Richard Nixon carried Pennsylvania R+20.0.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Pennsylvania, 1972. The state ran 3.2 points more Democratic than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Pennsylvania result

4,592,106 votes counted

McGovern (D)

1,796,951

39.1%

Nixon (R)

2,714,521

59.1%

All others

80,634

1.8%

Margin

R+20.0

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1972 presidential election

Pennsylvania, 1972

NixonR+20.0

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	59.1%	2,714,521
George McGovernDemocratic	39.1%	1,796,951
OtherAll other candidates	1.8%	80,634

D+60

R+60

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

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Pennsylvania's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Pennsylvania's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−6.4%
1896	−24.7%
1900	−24.6%
1904	−40.7%
1908	−23.4%
1912	+10.0%
1916	−14.0%
1920	−38.6%
1924	−46.3%
1928	−31.4%
1932	−5.5%
1936	+16.0%
1940	+6.9%
1944	+2.8%
1948	−4.0%
1952	−5.9%
1956	−13.2%
1960	+2.3%
1964	+30.2%
1968	+3.6%
1972	−20.0%
1976	+2.7%
1980	−7.1%
1984	−7.4%
1988	−2.3%
1992	+9.0%
1996	+9.2%
2000	+4.2%
2004	+2.5%
2008	+10.3%
2012	+5.4%
2016	−0.7%
2020	+1.2%
2024	−1.7%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−41.6%	5,529	13,593	19,365
Allegheny County	R	−13.3%	282,496	371,737	668,535
Armstrong County	R	−24.8%	10,490	17,557	28,498
Beaver County	R	−15.6%	31,570	43,637	77,337
Bedford County	R	−48.3%	3,836	11,243	15,338
Berks County	R	−27.9%	36,563	66,172	106,127
Blair County	R	−52.4%	10,023	33,126	44,110
Bradford County	R	−48.1%	5,204	15,050	20,458
Bucks County	R	−26.8%	56,784	99,684	160,059
Butler County	R	−32.8%	14,695	29,665	45,574
Cambria County	R	−21.8%	27,950	43,825	72,975
Cameron County	R	−39.2%	828	1,935	2,827
Carbon County	R	−19.6%	7,774	11,639	19,712
Centre County	R	−21.9%	13,194	20,683	34,197
Chester County	R	−39.2%	31,118	72,726	106,259
Clarion County	R	−37.5%	4,509	10,073	14,821
Clearfield County	R	−28.5%	9,246	16,780	26,409
Clinton County	R	−26.2%	4,772	8,205	13,119
Columbia County	R	−31.2%	7,222	14,187	22,309
Crawford County	R	−31.6%	9,371	18,393	28,569
Cumberland County	R	−47.7%	14,562	42,099	57,775
Dauphin County	R	−40.5%	22,587	54,307	78,270
Delaware County	R	−29.6%	94,144	175,414	274,451
Elk County	R	−24.7%	4,710	7,900	12,908
Erie County	R	−18.5%	42,022	61,542	105,713
Fayette County	R	−9.5%	22,475	27,288	50,479
Forest County	R	−45.2%	509	1,374	1,915
Franklin County	R	−42.5%	9,456	24,093	34,415
Fulton County	R	−34.8%	1,192	2,515	3,797
Greene County	R	−16.5%	5,562	7,790	13,543
Huntingdon County	R	−47.0%	3,394	9,606	13,216
Indiana County	R	−24.9%	10,833	18,122	29,274
Jefferson County	R	−39.2%	5,024	11,631	16,876
Juniata County	R	−33.9%	2,156	4,412	6,653
Lackawanna County	R	−12.8%	45,465	58,838	104,869
Lancaster County	R	−53.0%	24,223	81,036	107,138
Lawrence County	R	−14.5%	17,595	23,712	42,297
Lebanon County	R	−56.7%	6,683	25,008	32,320
Lehigh County	R	−26.6%	33,325	58,023	93,002
Luzerne County	R	−22.6%	51,128	81,358	133,606
Lycoming County	R	−40.2%	11,999	28,913	42,087
McKean County	R	−44.7%	4,513	11,958	16,673
Mercer County	R	−21.0%	18,087	27,961	47,100
Mifflin County	R	−45.6%	3,667	9,989	13,855
Monroe County	R	−37.6%	5,619	12,701	18,814
Montgomery County	R	−30.3%	91,959	173,662	270,018
Montour County	R	−41.8%	1,755	4,386	6,298
Northampton County	R	−12.8%	32,335	41,822	74,281
Northumberland County	R	−29.8%	13,885	25,912	40,385
Perry County	R	−48.5%	2,731	8,082	11,025
Philadelphia County	D	+11.2%	431,736	344,096	783,970
Pike County	R	−52.1%	1,385	4,568	6,108
Potter County	R	−43.5%	1,710	4,422	6,236
Schuylkill County	R	−25.1%	26,077	44,071	71,595
Snyder County	R	−58.6%	1,834	7,308	9,345
Somerset County	R	−38.1%	8,743	19,739	28,841
Sullivan County	R	−35.6%	885	1,886	2,808
Susquehanna County	R	−38.1%	4,154	9,476	13,979
Tioga County	R	−45.2%	3,733	10,028	13,918
Union County	R	−49.3%	2,278	6,905	9,385
Venango County	R	−37.0%	6,302	13,991	20,794
Warren County	R	−33.9%	4,877	10,018	15,167
Washington County	R	−9.9%	34,781	42,587	78,862
Wayne County	R	−51.8%	2,733	8,948	12,009
Westmoreland County	R	−11.5%	59,322	75,085	137,527
Wyoming County	R	−49.9%	2,112	6,423	8,631
York County	R	−38.7%	27,520	63,606	93,280