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Oklahoma voted in a landslide for incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon over his Democratic challenger George McGovern. Nixon's winning margin of 49.70 percentage points made Oklahoma his third-strongest state, behind Mississippi and Georgia , [ 1 ] and 26.55 percentage points more Republican than the nation at-large.
The 1972 United States elections were held on November 7, and elected the members of the 93rd United States Congress. The election took place during the later stages of the Vietnam War . The Republican Party won a landslide victory in the presidential election, and picked up seats in the House, but the Democratic Party easily retained control ...
McGovern, a staunch liberal Democrat best known for his strong principled opposition to the Vietnam War, was painted by the Nixon campaign as an extremist too far to the left of the American mainstream at the time, and this paid off in delivering Nixon a nationwide re-election landslide. Prior to 1972, Massachusetts had been a Democratic ...
Nixon went on to win the election nationally, by a landslide margin of 23.15% of the popular vote. McGovern carried only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia . As of 2025, this is the last time Minnesota, a state that has generally favored Democrats since the New Deal , was carried by a Republican, as well as the last election in which ...
Nixon ran with Vice President, and former Maryland Governor, Spiro Agnew for vice president, and McGovern ran with United States Ambassador Sargent Shriver for vice president. In the midst of a nationwide Republican landslide, Nixon took 58.54% of the vote in New York State to McGovern's 41.21%, a margin of 17.34%.
A viral exchange on X blames President Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision to withdraw from the race for Nixon’s election. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...
President Nixon signs Title IX into law as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, prohibiting gender discrimination in any educational program receiving federal funds. June 26 – Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney co-found Atari, Inc. June 28 – U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that no new draftees will be sent to Vietnam. June 29 ...
Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Senator George McGovern. Nixon won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 19.98%, winning every county except for Philadelphia. This result nonetheless was over 3% more Democratic than the nation at-large.