1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Results by county

1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

Section Title: Results by county
Table Section Text: None

Richard Milhous Nixon Republican	George Stanley McGovern Democratic	Various candidates Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast

County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#

Adams	13,593	70.19%	5,529	28.55%	243	1.25%	8,064	41.64%	19,365

Allegheny	371,737	55.60%	282,496	42.26%	14,302	2.14%	89,241	13.35%	668,535

Armstrong	17,557	61.61%	10,490	36.81%	451	1.58%	7,067	24.80%	28,498

Beaver	43,637	56.42%	31,570	40.82%	2,130	2.75%	12,067	15.60%	77,337

Bedford	11,243	73.30%	3,836	25.01%	259	1.69%	7,407	48.29%	15,338

Berks	66,172	62.35%	36,563	34.45%	3,392	3.20%	29,609	27.90%	106,127

Blair	33,126	75.10%	10,023	22.72%	961	2.18%	23,103	52.38%	44,110

Bradford	15,050	73.57%	5,204	25.44%	204	1.00%	9,846	48.13%	20,458

Bucks	99,684	62.28%	56,784	35.48%	3,591	2.24%	42,900	26.80%	160,059

Butler	29,665	65.09%	14,695	32.24%	1,214	2.66%	14,970	32.85%	45,574

Cambria	43,825	60.05%	27,950	38.30%	1,200	1.64%	15,875	21.75%	72,975

Cameron	1,935	68.45%	828	29.29%	64	2.26%	1,107	39.16%	2,827

Carbon	11,639	59.05%	7,774	39.44%	299	1.52%	3,865	19.61%	19,712

Centre	20,683	60.48%	13,194	38.58%	320	0.94%	7,489	21.90%	34,197

Chester	72,726	68.44%	31,118	29.29%	2,415	2.27%	41,608	39.16%	106,259

Clarion	10,073	67.96%	4,509	30.42%	239	1.61%	5,564	37.54%	14,821

Clearfield	16,780	63.54%	9,246	35.01%	383	1.45%	7,534	28.53%	26,409

Clinton	8,205	62.54%	4,772	36.37%	142	1.08%	3,433	26.17%	13,119

Columbia	14,187	63.59%	7,222	32.37%	900	4.03%	6,965	31.22%	22,309

Crawford	18,393	64.38%	9,371	32.80%	805	2.82%	9,022	31.58%	28,569

Cumberland	42,099	72.87%	14,562	25.20%	1,114	1.93%	27,537	47.66%	57,775

Dauphin	54,307	69.38%	22,587	28.86%	1,376	1.76%	31,720	40.53%	78,270

Delaware	175,414	63.91%	94,144	34.30%	4,893	1.78%	81,270	29.61%	274,451

Elk	7,900	61.20%	4,710	36.49%	298	2.31%	3,190	24.71%	12,908

Erie	61,542	58.22%	42,022	39.75%	2,149	2.03%	19,520	18.47%	105,713

Fayette	27,288	54.06%	22,475	44.52%	716	1.42%	4,813	9.53%	50,479

Forest	1,374	71.75%	509	26.58%	32	1.67%	865	45.17%	1,915

Franklin	24,093	70.01%	9,456	27.48%	866	2.52%	14,637	42.53%	34,415

Fulton	2,515	66.24%	1,192	31.39%	90	2.37%	1,323	34.84%	3,797

Greene	7,790	57.52%	5,562	41.07%	191	1.41%	2,228	16.45%	13,543

Huntingdon	9,606	72.68%	3,394	25.68%	216	1.63%	6,212	47.00%	13,216

Indiana	18,122	61.90%	10,833	37.01%	319	1.09%	7,289	24.90%	29,274

Jefferson	11,631	68.92%	5,024	29.77%	221	1.31%	6,607	39.15%	16,876

Juniata	4,412	66.32%	2,156	32.41%	85	1.28%	2,256	33.91%	6,653

Lackawanna	58,838	56.11%	45,465	43.35%	566	0.54%	13,373	12.75%	104,869

Lancaster	81,036	75.64%	24,223	22.61%	1,879	1.75%	56,813	53.03%	107,138

Lawrence	23,712	56.06%	17,595	41.60%	990	2.34%	6,117	14.46%	42,297

Lebanon	25,008	77.38%	6,683	20.68%	629	1.95%	18,325	56.70%	32,320

Lehigh	58,023	62.39%	33,325	35.83%	1,654	1.78%	24,698	26.56%	93,002

Luzerne	81,358	60.89%	51,128	38.27%	1,120	0.84%	30,230	22.63%	133,606

Lycoming	28,913	68.70%	11,999	28.51%	1,175	2.79%	16,914	40.19%	42,087

McKean	11,958	71.72%	4,513	27.07%	202	1.21%	7,445	44.65%	16,673

Mercer	27,961	59.37%	18,087	38.40%	1,052	2.23%	9,874	20.96%	47,100

Mifflin	9,989	72.10%	3,667	26.47%	199	1.44%	6,322	45.63%	13,855

Monroe	12,701	67.51%	5,619	29.87%	494	2.63%	7,082	37.64%	18,814

Montgomery	173,662	64.31%	91,959	34.06%	4,397	1.63%	81,703	30.26%	270,018

Montour	4,386	69.64%	1,755	27.87%	157	2.49%	2,631	41.78%	6,298

Northampton	41,822	56.30%	32,335	43.53%	124	0.17%	9,487	12.77%	74,281

Northumberland	25,912	64.16%	13,885	34.38%	588	1.46%	12,027	29.78%	40,385

Perry	8,082	73.31%	2,731	24.77%	212	1.92%	5,351	48.54%	11,025

Philadelphia	344,096	43.89%	431,736	55.07%	8,138	1.04%	87,640	11.18%	783,970

Pike	4,568	74.79%	1,385	22.68%	155	2.54%	3,183	52.11%	6,108

Potter	4,422	70.91%	1,710	27.42%	104	1.67%	2,712	43.49%	6,236

Schuylkill	44,071	61.56%	26,077	36.42%	1,447	2.02%	17,994	25.13%	71,595

Snyder	7,308	78.20%	1,834	19.63%	203	2.17%	5,474	58.58%	9,345

Somerset	19,739	68.44%	8,743	30.31%	359	1.24%	10,996	38.13%	28,841

Sullivan	1,886	67.17%	885	31.52%	37	1.32%	1,001	35.65%	2,808

Susquehanna	9,476	67.79%	4,154	29.72%	349	2.50%	5,322	38.07%	13,979

Tioga	10,028	72.05%	3,733	26.82%	157	1.13%	6,295	45.23%	13,918

Union	6,905	73.57%	2,278	24.27%	202	2.15%	4,627	49.30%	9,385

Venango	13,991	67.28%	6,302	30.31%	501	2.41%	7,689	36.98%	20,794

Warren	10,018	66.05%	4,877	32.16%	272	1.79%	5,141	33.90%	15,167

Washington	42,587	54.00%	34,781	44.10%	1,494	1.89%	7,806	9.90%	78,862

Wayne	8,948	74.51%	2,733	22.76%	328	2.73%	6,215	51.75%	12,009

Westmoreland	75,085	54.60%	59,322	43.13%	3,120	2.27%	15,763	11.46%	137,527

Wyoming	6,423	74.42%	2,112	24.47%	96	1.11%	4,311	49.95%	8,631

York	63,606	68.19%	27,520	29.50%	2,154	2.31%	36,086	38.69%	93,280

Totals	2,714,521	59.11%	1,796,951	39.13%	80,634	1.76%	917,570	19.98%	4,592,106

Sentence(s)

Nixon won Pennsylvania by a margin of 19.98 percent, winning every county except for Philadelphia.

final_sentence: Nixon won Pennsylvania by a margin of 19.98 percent, winning every county except for Philadelphia.