Richard Nixon carried Minnesota R+5.5.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Minnesota, 1972. The state ran 17.6 points more Democratic than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

1,741,652 votes counted

McGovern (D)

802,346

46.1%

Nixon (R)

898,269

51.6%

All others

41,037

2.4%

Margin

R+5.5

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1972 presidential election

Minnesota, 1972

NixonR+5.5

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	51.6%	898,269
George McGovernDemocratic	46.1%	802,346
OtherAll other candidates	2.4%	41,037

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−9.2%	2,687	3,241	6,032
Anoka County	R	−2.6%	28,031	29,546	59,360
Becker County	R	−12.3%	4,695	6,033	10,884
Beltrami County	R	−6.6%	5,194	5,947	11,393
Benton County	R	−3.9%	4,282	4,652	9,426
Big Stone County	D	+10.9%	2,185	1,748	4,017
Blue Earth County	R	−8.7%	10,638	12,702	23,662
Brown County	R	−27.1%	4,347	7,791	12,729
Carlton County	D	+13.1%	7,116	5,445	12,730
Carver County	R	−26.6%	4,852	8,546	13,905
Cass County	R	−18.3%	3,347	4,906	8,503
Chippewa County	R	−2.1%	3,630	3,787	7,547
Chisago County	R	−5.9%	4,174	4,718	9,241
Clay County	R	−9.9%	9,076	11,089	20,400
Clearwater County	R	−1.8%	1,751	1,819	3,683
Cook County	R	−16.8%	742	1,047	1,817
Cottonwood County	R	−21.8%	2,802	4,396	7,303
Crow Wing County	R	−8.7%	7,328	8,774	16,551
Dakota County	R	−10.0%	28,479	34,967	64,796
Dodge County	R	−32.7%	1,921	3,863	5,936
Douglas County	R	−9.3%	5,501	6,678	12,606
Faribault County	R	−29.4%	3,519	6,503	10,153
Fillmore County	R	−37.8%	3,155	7,107	10,460
Freeborn County	R	−15.1%	7,163	9,747	17,130
Goodhue County	R	−28.1%	6,147	11,107	17,631
Grant County	D	+4.6%	2,085	1,899	4,054
Hennepin County	R	−5.2%	205,943	228,951	443,358
Houston County	R	−34.9%	2,467	5,186	7,790
Hubbard County	R	−20.8%	2,136	3,294	5,554
Isanti County	R	−0.7%	3,660	3,715	7,634
Itasca County	D	+6.8%	8,683	7,558	16,583
Jackson County	R	−4.2%	3,304	3,599	6,989
Kanabec County	R	−9.2%	1,969	2,395	4,632
Kandiyohi County	D	+4.3%	7,241	6,624	14,481
Kittson County	R	−7.1%	1,584	1,832	3,479
Koochiching County	R	−3.9%	3,396	3,681	7,230
Lac qui Parle County	D	+1.3%	2,845	2,773	5,726
Lake County	D	+16.8%	3,640	2,575	6,327
Lake of the Woods County	R	−13.0%	672	877	1,582
Le Sueur County	R	−6.5%	4,725	5,388	10,262
Lincoln County	D	+6.5%	2,148	1,881	4,095
Lyon County	R	−1.8%	5,614	5,820	11,630
Mahnomen County	D	+5.6%	1,397	1,246	2,691
Marshall County	R	−7.7%	2,790	3,264	6,190
Martin County	R	−32.0%	3,816	7,569	11,718
McLeod County	R	−25.8%	4,538	7,820	12,733
Meeker County	R	−16.7%	3,601	5,097	8,933
Mille Lacs County	R	−13.9%	3,221	4,291	7,686
Morrison County	D	+2.3%	5,993	5,714	12,329
Mower County	D	+1.7%	10,286	9,929	20,530
Murray County	R	−1.1%	2,893	2,959	5,927
Nicollet County	R	−14.0%	4,680	6,230	11,069
Nobles County	D	+4.9%	5,464	4,951	10,525
Norman County	R	−1.8%	2,444	2,536	5,021
Olmsted County	R	−40.5%	9,817	23,806	34,521
Otter Tail County	R	−25.9%	7,881	13,519	21,731
Pennington County	R	−9.9%	2,892	3,548	6,600
Pine County	R	−1.1%	3,794	3,881	8,017
Pipestone County	R	−12.3%	2,758	3,543	6,376
Polk County	R	−4.9%	7,366	8,139	15,885
Pope County	D	+5.3%	2,910	2,610	5,681
Ramsey County	D	+6.0%	108,392	95,716	209,951
Red Lake County	D	+14.0%	1,409	1,052	2,541
Redwood County	R	−28.1%	3,177	5,776	9,252
Renville County	R	−8.3%	4,499	5,329	10,044
Rice County	R	−6.5%	8,065	9,195	17,475
Rock County	R	−24.6%	2,089	3,470	5,612
Roseau County	R	−8.4%	2,396	2,844	5,344
Scott County	R	−3.9%	6,745	7,310	14,376
Sherburne County	R	−3.0%	4,070	4,332	8,658
Sibley County	R	−29.8%	2,433	4,543	7,080
St. Louis County	D	+18.9%	61,103	41,435	104,180
Stearns County	D	+0.9%	19,315	18,951	41,400
Steele County	R	−30.9%	4,010	7,678	11,868
Stevens County	D	+0.7%	2,870	2,830	5,811
Swift County	D	+17.4%	3,823	2,673	6,617
Todd County	R	−11.0%	4,270	5,387	10,137
Traverse County	D	+15.3%	1,744	1,276	3,055
Wabasha County	R	−25.4%	3,017	5,158	8,413
Wadena County	R	−16.4%	2,430	3,408	5,974
Waseca County	R	−29.0%	2,767	5,064	7,926
Washington County	R	−8.4%	16,102	19,142	36,098
Watonwan County	R	−27.7%	2,229	3,960	6,251
Wilkin County	R	−13.5%	1,739	2,292	4,093
Winona County	R	−14.6%	8,080	10,910	19,327
Wright County	R	−6.7%	8,695	9,996	19,386
Yellow Medicine County	R	−3.0%	3,462	3,683	7,319