Richard Nixon carried Indiana R+32.8.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Indiana, 1972. The state ran 9.6 points more Republican than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Indiana result

2,125,529 votes counted

McGovern (D)

708,568

33.3%

Nixon (R)

1,405,154

66.1%

All others

11,807

0.6%

Margin

R+32.8

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1972 presidential election

Indiana, 1972

NixonR+32.8

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	66.1%	1,405,154
George McGovernDemocratic	33.3%	708,568
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	11,807

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−30.9%	3,971	7,549	11,572
Allen County	R	−33.0%	38,621	76,924	116,199
Bartholomew County	R	−42.4%	6,974	17,365	24,502
Benton County	R	−40.4%	1,566	3,703	5,289
Blackford County	R	−25.2%	2,311	3,876	6,219
Boone County	R	−50.5%	3,235	9,874	13,147
Brown County	R	−30.8%	1,443	2,737	4,207
Carroll County	R	−45.1%	2,214	5,885	8,137
Cass County	R	−40.5%	5,317	12,681	18,176
Clark County	R	−19.4%	10,838	16,111	27,113
Clay County	R	−31.1%	3,742	7,146	10,937
Clinton County	R	−39.2%	4,283	9,849	14,187
Crawford County	R	−18.5%	1,801	2,623	4,449
Daviess County	R	−41.0%	3,538	8,490	12,071
Dearborn County	R	−29.9%	4,137	7,689	11,885
Decatur County	R	−38.4%	2,994	6,761	9,822
DeKalb County	R	−33.7%	4,354	8,834	13,297
Delaware County	R	−28.7%	17,936	32,468	50,567
Dubois County	R	−2.1%	6,365	6,637	13,179
Elkhart County	R	−41.8%	12,659	31,009	43,941
Fayette County	R	−34.7%	3,519	7,273	10,829
Floyd County	R	−17.5%	9,243	13,198	22,636
Fountain County	R	−33.3%	2,977	5,979	9,003
Franklin County	R	−33.8%	2,131	4,324	6,479
Fulton County	R	−48.1%	2,150	6,170	8,358
Gibson County	R	−23.5%	5,633	9,115	14,819
Grant County	R	−45.1%	7,912	20,969	28,958
Greene County	R	−30.7%	4,450	8,453	13,045
Hamilton County	R	−65.8%	4,151	20,247	24,470
Hancock County	R	−56.2%	3,069	11,019	14,150
Harrison County	R	−20.1%	3,927	5,910	9,888
Hendricks County	R	−60.1%	4,384	17,699	22,153
Henry County	R	−44.2%	5,610	14,538	20,208
Howard County	R	−47.9%	8,083	23,089	31,341
Huntington County	R	−37.5%	4,908	10,858	15,855
Jackson County	R	−31.1%	4,984	9,546	14,689
Jasper County	R	−53.2%	1,920	6,369	8,357
Jay County	R	−28.9%	3,349	6,090	9,484
Jefferson County	R	−22.1%	4,267	6,722	11,103
Jennings County	R	−27.6%	2,903	5,156	8,157
Johnson County	R	−54.9%	5,067	17,537	22,724
Knox County	R	−32.2%	6,089	11,940	18,196
Kosciusko County	R	−58.3%	4,233	16,216	20,545
LaGrange County	R	−42.7%	1,658	4,152	5,839
Lake County	R	−13.1%	88,510	115,480	205,342
LaPorte County	R	−32.7%	13,222	26,243	39,776
Lawrence County	R	−43.6%	4,278	10,936	15,284
Madison County	R	−30.1%	20,921	39,036	60,134
Marion County	R	−33.5%	102,166	206,065	309,766
Marshall County	R	−46.4%	4,349	11,908	16,308
Martin County	R	−26.3%	2,021	3,470	5,509
Miami County	R	−41.5%	3,889	9,477	13,450
Monroe County	R	−13.2%	15,241	19,953	35,596
Montgomery County	R	−52.3%	3,431	10,997	14,471
Morgan County	R	−55.7%	3,390	11,980	15,435
Newton County	R	−50.1%	1,252	3,771	5,028
Noble County	R	−30.0%	4,250	7,916	12,226
Ohio County	R	−19.4%	922	1,368	2,299
Orange County	R	−32.1%	2,932	5,715	8,674
Owen County	R	−38.9%	1,708	3,896	5,626
Parke County	R	−38.7%	2,207	5,014	7,250
Perry County	R	−9.7%	4,277	5,204	9,510
Pike County	R	−23.1%	2,648	4,252	6,939
Porter County	R	−49.8%	8,943	26,877	36,030
Posey County	R	−30.7%	3,586	6,771	10,378
Pulaski County	R	−38.7%	1,863	4,243	6,146
Putnam County	R	−40.4%	3,339	7,879	11,243
Randolph County	R	−43.7%	3,409	8,754	12,232
Ripley County	R	−29.3%	3,601	6,594	10,231
Rush County	R	−54.2%	1,764	5,965	7,752
Scott County	R	−12.2%	2,785	3,564	6,391
Shelby County	R	−45.4%	4,028	10,794	14,900
Spencer County	R	−17.5%	3,867	5,518	9,415
St. Joseph County	R	−21.7%	41,629	64,808	107,039
Starke County	R	−29.5%	2,994	5,520	8,567
Steuben County	R	−40.1%	2,401	5,636	8,075
Sullivan County	R	−19.0%	3,624	5,338	9,001
Switzerland County	R	−7.4%	1,612	1,872	3,497
Tippecanoe County	R	−36.6%	14,598	31,565	46,366
Tipton County	R	−45.8%	2,095	5,674	7,808
Union County	R	−45.4%	765	2,043	2,818
Vanderburgh County	R	−37.3%	22,163	48,806	71,437
Vermillion County	R	−15.0%	3,515	4,764	8,323
Vigo County	R	−22.1%	18,898	29,730	48,957
Wabash County	R	−36.9%	4,601	10,011	14,659
Warren County	R	−40.3%	1,164	2,746	3,925
Warrick County	R	−32.6%	4,296	8,520	12,941
Washington County	R	−21.1%	3,086	4,758	7,922
Wayne County	R	−47.5%	7,655	21,610	29,361
Wells County	R	−32.6%	3,244	6,425	9,769
White County	R	−46.8%	2,675	7,419	10,137
Whitley County	R	−32.0%	3,838	7,489	11,404