | Republican | R+83.0 |
| Mitchell County, GA | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Monroe County, GA | Republican | R+46.9 |
| Montgomery County, GA | Republican | R+60.5 |
| Morgan County, GA | Republican | R+50.1 |
| Murray County, GA | Republican | R+60.8 |
| Muscogee County, GA | Republican | R+55.1 |
| Newton County, GA | Republican | R+54.2 |
| Oconee County, GA | Republican | R+62.8 |
| Oglethorpe County, GA | Republican | R+68.0 |
| Paulding County, GA | Republican | R+47.4 |
| Peach County, GA | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Pickens County, GA | Republican | R+60.3 |
| Pierce County, GA | Republican | R+76.1 |
| Pike County, GA | Republican | R+54.4 |
| Polk County, GA | Republican | R+57.8 |
| Pulaski County, GA | Republican | R+63.2 |
| Putnam County, GA | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Quitman County, GA | Republican | R+56.4 |
| Rabun County, GA | Republican | R+60.3 |
| Randolph County, GA | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Richmond County, GA | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Rockdale County, GA | Republican | R+63.6 |
| Schley County, GA | Republican | R+62.1 |
| Screven County, GA | Republican | R+61.4 |
| Seminole County, GA | Republican | R+66.2 |
| Spalding County, GA | Republican | R+61.7 |
| Stephens County, GA | Republican | R+62.5 |
| Stewart County, GA | Republican | R+48.6 |
| Sumter County, GA | Republican | R+56.3 |
| Talbot County, GA | Republican | R+32.2 |
| Taliaferro County, GA | Republican | R+22.3 |
| Tattnall County, GA | Republican | R+70.9 |
| Taylor County, GA | Republican | R+50.9 |
| Telfair County, GA | Republican | R+53.1 |
| Terrell County, GA | Republican | R+50.0 |
| Thomas County, GA | Republican | R+50.9 |
| Tift County, GA | Republican | R+69.8 |
| Toombs County, GA | Republican | R+71.6 |
| Towns County, GA | Republican | R+59.1 |
| Treutlen County, GA | Republican | R+73.0 |
| Troup County, GA | Republican | R+60.5 |
| Turner County, GA | Republican | R+65.8 |
| Twiggs County, GA | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Union County, GA | Republican | R+51.5 |
| Upson County, GA | Republican | R+69.0 |
| Walker County, GA | Republican | R+69.4 |
| Walton County, GA | Republican | R+55.6 |
| Ware County, GA | Republican | R+58.5 |
| Warren County, GA | Republican | R+42.4 |
| Washington County, GA | Republican | R+51.6 |
| Wayne County, GA | Republican | R+66.8 |
| Webster County, GA | Republican | R+63.5 |
| Wheeler County, GA | Republican | R+57.6 |
| White County, GA | Republican | R+63.5 |
| Whitfield County, GA | Republican | R+62.9 |
| Wilcox County, GA | Republican | R+71.1 |
| Wilkes County, GA | Republican | R+54.5 |
| Wilkinson County, GA | Republican | R+49.0 |
| Worth County, GA | Republican | R+68.9 |
Georgia results by county
159 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | Richard Nixon+2,243 | 2,75584.3% | 51215.7% | 00.0% | 3,267 |
| Atkinson County | Richard Nixon+615 | 92474.9% | 30925.1% | 00.0% | 1,233 |
| Bacon County | Richard Nixon+1,579 | 1,77190.2% | 1929.8% | 00.0% | 1,963 |
| Baker County | Richard Nixon+620 | 96573.7% | 34526.3% | 00.0% | 1,310 |
| Baldwin County | Richard Nixon+3,391 | 4,82677.1% | 1,43522.9% | 00.0% | 6,261 |
| Banks County | Richard Nixon+980 | 1,33679.0% | 35621.0% | 00.0% | 1,692 |
| Barrow County | Richard Nixon+2,556 | 3,42379.8% | 86720.2% | 00.0% | 4,290 |
| Bartow County | Richard Nixon+3,246 | 4,83675.3% | 1,59024.7% | 00.0% | 6,426 |
| Ben Hill County | Richard Nixon+1,401 | 2,10475.0% | 70325.0% | 00.0% | 2,807 |
| Berrien County | Richard Nixon+1,914 | 2,28586.0% | 37114.0% | 00.0% | 2,656 |
| Bibb County | Richard Nixon+17,201 | 27,40272.9% | 10,20127.1% | 00.0% | 37,603 |
| Bleckley County | Richard Nixon+1,931 | 2,30886.0% | 37714.0% | 00.0% | 2,685 |
| Brantley County | Richard Nixon+1,249 | 1,58782.4% | 33817.6% | 00.0% | 1,925 |
| Brooks County | Richard Nixon+1,787 | 2,43079.1% | 64320.9% | 00.0% | 3,073 |
| Bryan County | Richard Nixon+1,146 | 1,40984.3% | 26315.7% | 00.0% | 1,672 |
| Bulloch County | Richard Nixon+4,159 | 5,68378.9% | 1,52421.1% | 00.0% | 7,207 |
| Burke County | Richard Nixon+1,788 | 2,84672.9% | 1,05827.1% | 00.0% | 3,904 |
| Butts County | Richard Nixon+1,241 | 1,96873.0% | 72727.0% | 00.0% | 2,695 |
| Calhoun County | Richard Nixon+397 | 89264.3% | 49535.7% | 00.0% | 1,387 |
| Camden County | Richard Nixon+1,627 | 2,38076.0% | 75324.0% | 00.0% | 3,133 |
| Candler County | Richard Nixon+1,189 | 1,42785.7% | 23814.3% | 00.0% | 1,665 |
| Carroll County | Richard Nixon+6,138 | 8,29679.4% | 2,15820.6% | 00.0% | 10,454 |
| Catoosa County | Richard Nixon+5,114 | 6,00887.0% | 89413.0% | 00.0% | 6,902 |
| Charlton County | Richard Nixon+934 | 1,24480.1% | 31019.9% | 00.0% | 1,554 |
| Chatham County | Richard Nixon+22,513 | 38,07971.0% | 15,56629.0% | 00.0% | 53,645 |
| Chattahoochee County | Richard Nixon+224 | 34574.0% | 12126.0% | 00.0% | 466 |
| Chattooga County | Richard Nixon+2,265 | 3,18877.5% | 92322.5% | 00.0% | 4,111 |
| Cherokee County | Richard Nixon+4,350 | 5,50982.6% | 1,15917.4% | 00.0% | 6,668 |
| Clarke County | Richard Nixon+5,375 | 11,46565.3% | 6,09034.7% | 00.0% | 17,555 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+349 | 63269.1% | 28330.9% | 00.0% | 915 |
| Clayton County | Richard Nixon+19,941 | 23,68186.4% | 3,74013.6% | 00.0% | 27,421 |
| Clinch County | Richard Nixon+888 | 1,12782.5% | 23917.5% | 00.0% | 1,366 |
| Cobb County | Richard Nixon+36,289 | 43,97785.1% | 7,68814.9% | 00.0% | 51,665 |
| Coffee County | Richard Nixon+3,327 | 3,93486.6% | 60713.4% | 00.0% | 4,541 |
| Colquitt County | Richard Nixon+5,970 | 6,90088.1% | 93011.9% | 00.0% | 7,830 |
| Columbia County | Richard Nixon+3,893 | 4,83983.6% | 94616.4% | 00.0% | 5,785 |
| Cook County | Richard Nixon+1,610 | 2,13580.3% | 52519.7% | 00.0% | 2,660 |
| Coweta County | Richard Nixon+4,191 | 5,75178.7% | 1,56021.3% | 00.0% | 7,311 |
| Crawford County | Richard Nixon+655 | 1,16769.5% | 51230.5% | 00.0% | 1,679 |
| Crisp County | Richard Nixon+2,941 | 3,62384.2% | 68215.8% | 00.0% | 4,305 |
| Dade County | Richard Nixon+1,962 | 2,11093.4% | 1486.6% | 00.0% | 2,258 |
| Dawson County | Richard Nixon+598 | 82878.3% | 23021.7% | 00.0% | 1,058 |
| Decatur County | Richard Nixon+3,096 | 4,29278.2% | 1,19621.8% | 00.0% | 5,488 |
| DeKalb County | Richard Nixon+74,079 | 104,75077.4% | 30,67122.6% | 00.0% | 135,421 |
| Dodge County | Richard Nixon+3,462 | 4,34683.1% | 88416.9% | 00.0% | 5,230 |
| Dooly County | Richard Nixon+1,314 | 1,90476.3% | 59023.7% | 00.0% | 2,494 |
| Dougherty County | Richard Nixon+9,253 | 12,87878.0% | 3,62522.0% | 00.0% | 16,503 |
| Douglas County | Richard Nixon+5,628 | 6,61087.1% | 98212.9% | 00.0% | 7,592 |
| Early County | Richard Nixon+1,883 | 2,39682.4% | 51317.6% | 00.0% | 2,909 |
| Echols County | Richard Nixon+336 | 40485.6% | 6814.4% | 00.0% | 472 |
| Effingham County | Richard Nixon+2,678 | 3,17586.5% | 49713.5% | 00.0% | 3,672 |
| Elbert County | Richard Nixon+1,991 | 2,87576.5% | 88423.5% | 00.0% | 3,759 |
| Emanuel County | Richard Nixon+2,768 | 3,68480.1% | 91619.9% | 00.0% | 4,600 |
| Evans County | Richard Nixon+1,291 | 1,66681.6% | 37518.4% | 00.0% | 2,041 |
| Fannin County | Richard Nixon+2,834 | 3,78379.9% | 94920.1% | 00.0% | 4,732 |
| Fayette County | Richard Nixon+2,951 | 3,40188.3% | 45011.7% | 00.0% | 3,851 |
| Floyd County | Richard Nixon+12,113 | 15,48582.1% | 3,37217.9% | 00.0% | 18,857 |
| Forsyth County | Richard Nixon+2,419 | 2,96884.4% | 54915.6% | 00.0% | 3,517 |
| Franklin County | Richard Nixon+1,587 | 2,02282.3% | 43517.7% | 00.0% | 2,457 |
| Fulton County | Richard Nixon+21,927 | 96,25656.4% | 74,32943.6% | 00.0% | 170,585 |
| Gilmer County | Richard Nixon+1,961 | 2,72978.0% | 76822.0% | 00.0% | 3,497 |
| Glascock County | Richard Nixon+537 | 57893.4% | 416.6% | 00.0% | 619 |
| Glynn County | Richard Nixon+6,441 | 9,44375.9% | 3,00224.1% | 00.0% | 12,445 |
| Gordon County | Richard Nixon+3,474 | 4,34483.3% | 87016.7% | 00.0% | 5,214 |
| Grady County | Richard Nixon+2,858 | 3,73281.0% | 87419.0% | 00.0% | 4,606 |
| Greene County | Richard Nixon+760 | 1,67964.6% | 91935.4% | 00.0% | 2,598 |
| Gwinnett County | Richard Nixon+15,285 | 18,18186.3% | 2,89613.7% | 00.0% | 21,077 |
| Habersham County | Richard Nixon+799 | 97185.0% | 17215.0% | 00.0% | 1,143 |
| Hall County | Richard Nixon+8,246 | 10,68681.4% | 2,44018.6% | 00.0% | 13,126 |
| Hancock County | Richard Nixon+93 | 1,59551.5% | 1,50248.5% | 00.0% | 3,097 |
| Haralson County | Richard Nixon+2,693 | 3,46081.9% | 76718.1% | 00.0% | 4,227 |
| Harris County | Richard Nixon+1,916 | 2,61778.9% | 70121.1% | 00.0% | 3,318 |
| Hart County | Richard Nixon+1,524 | 2,30874.6% | 78425.4% | 00.0% | 3,092 |
| Heard County | Richard Nixon+963 | 1,23981.8% | 27618.2% | 00.0% | 1,515 |
| Henry County | Richard Nixon+3,695 | 5,15577.9% | 1,46022.1% | 00.0% | 6,615 |
| Houston County | Richard Nixon+11,020 | 13,57684.2% | 2,55615.8% | 00.0% | 16,132 |
| Irwin County | Richard Nixon+1,516 | 1,85184.7% | 33515.3% | 00.0% | 2,186 |
| Jackson County | Richard Nixon+3,069 | 4,12479.6% | 1,05520.4% | 00.0% | 5,179 |
| Jasper County | Richard Nixon+826 | 1,28973.6% | 46326.4% | 00.0% | 1,752 |
| Jeff Davis County | Richard Nixon+1,555 | 1,85786.0% | 30214.0% | 00.0% | 2,159 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+1,593 | 2,77770.1% | 1,18429.9% | 00.0% | 3,961 |
| Jenkins County | Richard Nixon+1,285 | 1,76978.5% | 48421.5% | 00.0% | 2,253 |
| Johnson County | Richard Nixon+1,784 | 2,20184.1% | 41715.9% | 00.0% | 2,618 |
| Jones County | Richard Nixon+1,622 | 2,48374.3% | 86125.7% | 00.0% | 3,344 |
| Lamar County | Richard Nixon+1,178 | 1,84473.5% | 66626.5% | 00.0% | 2,510 |
| Lanier County | Richard Nixon+657 | 85081.5% | 19318.5% | 00.0% | 1,043 |
| Laurens County | Richard Nixon+5,220 | 7,35077.5% | 2,13022.5% | 00.0% | 9,480 |
| Lee County | Richard Nixon+1,051 | 1,44178.7% | 39021.3% | 00.0% | 1,831 |
| Liberty County | Richard Nixon+1,120 | 2,33765.8% | 1,21734.2% | 00.0% | 3,554 |
| Lincoln County | Richard Nixon+906 | 1,24678.6% | 34021.4% | 00.0% | 1,586 |
| Long County | Richard Nixon+528 | 76476.4% | 23623.6% | 00.0% | 1,000 |
| Lowndes County | Richard Nixon+5,797 | 7,81279.5% | 2,01520.5% | 00.0% | 9,827 |
| Lumpkin County | Richard Nixon+1,092 | 1,47779.3% | 38520.7% | 00.0% | 1,862 |
| Macon County | Richard Nixon+1,168 | 2,00570.5% | 83729.5% | 00.0% | 2,842 |
| Madison County | Richard Nixon+2,034 | 2,60682.0% | 57218.0% | 00.0% | 3,178 |
| Marion County | Richard Nixon+686 | 85083.8% | 16416.2% | 00.0% | 1,014 |
| McDuffie County | Richard Nixon+1,994 | 2,99075.0% | 99625.0% | 00.0% | 3,986 |
| McIntosh County | Richard Nixon+534 | 1,36762.1% | 83337.9% | 00.0% | 2,200 |
| Meriwether County | Richard Nixon+2,207 | 3,42073.8% | 1,21326.2% | 00.0% | 4,633 |
| Miller County | Richard Nixon+1,151 | 1,26991.5% | 1188.5% | 00.0% | 1,387 |
| Mitchell County | Richard Nixon+1,280 | 2,40068.2% | 1,12031.8% | 00.0% | 3,520 |
| Monroe County | Richard Nixon+1,392 | 2,18173.4% | 78926.6% | 00.0% | 2,970 |
| Montgomery County | Richard Nixon+1,033 | 1,37080.3% | 33719.7% | 00.0% | 1,707 |
| Morgan County | Richard Nixon+1,339 | 2,00775.0% | 66825.0% | 00.0% | 2,675 |
| Murray County | Richard Nixon+1,999 | 2,64380.4% | 64419.6% | 00.0% | 3,287 |
| Muscogee County | Richard Nixon+20,215 | 28,44977.6% | 8,23422.4% | 00.0% | 36,683 |
| Newton County | Richard Nixon+3,267 | 4,64777.1% | 1,38022.9% | 00.0% | 6,027 |
| Oconee County | Richard Nixon+1,565 | 2,02981.4% | 46418.6% | 00.0% | 2,493 |
| Oglethorpe County | Richard Nixon+1,386 | 1,71284.0% | 32616.0% | 00.0% | 2,038 |
| Paulding County | Richard Nixon+1,810 | 2,81473.7% | 1,00426.3% | 00.0% | 3,818 |
| Peach County | Richard Nixon+1,334 | 3,74760.8% | 2,41339.2% | 00.0% | 6,160 |
| Pickens County | Richard Nixon+1,581 | 2,10180.2% | 52019.8% | 00.0% | 2,621 |
| Pierce County | Richard Nixon+1,713 | 1,98288.0% | 26912.0% | 00.0% | 2,251 |
| Pike County | Richard Nixon+1,009 | 1,43277.2% | 42322.8% | 00.0% | 1,855 |
| Polk County | Richard Nixon+3,612 | 4,92978.9% | 1,31721.1% | 00.0% | 6,246 |
| Pulaski County | Richard Nixon+1,522 | 1,96681.6% | 44418.4% | 00.0% | 2,410 |
| Putnam County | Richard Nixon+1,359 | 1,96376.5% | 60423.5% | 00.0% | 2,567 |
| Quitman County | Richard Nixon+362 | 50278.2% | 14021.8% | 00.0% | 642 |
| Rabun County | Richard Nixon+1,111 | 1,47780.1% | 36619.9% | 00.0% | 1,843 |
| Randolph County | Richard Nixon+805 | 1,60366.8% | 79833.2% | 00.0% | 2,401 |
| Richmond County | Richard Nixon+15,143 | 24,36272.5% | 9,21927.5% | 00.0% | 33,581 |
| Rockdale County | Richard Nixon+2,769 | 3,56081.8% | 79118.2% | 00.0% | 4,351 |
| Schley County | Richard Nixon+532 | 69481.1% | 16218.9% | 00.0% | 856 |
| Screven County | Richard Nixon+1,827 | 2,40280.7% | 57519.3% | 00.0% | 2,977 |
| Seminole County | Richard Nixon+1,475 | 1,85183.1% | 37616.9% | 00.0% | 2,227 |
| Spalding County | Richard Nixon+5,481 | 7,18380.8% | 1,70219.2% | 00.0% | 8,885 |
| Stephens County | Richard Nixon+2,902 | 3,77381.2% | 87118.8% | 00.0% | 4,644 |
| Stewart County | Richard Nixon+667 | 1,02074.3% | 35325.7% | 00.0% | 1,373 |
| Sumter County | Richard Nixon+3,265 | 4,53378.1% | 1,26821.9% | 00.0% | 5,801 |
| Talbot County | Richard Nixon+482 | 99066.1% | 50833.9% | 00.0% | 1,498 |
| Taliaferro County | Richard Nixon+213 | 58561.1% | 37238.9% | 00.0% | 957 |
| Tattnall County | Richard Nixon+2,400 | 2,89285.5% | 49214.5% | 00.0% | 3,384 |
| Taylor County | Richard Nixon+1,066 | 1,58075.5% | 51424.5% | 00.0% | 2,094 |
| Telfair County | Richard Nixon+1,558 | 2,24576.6% | 68723.4% | 00.0% | 2,932 |
| Terrell County | Richard Nixon+1,371 | 2,05775.0% | 68625.0% | 00.0% | 2,743 |
| Thomas County | Richard Nixon+4,497 | 6,66875.4% | 2,17124.6% | 00.0% | 8,839 |
| Tift County | Richard Nixon+3,775 | 4,59184.9% | 81615.1% | 00.0% | 5,407 |
| Toombs County | Richard Nixon+3,405 | 4,08085.8% | 67514.2% | 00.0% | 4,755 |
| Towns County | Richard Nixon+1,169 | 1,57379.6% | 40420.4% | 00.0% | 1,977 |
| Treutlen County | Richard Nixon+1,136 | 1,34686.5% | 21013.5% | 00.0% | 1,556 |
| Troup County | Richard Nixon+6,294 | 8,35080.2% | 2,05619.8% | 00.0% | 10,406 |
| Turner County | Richard Nixon+1,683 | 2,12082.9% | 43717.1% | 00.0% | 2,557 |
| Twiggs County | Richard Nixon+250 | 1,36355.0% | 1,11345.0% | 00.0% | 2,476 |
| Union County | Richard Nixon+1,575 | 2,31775.7% | 74224.3% | 00.0% | 3,059 |
| Upson County | Richard Nixon+3,996 | 4,89284.5% | 89615.5% | 00.0% | 5,788 |
| Walker County | Richard Nixon+7,154 | 8,72884.7% | 1,57415.3% | 00.0% | 10,302 |
| Walton County | Richard Nixon+2,854 | 3,99477.8% | 1,14022.2% | 00.0% | 5,134 |
| Ware County | Richard Nixon+4,854 | 6,57879.2% | 1,72420.8% | 00.0% | 8,302 |
| Warren County | Richard Nixon+700 | 1,17571.2% | 47528.8% | 00.0% | 1,650 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+2,655 | 3,90175.8% | 1,24624.2% | 00.0% | 5,147 |
| Wayne County | Richard Nixon+2,944 | 3,67783.4% | 73316.6% | 00.0% | 4,410 |
| Webster County | Richard Nixon+375 | 48381.7% | 10818.3% | 00.0% | 591 |
| Wheeler County | Richard Nixon+799 | 1,09378.8% | 29421.2% | 00.0% | 1,387 |
| White County | Richard Nixon+1,194 | 1,53781.8% | 34318.2% | 00.0% | 1,880 |
| Whitfield County | Richard Nixon+6,636 | 8,59181.5% | 1,95518.5% | 00.0% | 10,546 |
| Wilcox County | Richard Nixon+1,548 | 1,86385.5% | 31514.5% | 00.0% | 2,178 |
| Wilkes County | Richard Nixon+1,549 | 2,19577.3% | 64622.7% | 00.0% | 2,841 |
| Wilkinson County | Richard Nixon+1,445 | 2,19674.5% | 75125.5% | 00.0% | 2,947 |
| Worth County | Richard Nixon+2,400 | 2,94284.4% | 54215.6% | 00.0% | 3,484 |
Nominees: George McGovern (D) · Richard Nixon (R)
Georgia's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context
| 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% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1972 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.