1972 United States presidential election in Colorado
Results

1972 United States presidential election in Colorado

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

Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Republican	Richard Nixon (incumbent)	597,189	62.61%	7

Democratic	George McGovern	329,980	34.59%	0

American Independent	John G. Schmitz	17,269	1.81%	0

Socialist Labor	Louis Fisher	4,361	0.46%	0

People's	Benjamin Spock	2,403	0.25%	0

Libertarian	John Hospers	1,111	0.12%	0

Socialist Workers	Linda Jenness	666	0.07%	0

Prohibition	E. Harold Munn	467	0.05%	0

Communist	Gus Hall	432	0.05%	0

Write-ins	Scattered (write-ins)	6	0.00%	0

Totals	953,884	100.00%	7

Voter turnout	—

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Nixon took 62.61% of the vote to McGovern's 34.59%.

final_sentence: Nixon took 62.61% of the vote to McGovern's 34.59%.