Richard Nixon carried Texas R+33.0.

George McGovern (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Texas, 1972. The state ran 9.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+23.2 nationally).

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

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Texas result

3,472,714 votes counted

McGovern (D)

1,154,291

33.2%

Nixon (R)

2,298,896

66.2%

All others

19,527

0.6%

Margin

R+33.0

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1972 presidential election

Texas, 1972

NixonR+33.0

How it voted

Share of the 1972 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	66.2%	2,298,896
George McGovernDemocratic	33.2%	1,154,291
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	19,527

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1972 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1972

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−44.6%	2,233	5,826	8,065
Andrews County	R	−58.5%	677	2,615	3,310
Angelina County	R	−39.1%	4,970	11,453	16,589
Aransas County	R	−41.3%	844	2,037	2,890
Archer County	R	−40.1%	632	1,494	2,152
Armstrong County	R	−62.1%	177	768	951
Atascosa County	R	−30.6%	1,804	3,400	5,208
Austin County	R	−49.1%	1,043	3,084	4,154
Bailey County	R	−59.5%	465	1,837	2,305
Bandera County	R	−60.3%	434	1,796	2,259
Bastrop County	R	−23.8%	1,906	3,097	5,010
Baylor County	R	−33.1%	598	1,190	1,789
Bee County	R	−29.2%	2,067	3,779	5,866
Bell County	R	−43.7%	6,848	17,525	24,411
Bexar County	R	−19.9%	91,662	137,572	230,193
Blanco County	R	−44.5%	460	1,215	1,695
Borden County	R	−54.0%	96	330	433
Bosque County	R	−48.6%	1,014	2,947	3,976
Bowie County	R	−47.4%	5,227	14,722	20,015
Brazoria County	R	−29.9%	11,350	21,045	32,432
Brazos County	R	−42.6%	5,692	14,243	20,051
Brewster County	R	−25.3%	904	1,524	2,446
Briscoe County	R	−29.3%	349	642	1,000
Brooks County	D	+19.4%	1,657	1,117	2,781
Brown County	R	−46.4%	2,171	5,990	8,233
Burleson County	R	−12.8%	1,361	1,762	3,125
Burnet County	R	−47.2%	1,227	3,438	4,688
Caldwell County	R	−23.2%	1,974	3,171	5,160
Calhoun County	R	−30.1%	1,936	3,614	5,566
Callahan County	R	−53.0%	665	2,223	2,939
Cameron County	R	−21.8%	13,340	20,816	34,300
Camp County	R	−21.1%	1,041	1,599	2,641
Carson County	R	−53.0%	561	1,868	2,466
Cass County	R	−45.6%	1,981	5,303	7,288
Castro County	R	−38.1%	751	1,685	2,451
Chambers County	R	−32.9%	1,206	2,390	3,602
Cherokee County	R	−39.5%	2,467	5,743	8,288
Childress County	R	−40.2%	729	1,716	2,458
Clay County	R	−29.5%	1,023	1,893	2,945
Cochran County	R	−45.0%	415	1,106	1,536
Coke County	R	−35.5%	358	761	1,134
Coleman County	R	−53.5%	721	2,386	3,112
Collin County	R	−56.9%	4,783	17,667	22,637
Collingsworth County	R	−42.8%	501	1,250	1,751
Colorado County	R	−39.7%	1,502	3,495	5,017
Comal County	R	−57.2%	1,823	6,761	8,628
Comanche County	R	−37.5%	1,176	2,608	3,818
Concho County	R	−33.9%	350	709	1,059
Cooke County	R	−57.2%	1,702	6,317	8,070
Coryell County	R	−60.4%	1,235	5,077	6,366
Cottle County	D	+0.6%	571	564	1,135
Crane County	R	−50.9%	349	1,123	1,522
Crockett County	R	−44.2%	329	851	1,180
Crosby County	R	−19.0%	1,021	1,503	2,541
Culberson County	R	−39.5%	238	555	803
Dallam County	R	−57.9%	327	1,271	1,629
Dallas County	R	−40.0%	129,662	305,112	438,795
Dawson County	R	−58.6%	846	3,247	4,095
Deaf Smith County	R	−48.9%	1,240	3,690	5,009
Delta County	R	−24.3%	581	957	1,546
Denton County	R	−32.6%	9,720	19,138	28,920
DeWitt County	R	−46.6%	1,357	3,755	5,147
Dickens County	R	−14.0%	534	708	1,245
Dimmit County	R	−4.2%	1,078	1,172	2,262
Donley County	R	−55.6%	350	1,229	1,581
Duval County	D	+71.4%	3,729	623	4,352
Eastland County	R	−43.1%	1,630	4,106	5,743
Ector County	R	−59.1%	5,449	21,386	26,960
Edwards County	R	−64.8%	109	520	634
El Paso County	R	−21.1%	32,435	49,981	83,090
Ellis County	R	−39.1%	3,839	8,779	12,626
Erath County	R	−48.6%	1,648	4,777	6,433
Falls County	R	−24.5%	1,825	3,017	4,857
Fannin County	R	−24.8%	2,295	3,826	6,181
Fayette County	R	−46.9%	1,400	3,882	5,291
Fisher County	R	−12.8%	933	1,207	2,147
Floyd County	R	−44.3%	841	2,181	3,022
Foard County	R	−8.3%	312	369	685
Fort Bend County	R	−39.3%	4,541	10,475	15,089
Franklin County	R	−31.9%	546	1,059	1,607
Freestone County	R	−31.4%	1,283	2,459	3,748
Frio County	R	−9.0%	1,588	1,904	3,511
Gaines County	R	−47.8%	669	1,923	2,625
Galveston County	R	−15.6%	22,565	30,936	53,811
Garza County	R	−44.2%	446	1,153	1,599
Gillespie County	R	−72.8%	526	3,490	4,074
Glasscock County	R	−57.7%	75	288	369
Goliad County	R	−37.3%	464	1,018	1,484
Gonzales County	R	−39.8%	1,164	2,707	3,876
Gray County	R	−69.9%	1,367	7,968	9,444
Grayson County	R	−41.4%	6,952	16,769	23,734
Gregg County	R	−56.8%	5,325	19,927	25,716
Grimes County	R	−33.4%	1,116	2,243	3,376
Guadalupe County	R	−41.7%	3,404	8,287	11,698
Hale County	R	−53.0%	2,135	7,051	9,273
Hall County	R	−36.0%	607	1,303	1,934
Hamilton County	R	−47.6%	685	1,931	2,617
Hansford County	R	−79.7%	202	1,947	2,190
Hardeman County	R	−37.4%	614	1,357	1,987
Hardin County	R	−27.4%	2,952	5,190	8,157
Harris County	R	−25.6%	215,916	365,672	584,531
Harrison County	R	−37.5%	4,333	9,600	14,060
Hartley County	R	−62.7%	206	946	1,180
Haskell County	R	−29.5%	950	1,744	2,694
Hays County	R	−14.1%	4,068	5,406	9,519
Hemphill County	R	−62.9%	214	942	1,157
Henderson County	R	−39.1%	2,741	6,263	9,013
Hidalgo County	R	−11.0%	18,366	22,920	41,499
Hill County	R	−40.7%	1,882	4,481	6,379
Hockley County	R	−42.7%	1,625	4,084	5,765
Hood County	R	−29.3%	949	1,743	2,710
Hopkins County	R	−38.9%	1,710	3,903	5,640
Houston County	R	−28.4%	1,844	3,317	5,187
Howard County	R	−45.9%	2,714	7,343	10,080
Hudspeth County	R	−29.8%	250	467	727
Hunt County	R	−44.4%	3,655	9,535	13,239
Hutchinson County	R	−65.8%	1,405	7,411	9,121
Irion County	R	−52.8%	111	363	477
Jack County	R	−37.7%	775	1,719	2,507
Jackson County	R	−40.2%	1,163	2,743	3,929
Jasper County	R	−25.0%	2,746	4,575	7,325
Jeff Davis County	R	−30.3%	202	382	595
Jefferson County	R	−21.0%	29,909	45,819	75,837
Jim Hogg County	D	+5.1%	848	765	1,618
Jim Wells County	R	−9.1%	4,404	5,283	9,698
Johnson County	R	−43.0%	3,968	10,042	14,136
Jones County	R	−50.5%	1,050	3,202	4,263
Karnes County	R	−19.4%	1,780	2,639	4,428
Kaufman County	R	−29.2%	2,795	5,100	7,906
Kendall County	R	−69.0%	484	2,681	3,183
Kenedy County	R	−16.9%	88	124	213
Kent County	R	−35.2%	223	465	688
Kerr County	R	−58.4%	1,511	6,039	7,760
Kimble County	R	−56.7%	266	971	1,243
King County	R	−31.1%	75	143	219
Kinney County	R	−28.9%	234	425	660
Kleberg County	R	−8.5%	4,481	5,312	9,803
Knox County	R	−28.3%	638	1,148	1,800
La Salle County	R	−30.7%	567	1,073	1,648
Lamar County	R	−45.7%	2,865	7,736	10,652
Lamb County	R	−49.0%	1,350	3,981	5,366
Lampasas County	R	−53.0%	688	2,251	2,949
Lavaca County	R	−39.4%	1,429	3,288	4,721
Lee County	R	−34.0%	920	1,877	2,814
Leon County	R	−32.6%	863	1,699	2,568
Liberty County	R	−29.7%	3,311	6,111	9,432
Limestone County	R	−33.8%	1,452	2,949	4,423
Lipscomb County	R	−76.4%	156	1,226	1,400
Live Oak County	R	−48.1%	610	1,745	2,359
Llano County	R	−47.5%	766	2,164	2,943
Loving County	R	−77.4%	7	55	62
Lubbock County	R	−47.6%	15,353	43,564	59,296
Lynn County	R	−43.3%	697	1,766	2,471
Madison County	R	−46.6%	561	1,540	2,101
Marion County	R	−20.6%	1,106	1,680	2,790
Martin County	R	−52.1%	287	935	1,243
Mason County	R	−48.9%	369	1,096	1,487
Matagorda County	R	−33.8%	2,473	5,003	7,495
Maverick County	D	+7.3%	1,710	1,477	3,197
McCulloch County	R	−40.2%	753	1,769	2,525
McLennan County	R	−35.2%	15,947	33,377	49,485
McMullen County	R	−54.5%	88	304	396
Medina County	R	−45.2%	1,507	4,059	5,649
Menard County	R	−40.3%	273	644	921
Midland County	R	−61.1%	4,388	18,905	23,750
Milam County	R	−24.4%	2,159	3,554	5,719
Mills County	R	−47.3%	388	1,089	1,483
Mitchell County	R	−43.8%	699	1,790	2,492
Montague County	R	−45.7%	1,286	3,463	4,768
Montgomery County	R	−55.1%	4,358	15,067	19,447
Moore County	R	−60.8%	863	3,620	4,538
Morris County	R	−39.6%	1,162	2,699	3,885
Motley County	R	−47.1%	230	657	906
Nacogdoches County	R	−41.0%	3,656	8,757	12,437
Navarro County	R	−30.0%	3,246	6,039	9,303
Newton County	R	−8.6%	1,636	1,946	3,605
Nolan County	R	−46.1%	1,338	3,634	4,976
Nueces County	R	−11.2%	33,277	41,682	75,250
Ochiltree County	R	−80.0%	298	2,861	3,202
Oldham County	R	−57.1%	173	666	863
Orange County	R	−29.6%	7,172	13,234	20,478
Palo Pinto County	R	−39.7%	2,181	5,058	7,247
Panola County	R	−48.0%	1,511	4,324	5,864
Parker County	R	−38.3%	3,184	7,152	10,349
Parmer County	R	−64.1%	495	2,304	2,823
Pecos County	R	−47.5%	847	2,419	3,309
Polk County	R	−26.7%	1,760	3,048	4,828
Potter County	R	−49.8%	6,264	18,891	25,335
Presidio County	R	−7.6%	674	785	1,462
Rains County	R	−23.7%	532	865	1,404
Randall County	R	−67.6%	3,470	18,557	22,323
Reagan County	R	−48.1%	244	703	955
Real County	R	−51.9%	150	483	642
Red River County	R	−39.1%	1,361	3,112	4,475
Reeves County	R	−23.3%	1,510	2,427	3,942
Refugio County	R	−29.2%	1,060	1,937	3,000
Roberts County	R	−72.0%	71	467	550
Robertson County	R	−0.0%	1,976	1,977	3,953
Rockwall County	R	−50.8%	610	1,890	2,518
Runnels County	R	−57.7%	739	2,752	3,491
Rusk County	R	−48.0%	2,867	8,179	11,072
Sabine County	R	−17.5%	936	1,333	2,273
San Augustine County	R	−33.3%	753	1,508	2,268
San Jacinto County	R	−11.9%	1,020	1,296	2,322
San Patricio County	R	−16.7%	5,097	7,179	12,502
San Saba County	R	−32.1%	567	1,106	1,681
Schleicher County	R	−43.1%	250	630	881
Scurry County	R	−50.6%	1,223	3,777	5,050
Shackelford County	R	−46.5%	331	909	1,244
Shelby County	R	−41.0%	1,792	4,292	6,092
Sherman County	R	−70.0%	169	996	1,181
Smith County	R	−49.1%	8,041	23,671	31,827
Somervell County	R	−42.5%	284	703	987
Starr County	D	+16.3%	3,320	2,389	5,713
Stephens County	R	−53.7%	678	2,259	2,944
Sterling County	R	−50.1%	94	286	383
Stonewall County	R	−24.9%	394	662	1,075
Sutton County	R	−48.1%	245	705	957
Swisher County	R	−15.7%	1,300	1,790	3,122
Tarrant County	R	−37.3%	69,187	151,596	221,138
Taylor County	R	−57.1%	6,024	22,417	28,731
Terrell County	R	−58.0%	124	467	591
Terry County	R	−46.7%	1,099	3,057	4,190
Throckmorton County	R	−23.9%	348	568	919
Titus County	R	−36.5%	1,703	3,671	5,393
Tom Green County	R	−44.2%	6,082	15,784	21,961
Travis County	R	−13.1%	54,157	70,561	125,329
Trinity County	R	−27.9%	826	1,467	2,295
Tyler County	R	−38.1%	1,321	2,955	4,290
Upshur County	R	−43.1%	1,879	4,736	6,624
Upton County	R	−63.6%	256	1,186	1,463
Uvalde County	R	−45.9%	1,438	3,883	5,327
Val Verde County	R	−32.7%	2,049	4,052	6,124
Van Zandt County	R	−42.7%	1,939	4,839	6,784
Victoria County	R	−45.3%	4,226	11,246	15,498
Walker County	R	−26.6%	2,940	5,082	8,041
Waller County	R	−18.9%	1,538	2,263	3,839
Ward County	R	−43.2%	1,049	2,687	3,792
Washington County	R	−48.8%	1,323	3,862	5,198
Webb County	D	+16.8%	8,435	6,011	14,458
Wharton County	R	−28.6%	3,481	6,271	9,757
Wheeler County	R	−55.7%	502	1,766	2,268
Wichita County	R	−38.8%	10,948	25,197	36,682
Wilbarger County	R	−45.2%	1,139	3,183	4,519
Willacy County	R	−25.0%	1,384	2,317	3,730
Williamson County	R	−29.4%	3,806	6,998	10,867
Wilson County	R	−17.5%	2,072	2,953	5,032
Winkler County	R	−60.3%	602	2,467	3,095
Wise County	R	−41.4%	1,741	4,230	6,006
Wood County	R	−43.6%	1,842	4,746	6,658
Yoakum County	R	−61.2%	457	1,952	2,443
Young County	R	−38.6%	1,486	3,353	4,840
Zapata County	D	+5.0%	768	695	1,463
Zavala County	R	−6.8%	1,122	1,288	2,432