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This article provides a list of scientific, nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the 1972 United States presidential election. Presidential election [ edit ]
Former Vice President Joe Biden had been leading in most national polls, but President Donald Trump believed that the polls would underestimate him again. Although the polls had underestimated Trump's strength nationally and in Ohio, Florida, and Iowa, Biden won back the blue Midwestern states and made inroads in the Sun Belt to win the election.
This marked the most recent time that the Republican nominee carried Minnesota in a presidential election; it also made Nixon the only two-term vice president to be elected president twice. The 1972 election was the first since the ratification of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, further expanding the electorate.
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Elections were held on November 7, 1972, 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 of Congress.
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Voters chose ten electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota was won by the Republican candidate, incumbent President Richard Nixon, who won the state over U.S. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota by a margin of 95,923 votes, or 5.51%, the closest state in the election. This ...
Chisholm left a Brooklyn voting booth after voting in the 1972 Presidential Election. Her husband, Conrad, went with her to the polls. New York Daily News Archive - Getty Images