Richard Nixon carried Oklahoma R+49.7.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Oklahoma, 1972. The state ran 26.5 points more Republican than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Oklahoma result

1,029,900 votes counted

McGovern (D)

247,147

24.0%

Nixon (R)

759,025

73.7%

All others

23,728

2.3%

Margin

R+49.7

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1972 presidential election

Oklahoma, 1972

NixonR+49.7

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	73.7%	759,025
George McGovernDemocratic	24.0%	247,147
OtherAll other candidates	2.3%	23,728

D+60

R+60

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

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Oklahoma's presidential margins

1908–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Oklahoma's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1908	+4.7%
1912	+11.2%
1916	+17.4%
1920	−5.7%
1924	+5.7%
1928	−28.3%
1932	+46.6%
1936	+34.1%
1940	+15.2%
1944	+11.4%
1948	+25.5%
1952	−9.2%
1956	−10.3%
1960	−18.0%
1964	+11.5%
1968	−15.7%
1972	−49.7%
1976	−1.2%
1980	−25.5%
1984	−37.9%
1988	−16.6%
1992	−8.6%
1996	−7.8%
2000	−21.9%
2004	−31.1%
2008	−31.3%
2012	−33.5%
2016	−36.4%
2020	−33.1%
2024	−34.3%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−48.3%	1,601	4,720	6,455
Alfalfa County	R	−65.2%	641	3,208	3,937
Atoka County	R	−48.0%	993	2,905	3,987
Beaver County	R	−64.0%	522	2,562	3,186
Beckham County	R	−45.9%	1,608	4,472	6,235
Blaine County	R	−58.8%	963	3,958	5,092
Bryan County	R	−25.8%	3,144	5,397	8,718
Caddo County	R	−43.6%	2,921	7,683	10,912
Canadian County	R	−59.4%	2,751	11,400	14,564
Carter County	R	−34.0%	4,577	9,368	14,106
Cherokee County	R	−41.0%	2,899	7,080	10,206
Choctaw County	R	−30.3%	1,798	3,399	5,278
Cimarron County	R	−54.5%	323	1,350	1,885
Cleveland County	R	−39.1%	11,126	25,777	37,518
Coal County	R	−35.8%	680	1,461	2,179
Comanche County	R	−61.4%	4,559	19,759	24,745
Cotton County	R	−42.9%	798	2,050	2,919
Craig County	R	−42.6%	1,642	4,163	5,917
Creek County	R	−52.7%	3,705	12,396	16,503
Custer County	R	−50.8%	2,298	7,267	9,780
Delaware County	R	−42.9%	2,135	5,476	7,789
Dewey County	R	−52.6%	626	2,106	2,816
Ellis County	R	−59.9%	473	2,059	2,648
Garfield County	R	−60.4%	4,557	19,348	24,469
Garvin County	R	−44.5%	2,685	7,245	10,245
Grady County	R	−37.6%	3,440	7,762	11,499
Grant County	R	−53.9%	805	2,829	3,755
Greer County	R	−35.5%	1,004	2,154	3,244
Harmon County	R	−38.9%	568	1,319	1,929
Harper County	R	−64.3%	385	1,976	2,475
Haskell County	R	−31.5%	1,408	2,815	4,460
Hughes County	R	−31.7%	1,787	3,497	5,392
Jackson County	R	−45.0%	2,054	5,519	7,707
Jefferson County	R	−26.9%	969	1,709	2,751
Johnston County	R	−37.5%	983	2,205	3,256
Kay County	R	−59.1%	4,246	17,244	21,984
Kingfisher County	R	−66.5%	912	4,861	5,935
Kiowa County	R	−41.7%	1,495	3,711	5,316
Latimer County	R	−32.9%	1,239	2,520	3,889
Le Flore County	R	−38.3%	3,433	7,932	11,759
Lincoln County	R	−52.9%	1,919	6,512	8,685
Logan County	R	−39.8%	2,760	6,543	9,503
Love County	R	−34.9%	671	1,407	2,108
Major County	R	−70.5%	512	3,203	3,818
Marshall County	R	−33.4%	1,113	2,273	3,477
Mayes County	R	−46.7%	2,656	7,535	10,454
McClain County	R	−49.9%	1,350	4,241	5,797
McCurtain County	R	−42.2%	2,568	6,441	9,175
McIntosh County	R	−30.4%	1,686	3,216	5,034
Murray County	R	−38.6%	1,294	2,983	4,372
Muskogee County	R	−33.7%	7,380	15,161	23,092
Noble County	R	−59.2%	999	4,085	5,212
Nowata County	R	−48.4%	1,096	3,293	4,535
Okfuskee County	R	−35.8%	1,328	2,862	4,289
Oklahoma County	R	−52.6%	46,986	156,437	207,925
Okmulgee County	R	−30.9%	4,494	8,706	13,642
Osage County	R	−50.2%	2,968	9,288	12,591
Ottawa County	R	−38.6%	3,657	8,348	12,163
Pawnee County	R	−56.8%	1,135	4,280	5,537
Payne County	R	−49.3%	5,644	17,019	23,070
Pittsburg County	R	−34.8%	4,748	9,989	15,040
Pontotoc County	R	−46.1%	3,160	8,762	12,162
Pottawatomie County	R	−45.5%	4,822	13,308	18,664
Pushmataha County	R	−40.0%	1,016	2,456	3,599
Roger Mills County	R	−58.8%	420	1,696	2,170
Rogers County	R	−55.7%	2,607	9,697	12,728
Seminole County	R	−42.1%	2,746	6,879	9,824
Sequoyah County	R	−45.3%	2,519	6,842	9,551
Stephens County	R	−46.4%	3,623	10,309	14,396
Texas County	R	−69.2%	924	5,726	6,937
Tillman County	R	−44.2%	1,256	3,331	4,697
Tulsa County	R	−57.4%	32,779	125,278	161,126
Wagoner County	R	−47.3%	2,257	6,569	9,107
Washington County	R	−61.9%	3,658	16,347	20,500
Washita County	R	−45.4%	1,305	3,578	5,008
Woods County	R	−54.9%	1,234	4,413	5,789
Woodward County	R	−63.5%	1,104	5,350	6,683