Richard Nixon carried Missouri R+24.7.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Missouri, 1972. The state ran 1.5 points more Republican than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Missouri result

1,850,999 votes counted

McGovern (D)

697,147

37.7%

Nixon (R)

1,153,852

62.3%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+24.7

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1972 presidential election

Missouri, 1972

NixonR+24.7

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	62.3%	1,153,852
George McGovernDemocratic	37.7%	697,147
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−45.8%	2,286	6,157	8,443
Andrew County	R	−42.5%	1,686	4,180	5,866
Atchison County	R	−32.0%	1,509	2,927	4,436
Audrain County	R	−32.0%	3,706	7,197	10,903
Barry County	R	−39.5%	3,167	7,295	10,462
Barton County	R	−55.9%	1,140	4,026	5,166
Bates County	R	−27.5%	3,020	5,314	8,334
Benton County	R	−42.6%	1,423	3,537	4,960
Bollinger County	R	−25.6%	1,818	3,069	4,887
Boone County	R	−12.3%	13,666	17,488	31,154
Buchanan County	R	−31.4%	11,395	21,850	33,245
Butler County	R	−45.3%	3,466	9,198	12,664
Caldwell County	R	−44.0%	1,231	3,167	4,398
Callaway County	R	−35.1%	3,036	6,313	9,349
Camden County	R	−47.9%	1,761	4,996	6,757
Cape Girardeau County	R	−42.8%	6,280	15,693	21,973
Carroll County	R	−36.1%	1,927	4,100	6,027
Carter County	R	−38.0%	565	1,257	1,822
Cass County	R	−42.5%	3,731	9,242	12,973
Cedar County	R	−50.7%	1,152	3,520	4,672
Chariton County	R	−16.9%	1,999	2,812	4,811
Christian County	R	−52.8%	1,945	6,305	8,250
Clark County	R	−28.1%	1,403	2,499	3,902
Clay County	R	−38.9%	14,538	33,017	47,555
Clinton County	R	−33.7%	1,944	3,924	5,868
Cole County	R	−55.7%	4,754	16,685	21,439
Cooper County	R	−37.8%	2,332	5,172	7,504
Crawford County	R	−34.3%	2,248	4,595	6,843
Dade County	R	−55.7%	747	2,624	3,371
Dallas County	R	−48.4%	1,085	3,120	4,205
Daviess County	R	−33.0%	1,430	2,840	4,270
DeKalb County	R	−34.8%	1,339	2,766	4,105
Dent County	R	−27.8%	1,710	3,024	4,734
Douglas County	R	−51.5%	1,209	3,773	4,982
Dunklin County	R	−36.2%	2,776	5,926	8,702
Franklin County	R	−29.7%	7,464	13,785	21,249
Gasconade County	R	−60.3%	1,226	4,944	6,170
Gentry County	R	−29.0%	1,642	2,984	4,626
Greene County	R	−41.2%	20,155	48,348	68,503
Grundy County	R	−47.1%	1,428	3,969	5,397
Harrison County	R	−44.2%	1,383	3,574	4,957
Henry County	R	−30.0%	3,125	5,802	8,927
Hickory County	R	−49.7%	622	1,851	2,473
Holt County	R	−43.7%	1,011	2,578	3,589
Howard County	R	−12.3%	2,041	2,613	4,654
Howell County	R	−44.4%	2,795	7,253	10,048
Iron County	R	−24.1%	1,346	2,203	3,549
Jackson County	R	−16.7%	92,830	129,989	222,819
Jasper County	R	−49.2%	7,652	22,482	30,134
Jefferson County	R	−22.8%	13,787	21,947	35,734
Johnson County	R	−40.7%	3,044	7,228	10,272
Knox County	R	−29.6%	1,031	1,896	2,927
Laclede County	R	−47.6%	2,186	6,152	8,338
Lafayette County	R	−38.7%	4,063	9,187	13,250
Lawrence County	R	−45.9%	3,130	8,445	11,575
Lewis County	R	−23.5%	1,695	2,738	4,433
Lincoln County	R	−29.6%	2,784	5,127	7,911
Linn County	R	−19.8%	3,073	4,595	7,668
Livingston County	R	−32.7%	2,662	5,253	7,915
Macon County	R	−22.9%	2,844	4,538	7,382
Madison County	R	−32.3%	1,451	2,837	4,288
Maries County	R	−26.1%	1,219	2,082	3,301
Marion County	R	−26.6%	4,171	7,197	11,368
McDonald County	R	−41.7%	1,787	4,339	6,126
Mercer County	R	−44.8%	607	1,592	2,199
Miller County	R	−56.1%	1,598	5,682	7,280
Mississippi County	R	−29.9%	1,470	2,727	4,197
Moniteau County	R	−47.9%	1,395	3,963	5,358
Monroe County	D	+3.6%	2,299	2,141	4,440
Montgomery County	R	−37.3%	1,691	3,707	5,398
Morgan County	R	−40.9%	1,685	4,021	5,706
New Madrid County	R	−15.0%	3,500	4,735	8,235
Newton County	R	−42.8%	4,291	10,701	14,992
Nodaway County	R	−28.3%	3,322	5,942	9,264
Oregon County	R	−22.1%	1,352	2,118	3,470
Osage County	R	−48.4%	1,485	4,266	5,751
Ozark County	R	−54.4%	625	2,119	2,744
Pemiscot County	R	−39.9%	2,017	4,697	6,714
Perry County	R	−41.6%	1,953	4,736	6,689
Pettis County	R	−33.5%	5,016	10,065	15,081
Phelps County	R	−36.1%	3,567	7,598	11,165
Pike County	R	−25.2%	2,659	4,452	7,111
Platte County	R	−35.4%	4,183	8,764	12,947
Polk County	R	−41.3%	2,245	5,409	7,654
Pulaski County	R	−38.1%	1,903	4,243	6,146
Putnam County	R	−57.4%	571	2,112	2,683
Ralls County	R	−14.3%	1,371	1,827	3,198
Randolph County	R	−15.3%	3,814	5,195	9,009
Ray County	R	−19.3%	2,844	4,205	7,049
Reynolds County	R	−19.8%	1,031	1,541	2,572
Ripley County	R	−34.7%	1,361	2,810	4,171
Saline County	R	−31.5%	3,460	6,641	10,101
Schuyler County	R	−20.3%	991	1,495	2,486
Scotland County	R	−20.4%	1,269	1,918	3,187
Scott County	R	−33.5%	3,646	7,316	10,962
Shannon County	R	−17.7%	1,134	1,623	2,757
Shelby County	R	−13.5%	1,569	2,057	3,626
St. Charles County	R	−39.9%	11,034	25,677	36,711
St. Clair County	R	−33.8%	1,410	2,847	4,257
St. Francois County	R	−30.8%	4,658	8,812	13,470
St. Louis city	D	+24.7%	119,817	72,402	192,219
St. Louis County	R	−24.3%	160,801	264,147	424,948
Ste. Genevieve County	R	−12.7%	2,247	2,900	5,147
Stoddard County	R	−40.9%	2,636	6,282	8,918
Stone County	R	−58.5%	1,094	4,180	5,274
Sullivan County	R	−24.4%	1,588	2,611	4,199
Taney County	R	−55.3%	1,435	4,982	6,417
Texas County	R	−30.2%	2,737	5,104	7,841
Vernon County	R	−23.1%	3,057	4,892	7,949
Warren County	R	−48.5%	1,225	3,530	4,755
Washington County	R	−26.3%	2,229	3,818	6,047
Wayne County	R	−27.8%	1,746	3,091	4,837
Webster County	R	−37.0%	2,343	5,095	7,438
Worth County	R	−23.4%	727	1,170	1,897
Wright County	R	−52.2%	1,368	4,350	5,718