Richard Nixon carried Oregon R+10.1.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Oregon, 1972. The state ran 13.0 points more Democratic than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Oregon result

927,946 votes counted

McGovern (D)

392,760

42.3%

Nixon (R)

486,686

52.4%

All others

48,500

5.2%

Margin

R+10.1

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1972 presidential election

Oregon, 1972

NixonR+10.1

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	52.4%	486,686
George McGovernDemocratic	42.3%	392,760
OtherAll other candidates	5.2%	48,500

D+60

R+60

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

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Oregon's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Oregon's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−26.4%
1896	−2.1%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−47.6%
1908	−22.1%
1912	+9.0%
1916	−2.6%
1920	−26.7%
1924	−26.8%
1928	−30.0%
1932	+21.1%
1936	+34.8%
1940	+8.1%
1944	+4.8%
1948	−3.4%
1952	−21.6%
1956	−10.5%
1960	−5.2%
1964	+27.8%
1968	−6.0%
1972	−10.1%
1976	−0.2%
1980	−9.7%
1984	−12.2%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+10.0%
1996	+8.1%
2000	+0.4%
2004	+4.2%
2008	+16.3%
2012	+12.1%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+16.1%
2024	+14.3%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Baker County	R	−22.4%	2,047	3,441	6,220
Benton County	R	−15.4%	10,842	14,906	26,456
Clackamas County	R	−11.8%	32,540	41,767	78,089
Clatsop County	D	+0.2%	6,017	5,998	12,647
Columbia County	D	+5.3%	5,997	5,348	12,284
Coos County	D	+6.1%	11,778	10,370	23,213
Crook County	R	−10.3%	1,743	2,167	4,123
Curry County	R	−13.2%	2,108	2,832	5,470
Deschutes County	R	−9.6%	6,319	7,747	14,819
Douglas County	R	−25.0%	9,009	15,881	27,508
Gilliam County	R	−29.0%	355	665	1,069
Grant County	R	−28.8%	932	1,781	2,951
Harney County	R	−24.1%	1,004	1,693	2,863
Hood River County	R	−14.1%	2,330	3,152	5,841
Jackson County	R	−22.8%	14,529	24,003	41,561
Jefferson County	R	−18.2%	1,229	1,816	3,221
Josephine County	R	−28.5%	5,090	9,911	16,927
Klamath County	R	−28.8%	5,719	11,169	18,954
Lake County	R	−31.7%	777	1,619	2,653
Lane County	R	−1.6%	46,177	47,739	98,187
Lincoln County	R	−8.4%	5,117	6,112	11,854
Linn County	R	−14.0%	11,178	15,079	27,814
Malheur County	R	−46.0%	1,870	5,908	8,771
Marion County	R	−19.8%	23,908	36,441	63,361
Morrow County	R	−17.0%	718	1,059	2,007
Multnomah County	D	+2.9%	125,470	118,219	252,958
Polk County	R	−19.7%	5,908	8,985	15,609
Sherman County	R	−33.3%	330	677	1,043
Tillamook County	R	−7.2%	3,544	4,120	8,044
Umatilla County	R	−24.2%	6,090	10,470	18,071
Union County	R	−20.0%	3,272	5,073	8,985
Wallowa County	R	−33.0%	899	1,909	3,065
Wasco County	R	−9.0%	3,749	4,537	8,775
Washington County	R	−21.4%	27,890	43,958	75,238
Wheeler County	R	−26.3%	267	474	786
Yamhill County	R	−22.1%	6,008	9,660	16,509