1972 United States presidential election
Results
Nixon's percentage of the popular vote was only marginally less than Lyndon Johnson's record in the 1964 election, and his margin of victory was slightly larger.

1972 United States presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Nixon's percentage of the popular vote was only marginally less than Lyndon Johnson's record in the 1964 election, and his margin of victory was slightly larger.

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

Richard Milhous Nixon (Incumbent)	Republican	California	47,168,710	60.67%	520	Spiro Theodore Agnew	Maryland	520

George Stanley McGovern	Democratic	South Dakota	29,173,222	37.52%	17	Robert Sargent Shriver	Maryland	17

John G. Schmitz	American Independent	California	1,100,868	1.42%	0	Thomas J. Anderson	Tennessee	0

Linda Jenness	Socialist Workers	Georgia	83,380	0.11%	0	Andrew Pulley	Illinois	0

Benjamin Spock	People's	California	78,759	0.10%	0	Julius Hobson	District of Columbia	0

Louis Fisher	Socialist Labor	Illinois	53,814	0.07%	0	Genevieve Gunderson	Minnesota	0

Gus Hall	Communist	New York	25,597	0.03%	0	Jarvis Tyner	Pennsylvania	0

Evelyn Reed	Socialist Workers	New York	13,878	0.02%	0	Clifton DeBerry	Illinois	0

E. Harold Munn	Prohibition	Michigan	13,497	0.02%	0	Marshall Uncapher	Kansas	0

John G. Hospers	Libertarian	California	3,674	0.00%	1	Theodora Nathan	Oregon	1

John Mahalchik	America First	New Jersey	1,743	0.00%	0	Irv Homer	Pennsylvania	0

Other	26,880	0.04%	—	Other	—

Total	77,744,027	100%	538	538

Needed to win	270	270

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John Hospers of the Libertarian Party received 3,674 votes.
John Hospers and Nathan of the Libertarian Party received 3,674 votes.
John Hospers of the Libertarian Party received 3,674 votes.

final_sentence: John Hospers of the Libertarian Party received 3,674 votes.
final_sentence: John Hospers and Nathan of the Libertarian Party received 3,674 votes.
final_sentence: John Hospers of the Libertarian Party received 3,674 votes.