1972 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Results

1972 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

Section Title: Results
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United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1972

Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Democratic	George McGovern	1,332,540	54.20%	14

Republican	Richard Nixon	1,112,078	45.23%	0

Socialist Workers	Linda Jenness	10,600	0.43%	0

American Independent	John G. Schmitz (Write-in)	2,877	0.12%	0

Socialist Labor	Louis Fisher (Write-in)	129	0.01%	0

People's	Benjamin Spock (Write-in)	101	0.00%	0

Communist	Gus Hall (Write-in)	46	0.00%	0

Libertarian	John G. Hospers (Write-in)	43	0.00%	0

Write-ins	Scattered (Other write-ins)	342	0.01%	0

Totals	2,458,756	100.00%	14

Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)	62%/79%

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McGovern carried Massachusetts with 54.20 percent of the vote to Nixon’s 45.23 percent, a Democratic victory.

final_sentence: McGovern carried Massachusetts with 54.20 percent of the vote to Nixon’s 45.23 percent, a Democratic victory.