Richard Nixon carried Idaho R+38.2.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Idaho, 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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Idaho result

310,379 votes counted

McGovern (D)

80,826

26.0%

Nixon (R)

199,384

64.2%

All others

30,169

9.7%

Margin

R+38.2

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1972 presidential election

Idaho, 1972

NixonR+38.2

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	64.2%	199,384
George McGovernDemocratic	26.0%	80,826
OtherAll other candidates	9.7%	30,169

D+60

R+60

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

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Idaho's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Idaho's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−44.2%
1896	+56.8%
1900	+3.8%
1904	−40.4%
1908	−16.9%
1912	+1.1%
1916	+10.9%
1920	−31.3%
1924	−30.8%
1928	−29.3%
1932	+20.4%
1936	+29.8%
1940	+9.1%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−31.0%
1956	−22.4%
1960	−7.6%
1964	+1.8%
1968	−26.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−22.8%
1980	−41.3%
1984	−46.0%
1988	−26.1%
1992	−13.6%
1996	−18.5%
2000	−39.5%
2004	−38.1%
2008	−25.4%
2012	−31.9%
2016	−31.8%
2020	−30.8%
2024	−36.5%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Ada County	R	−44.1%	12,687	36,665	54,311
Adams County	R	−47.1%	293	963	1,421
Bannock County	R	−22.6%	7,840	12,856	22,191
Bear Lake County	R	−47.0%	716	2,213	3,185
Benewah County	R	−16.1%	1,062	1,494	2,690
Bingham County	R	−41.2%	2,476	6,886	10,705
Blaine County	R	−25.2%	1,240	2,113	3,465
Boise County	R	−41.2%	256	676	1,020
Bonner County	R	−23.6%	2,599	4,405	7,665
Bonneville County	R	−41.6%	4,199	13,134	21,466
Boundary County	R	−27.1%	860	1,587	2,678
Butte County	R	−28.7%	387	788	1,396
Camas County	R	−53.8%	95	344	463
Canyon County	R	−47.5%	5,630	18,383	26,857
Caribou County	R	−49.2%	614	2,069	2,958
Cassia County	R	−56.7%	1,080	4,576	6,162
Clark County	R	−60.3%	64	339	456
Clearwater County	R	−5.7%	1,412	1,590	3,138
Custer County	R	−49.9%	274	989	1,432
Elmore County	R	−41.6%	1,153	3,078	4,625
Franklin County	R	−55.9%	611	2,787	3,893
Fremont County	R	−42.2%	819	2,621	4,270
Gem County	R	−37.2%	1,069	2,717	4,431
Gooding County	R	−47.4%	1,030	3,124	4,417
Idaho County	R	−31.0%	1,622	3,235	5,201
Jefferson County	R	−44.4%	715	2,983	5,110
Jerome County	R	−56.9%	888	3,661	4,874
Kootenai County	R	−29.5%	5,162	9,958	16,238
Latah County	R	−13.7%	4,548	6,043	10,918
Lemhi County	R	−44.0%	526	1,812	2,923
Lewis County	R	−19.3%	635	961	1,687
Lincoln County	R	−53.6%	313	1,120	1,506
Madison County	R	−55.5%	710	3,606	5,216
Minidoka County	R	−44.8%	1,423	4,097	5,967
Nez Perce County	R	−9.6%	5,081	6,232	11,941
Oneida County	R	−47.6%	402	1,204	1,685
Owyhee County	R	−50.2%	463	1,630	2,324
Payette County	R	−46.7%	1,113	3,577	5,272
Power County	R	−35.8%	625	1,405	2,180
Shoshone County	R	−11.8%	3,020	3,868	7,207
Teton County	R	−46.7%	298	932	1,359
Twin Falls County	R	−55.1%	3,344	13,075	17,673
Valley County	R	−36.6%	537	1,324	2,151
Washington County	R	−36.4%	935	2,264	3,652