Richard Nixon carried Mississippi R+58.6.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Mississippi, 1972. The state ran 35.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Mississippi result

645,963 votes counted

McGovern (D)

126,782

19.6%

Nixon (R)

505,125

78.2%

All others

14,056

2.2%

Margin

R+58.6

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1972 presidential election

Mississippi, 1972

NixonR+58.6

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	78.2%	505,125
George McGovernDemocratic	19.6%	126,782
OtherAll other candidates	2.2%	14,056

D+60

R+60

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

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Mississippi's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Mississippi's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+73.3%
1896	+84.1%
1900	+77.6%
1912	+86.5%
1916	+88.4%
1920	+69.9%
1924	+81.8%
1928	+64.3%
1932	+92.4%
1936	+94.3%
1940	+91.5%
1944	+87.1%
1948	+7.5%
1952	+20.9%
1956	+33.8%
1960	+11.7%
1964	−74.3%
1968	+9.5%
1972	−58.6%
1976	+1.9%
1980	−1.3%
1984	−24.5%
1988	−20.8%
1992	−8.9%
1996	−5.1%
2000	−16.9%
2004	−19.7%
2008	−13.2%
2012	−11.5%
2016	−17.8%
2020	−16.5%
2024	−22.9%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−37.9%	3,697	8,500	12,657
Alcorn County	R	−69.0%	982	5,732	6,883
Amite County	R	−40.2%	1,185	2,846	4,128
Attala County	R	−61.0%	1,103	4,738	5,960
Benton County	R	−35.0%	701	1,483	2,235
Bolivar County	R	−33.8%	3,616	7,397	11,187
Calhoun County	R	−83.0%	245	3,023	3,345
Carroll County	R	−49.4%	580	1,777	2,424
Chickasaw County	R	−71.6%	579	3,753	4,433
Choctaw County	R	−74.3%	326	2,301	2,658
Claiborne County	D	+15.2%	2,076	1,521	3,642
Clarke County	R	−64.5%	954	4,561	5,592
Clay County	R	−46.4%	1,410	4,035	5,652
Coahoma County	R	−27.0%	3,708	6,602	10,725
Copiah County	R	−49.1%	1,803	5,498	7,520
Covington County	R	−70.0%	642	3,842	4,569
DeSoto County	R	−65.0%	1,557	7,917	9,789
Forrest County	R	−64.2%	2,933	14,418	17,898
Franklin County	R	−60.0%	561	2,361	2,999
George County	R	−86.6%	270	3,979	4,283
Greene County	R	−68.7%	513	2,884	3,453
Grenada County	R	−52.1%	1,471	4,800	6,392
Hancock County	R	−73.8%	745	5,133	5,949
Harrison County	R	−70.2%	4,761	28,962	34,470
Hinds County	R	−58.0%	12,679	49,877	64,096
Holmes County	D	+4.5%	3,459	3,158	6,686
Humphreys County	R	−42.6%	892	2,334	3,382
Issaquena County	R	−26.5%	395	701	1,153
Itawamba County	R	−78.9%	509	4,419	4,954
Jackson County	R	−78.6%	2,534	22,204	25,038
Jasper County	R	−58.1%	935	3,597	4,584
Jefferson County	D	+12.5%	1,457	1,131	2,608
Jefferson Davis County	R	−47.0%	1,005	2,830	3,886
Jones County	R	−69.6%	2,790	16,489	19,679
Kemper County	R	−52.3%	837	2,748	3,652
Lafayette County	R	−54.9%	1,545	5,391	7,011
Lamar County	R	−79.7%	493	5,022	5,682
Lauderdale County	R	−66.4%	3,453	18,337	22,420
Lawrence County	R	−64.6%	709	3,394	4,154
Leake County	R	−59.4%	1,053	4,217	5,329
Lee County	R	−70.0%	1,632	10,730	12,991
Leflore County	R	−52.9%	2,038	6,779	8,969
Lincoln County	R	−73.9%	1,070	7,593	8,828
Lowndes County	R	−60.0%	2,398	10,098	12,831
Madison County	R	−17.9%	3,464	5,047	8,824
Marion County	R	−59.6%	1,693	6,805	8,570
Marshall County	R	−27.1%	1,875	3,326	5,356
Monroe County	R	−69.3%	1,279	7,273	8,648
Montgomery County	R	−54.3%	925	3,210	4,206
Neshoba County	R	−77.7%	812	6,815	7,725
Newton County	R	−78.6%	597	5,585	6,343
Noxubee County	R	−35.1%	1,052	2,239	3,378
Oktibbeha County	R	−52.5%	1,880	6,160	8,153
Panola County	R	−42.7%	2,091	5,284	7,483
Pearl River County	R	−77.4%	901	7,487	8,504
Perry County	R	−70.2%	446	2,689	3,196
Pike County	R	−46.4%	2,332	6,542	9,076
Pontotoc County	R	−79.7%	488	4,476	5,004
Prentiss County	R	−83.2%	398	4,607	5,056
Quitman County	R	−51.1%	790	2,524	3,392
Rankin County	R	−71.8%	1,913	12,187	14,305
Scott County	R	−61.5%	1,213	5,244	6,559
Sharkey County	R	−36.7%	655	1,426	2,099
Simpson County	R	−72.7%	871	5,669	6,602
Smith County	R	−85.5%	329	4,419	4,785
Stone County	R	−78.0%	293	2,467	2,788
Sunflower County	R	−47.8%	1,874	5,389	7,355
Tallahatchie County	R	−58.6%	835	3,442	4,449
Tate County	R	−53.8%	1,151	3,966	5,236
Tippah County	R	−73.5%	569	3,937	4,585
Tishomingo County	R	−79.8%	443	4,177	4,681
Tunica County	R	−25.3%	858	1,446	2,325
Union County	R	−77.4%	658	5,477	6,230
Walthall County	R	−60.5%	747	3,110	3,904
Warren County	R	−47.9%	3,480	10,420	14,478
Washington County	R	−33.2%	4,623	9,634	15,104
Wayne County	R	−64.9%	975	4,648	5,663
Webster County	R	−79.2%	403	3,624	4,065
Wilkinson County	R	−6.5%	1,409	1,608	3,054
Winston County	R	−58.0%	1,354	5,155	6,555
Yalobusha County	R	−56.5%	797	2,944	3,797
Yazoo County	R	−46.3%	2,008	5,555	7,654