Richard Nixon carried Kansas R+38.2.

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

916,095 votes counted

McGovern (D)

270,287

29.5%

Nixon (R)

619,812

67.7%

All others

25,996

2.8%

Margin

R+38.2

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1972 presidential election

Kansas, 1972

NixonR+38.2

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	67.7%	619,812
George McGovernDemocratic	29.5%	270,287
OtherAll other candidates	2.8%	25,996

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.4%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−41.1%	1,610	3,938	5,669
Anderson County	R	−43.9%	1,035	2,718	3,836
Atchison County	R	−38.0%	2,404	5,471	8,066
Barber County	R	−50.9%	727	2,308	3,108
Barton County	R	−40.6%	3,481	8,479	12,312
Bourbon County	R	−42.0%	1,912	4,776	6,814
Brown County	R	−59.9%	1,038	4,314	5,466
Butler County	R	−38.9%	4,669	11,045	16,389
Chase County	R	−55.8%	315	1,184	1,557
Chautauqua County	R	−58.9%	378	1,546	1,982
Cherokee County	R	−35.8%	2,806	6,019	8,980
Cheyenne County	R	−54.6%	399	1,440	1,907
Clark County	R	−55.3%	311	1,142	1,502
Clay County	R	−58.9%	887	3,562	4,542
Cloud County	R	−35.1%	1,806	3,832	5,773
Coffey County	R	−53.5%	782	2,667	3,523
Comanche County	R	−56.6%	281	1,052	1,363
Cowley County	R	−46.0%	3,592	10,332	14,653
Crawford County	R	−17.8%	6,683	9,652	16,637
Decatur County	R	−44.9%	616	1,707	2,431
Dickinson County	R	−52.7%	1,957	6,515	8,647
Doniphan County	R	−59.5%	690	2,856	3,643
Douglas County	R	−13.3%	11,646	15,316	27,527
Edwards County	R	−32.7%	757	1,534	2,377
Elk County	R	−54.6%	428	1,522	2,002
Ellis County	R	−13.8%	4,113	5,463	9,813
Ellsworth County	R	−33.1%	1,028	2,087	3,201
Finney County	R	−34.4%	2,062	4,335	6,602
Ford County	R	−36.9%	2,804	6,232	9,285
Franklin County	R	−47.8%	2,056	6,011	8,267
Geary County	R	−42.2%	1,708	4,299	6,140
Gove County	R	−43.3%	466	1,226	1,755
Graham County	R	−48.5%	488	1,440	1,964
Grant County	R	−49.5%	476	1,469	2,007
Gray County	R	−40.5%	511	1,235	1,786
Greeley County	R	−45.8%	212	639	933
Greenwood County	R	−52.1%	951	3,157	4,238
Hamilton County	R	−39.1%	394	941	1,399
Harper County	R	−54.7%	729	2,628	3,471
Harvey County	R	−38.4%	3,555	8,287	12,327
Haskell County	R	−45.1%	383	1,036	1,448
Hodgeman County	R	−41.9%	331	853	1,247
Jackson County	R	−46.5%	1,191	3,363	4,672
Jefferson County	R	−48.3%	1,237	3,679	5,061
Jewell County	R	−50.4%	716	2,242	3,028
Johnson County	R	−50.5%	24,324	76,161	102,727
Kearny County	R	−44.6%	325	876	1,236
Kingman County	R	−41.2%	1,107	2,756	4,000
Kiowa County	R	−56.5%	406	1,559	2,042
Labette County	R	−32.3%	3,210	6,399	9,881
Lane County	R	−50.4%	294	943	1,288
Leavenworth County	R	−38.0%	4,727	10,762	15,897
Lincoln County	R	−53.8%	476	1,649	2,182
Linn County	R	−48.6%	876	2,593	3,532
Logan County	R	−44.3%	428	1,164	1,663
Lyon County	R	−41.4%	3,720	9,157	13,143
Marion County	R	−47.8%	1,478	4,373	6,059
Marshall County	R	−37.8%	1,823	4,127	6,098
McPherson County	R	−43.5%	2,858	7,457	10,569
Meade County	R	−51.7%	526	1,712	2,296
Miami County	R	−40.8%	2,140	5,234	7,581
Mitchell County	R	−45.5%	1,030	2,830	3,953
Montgomery County	R	−50.5%	3,685	11,717	15,907
Morris County	R	−54.4%	704	2,471	3,246
Morton County	R	−50.0%	363	1,165	1,603
Nemaha County	R	−30.8%	1,777	3,422	5,342
Neosho County	R	−32.0%	2,559	5,034	7,738
Ness County	R	−39.4%	652	1,539	2,251
Norton County	R	−53.9%	776	2,688	3,546
Osage County	R	−44.5%	1,522	4,073	5,728
Osborne County	R	−49.1%	724	2,182	2,972
Ottawa County	R	−48.0%	705	2,065	2,831
Pawnee County	R	−35.0%	1,110	2,370	3,600
Phillips County	R	−54.6%	827	2,919	3,833
Pottawatomie County	R	−49.3%	1,298	3,947	5,369
Pratt County	R	−44.6%	1,214	3,253	4,569
Rawlins County	R	−45.1%	560	1,553	2,204
Reno County	R	−30.6%	8,183	15,714	24,628
Republic County	R	−45.8%	1,059	2,921	4,068
Rice County	R	−34.8%	1,825	3,843	5,803
Riley County	R	−34.4%	5,333	11,120	16,809
Rooks County	R	−45.3%	904	2,457	3,425
Rush County	R	−33.2%	806	1,639	2,512
Russell County	R	−50.3%	1,011	3,168	4,292
Saline County	R	−39.2%	5,406	12,592	18,319
Scott County	R	−52.7%	449	1,547	2,082
Sedgwick County	R	−35.0%	39,220	83,949	127,701
Seward County	R	−57.5%	989	3,866	5,003
Shawnee County	R	−35.6%	20,383	43,727	65,506
Sheridan County	R	−33.0%	552	1,134	1,761
Sherman County	R	−45.3%	785	2,225	3,182
Smith County	R	−50.9%	818	2,600	3,501
Stafford County	R	−43.4%	844	2,200	3,127
Stanton County	R	−47.0%	259	754	1,054
Stevens County	R	−52.6%	408	1,392	1,869
Sumner County	R	−41.7%	2,685	6,941	10,195
Thomas County	R	−40.0%	943	2,300	3,396
Trego County	R	−36.6%	621	1,369	2,046
Wabaunsee County	R	−56.2%	662	2,461	3,203
Wallace County	R	−53.2%	214	782	1,068
Washington County	R	−52.5%	996	3,301	4,394
Wichita County	R	−44.5%	288	794	1,136
Wilson County	R	−52.9%	1,043	3,568	4,770
Woodson County	R	−47.5%	550	1,592	2,193
Wyandotte County	R	−9.2%	28,206	34,157	64,816