1972 United States presidential election in Hawaii
November 7, 1972
 
Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California South Dakota
Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 168,865 101,409
Percentage 62.48% 37.52%
County Results
Nixon
  50-60%
  60-70%

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

 Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1972 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Hawaii was won by incumbent United States President Richard Nixon of California, who was running against Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. Nixon ran for a second time with former Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland, and McGovern ran with former U.S. Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver of Maryland.

Nixon won the election in Hawaii with a decisive 25-point landslide, with a clear majority in all four counties.[1] Nixon was the first Republican to win the state of Hawaii and the only one until Ronald Reagan won the state in 1984. Hawaii’s result was 1.76% more Republican than the nation at large. This marks the only time in which Hawaii voted to the right of Alaska. It is also the first of only two times in the state's history that a Republican candidate for any office has won over 60% of the state's vote (alongside the re-election victory of Governor Lingle in 2006), or has even won 60% of the vote in any of the state's counties.

Nixon was the first Republican to carry any county other than Honolulu. This was the first of three times in which Oahu supported the Republican candidate for President.

Results

1972 United States presidential election in Hawaii
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 168,865 62.48% 4
Democratic George McGovern 101,409 37.52% 0
Libertarian John Hospers - - -
American Independent John G. Schmitz - - -

See also

References

  1. ↑ David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; Hawaii, 1972


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