1972 United States presidential election in Michigan
Results
Table:
1972 United States presidential election in Michigan

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

Republican

Richard Nixon (inc.)

1,961,721

56.20%

Democratic

George McGovern

1,459,435

41.81%

American Independent

John G. Schmitz

63,321

1.81%

Socialist Labor

Louis Fisher

2,437

0.07%

Socialist Workers

Linda Jenness

1,603

0.05%

Communist

Gus Hall

1,210

0.03%

Write-in

598

0.02%

Total votes

3,490,325

100%

Drawing on the following table labelled "Results" section of 1972 United States presidential election in Michigan, respond to this question in a short sentence: How much of the vote did the top 2 candidates receive? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Incumbent President Richard Nixon (R), received 56.20% of the vote, while George McGovern (D) received 41.81% of the vote.