Richard Nixon carried New York R+17.3.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in New York, 1972. The state ran 5.8 points more Democratic than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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New York result

7,161,830 votes counted

McGovern (D)

2,951,084

41.2%

Nixon (R)

4,192,778

58.5%

All others

17,968

0.3%

Margin

R+17.3

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1972 presidential election

New York, 1972

NixonR+17.3

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	58.5%	4,192,778
George McGovernDemocratic	41.2%	2,951,084
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	17,968

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	R	−9.7%	67,297	81,848	149,475
Allegany County	R	−47.1%	4,812	13,426	18,284
Bronx County	D	+10.6%	243,345	196,754	441,174
Broome County	R	−20.0%	37,154	55,736	93,135
Cattaraugus County	R	−33.4%	10,909	21,906	32,927
Cayuga County	R	−34.4%	11,097	22,774	33,952
Chautauqua County	R	−17.2%	26,253	37,158	63,583
Chemung County	R	−34.8%	12,650	26,200	38,944
Chenango County	R	−41.4%	5,695	13,770	19,509
Clinton County	R	−27.4%	9,703	17,048	26,804
Columbia County	R	−40.8%	7,558	17,995	25,610
Cortland County	R	−42.1%	5,234	12,885	18,156
Delaware County	R	−48.4%	5,243	15,136	20,426
Dutchess County	R	−39.8%	27,872	64,864	92,903
Erie County	R	−8.1%	218,105	256,462	476,023
Essex County	R	−40.6%	4,955	11,763	16,752
Franklin County	R	−35.0%	5,266	10,959	16,260
Fulton County	R	−35.0%	7,303	15,200	22,575
Genesee County	R	−32.8%	8,631	17,107	25,811
Greene County	R	−46.1%	5,260	14,313	19,618
Hamilton County	R	−56.0%	731	2,597	3,334
Herkimer County	R	−36.0%	9,487	20,194	29,767
Jefferson County	R	−33.0%	11,629	23,123	34,817
Kings County	D	+1.8%	387,768	373,903	763,620
Lewis County	R	−37.5%	2,987	6,591	9,608
Livingston County	R	−38.5%	7,031	15,886	22,980
Madison County	R	−49.2%	6,241	18,392	24,697
Monroe County	R	−24.1%	120,031	196,579	317,305
Montgomery County	R	−27.4%	9,460	16,640	26,171
Nassau County	R	−26.8%	252,831	438,723	693,027
New York County	D	+32.9%	354,326	178,515	534,863
Niagara County	R	−16.8%	38,991	54,777	94,091
Oneida County	R	−39.9%	33,642	78,549	112,444
Onondaga County	R	−38.6%	61,895	140,039	202,416
Ontario County	R	−36.7%	11,012	23,828	34,921
Orange County	R	−42.2%	25,778	63,556	89,515
Orleans County	R	−42.8%	4,371	10,938	15,329
Oswego County	R	−43.9%	11,317	29,109	40,518
Otsego County	R	−37.4%	7,898	17,364	25,321
Putnam County	R	−47.2%	7,747	21,673	29,497
Queens County	R	−12.9%	328,316	426,015	756,087
Rensselaer County	R	−34.0%	24,019	48,864	73,071
Richmond County	R	−48.6%	29,241	84,686	114,123
Rockland County	R	−28.8%	35,771	64,753	100,720
Saratoga County	R	−38.7%	17,899	40,582	58,631
Schenectady County	R	−23.2%	29,619	47,529	77,339
Schoharie County	R	−39.6%	3,730	8,644	12,406
Schuyler County	R	−43.7%	1,937	4,945	6,891
Seneca County	R	−35.6%	4,441	9,368	13,842
St. Lawrence County	R	−26.2%	15,286	26,145	41,503
Steuben County	R	−50.3%	9,462	28,708	38,253
Suffolk County	R	−40.9%	132,441	316,452	449,898
Sullivan County	R	−26.7%	9,847	17,035	26,938
Tioga County	R	−41.9%	5,470	13,396	18,910
Tompkins County	R	−17.5%	12,344	17,605	30,011
Ulster County	R	−37.3%	21,371	46,883	68,433
Warren County	R	−48.5%	5,760	16,649	22,465
Washington County	R	−47.8%	5,677	16,136	21,864
Wayne County	R	−48.0%	8,203	23,379	31,642
Westchester County	R	−25.9%	154,412	262,901	418,435
Wyoming County	R	−43.7%	4,365	11,184	15,588
Yates County	R	−54.3%	1,958	6,639	8,618