The 1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Arkansas was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 68.82% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 30.71% of the popular vote.[3][4] John G. Schmitz was the only other candidate on the ballot, and, as the candidate for the American Independent Party, he received just over three thousand votes.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last presidential election in which the Republican carried Phillips County, Jefferson County, Lee County, Chicot County, and Desha County in a presidential election. Jackson, Lincoln, and Clark counties would not vote Republican again until 2008, and Woodruff County until 2016.[5]
80% of white voters supported Nixon while 19% supported McGovern.[6][7]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon (inc.) | 445,751 | 68.82% | |
| Democratic | George McGovern | 198,899 | 30.71% | |
| American Independent | John G. Schmitz | 3,016 | 0.47% | |
| Total votes | 647,666 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Richard Nixon Republican | George McGovern Democratic | John G. Schmitz American Independent | Margin | Totals votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 5,225 | 73.46% | 1,849 | 25.99% | 39 | 0.55% | 3,376 | 47.47% | 7,113 |
| Ashley | 5,506 | 76.44% | 1,680 | 23.32% | 17 | 0.24% | 3,826 | 53.12% | 7,203 |
| Baxter | 6,754 | 70.65% | 2,677 | 28.00% | 129 | 1.35% | 4,077 | 42.65% | 9,560 |
| Benton | 14,621 | 77.86% | 4,083 | 21.74% | 74 | 0.39% | 10,538 | 56.12% | 18,778 |
| Boone | 5,484 | 74.49% | 1,862 | 25.29% | 16 | 0.22% | 3,622 | 49.20% | 7,362 |
| Bradley | 3,218 | 69.74% | 1,368 | 29.65% | 28 | 0.61% | 1,850 | 40.09% | 4,614 |
| Calhoun | 1,298 | 64.26% | 707 | 35.00% | 15 | 0.74% | 591 | 29.26% | 2,020 |
| Carroll | 3,565 | 70.09% | 1,401 | 27.55% | 120 | 2.36% | 2,164 | 42.54% | 5,086 |
| Chicot | 2,858 | 65.96% | 1,469 | 33.90% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,389 | 32.06% | 4,333 |
| Clark | 4,173 | 59.96% | 2,741 | 39.38% | 46 | 0.66% | 1,432 | 20.58% | 6,960 |
| Clay | 4,381 | 69.39% | 1,933 | 30.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,448 | 38.78% | 6,314 |
| Cleburne | 2,870 | 67.15% | 1,400 | 32.76% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,470 | 34.39% | 4,274 |
| Cleveland | 1,837 | 71.45% | 734 | 28.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,103 | 42.90% | 2,571 |
| Columbia | 5,801 | 72.30% | 2,193 | 27.33% | 29 | 0.36% | 3,608 | 44.97% | 8,023 |
| Conway | 4,187 | 58.11% | 3,009 | 41.76% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,178 | 16.35% | 7,205 |
| Craighead | 11,312 | 65.94% | 5,843 | 34.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,469 | 31.88% | 17,155 |
| Crawford | 6,974 | 81.41% | 1,520 | 17.74% | 72 | 0.84% | 5,454 | 63.67% | 8,566 |
| Crittenden | 7,971 | 71.06% | 3,246 | 28.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,725 | 42.12% | 11,217 |
| Cross | 3,743 | 72.78% | 1,221 | 23.74% | 179 | 3.48% | 2,522 | 49.04% | 5,143 |
| Dallas | 2,152 | 60.55% | 1,402 | 39.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 750 | 21.10% | 3,554 |
| Desha | 3,385 | 66.92% | 1,665 | 32.92% | 8 | 0.16% | 1,720 | 34.00% | 5,058 |
| Drew | 3,334 | 74.06% | 1,168 | 25.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,166 | 48.12% | 4,502 |
| Faulkner | 6,746 | 59.44% | 4,604 | 40.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,142 | 18.88% | 11,350 |
| Franklin | 3,678 | 74.60% | 1,252 | 25.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,426 | 49.20% | 4,930 |
| Fulton | 2,030 | 67.89% | 960 | 32.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,070 | 35.78% | 2,990 |
| Garland | 15,602 | 73.90% | 5,207 | 24.66% | 303 | 1.44% | 10,395 | 49.24% | 21,112 |
| Grant | 2,414 | 67.41% | 1,147 | 32.03% | 20 | 0.56% | 1,267 | 35.38% | 3,581 |
| Greene | 6,128 | 73.03% | 2,263 | 26.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,865 | 46.06% | 8,391 |
| Hempstead | 4,963 | 70.80% | 2,047 | 29.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,916 | 41.60% | 7,010 |
| Hot Spring | 5,378 | 64.54% | 2,872 | 34.47% | 83 | 1.00% | 2,506 | 30.07% | 8,333 |
| Howard | 2,682 | 71.50% | 1,069 | 28.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,613 | 43.00% | 3,751 |
| Independence | 5,076 | 65.74% | 2,630 | 34.06% | 15 | 0.19% | 2,446 | 31.68% | 7,721 |
| Izard | 2,001 | 64.26% | 1,108 | 35.58% | 5 | 0.16% | 893 | 28.68% | 3,114 |
| Jackson | 4,196 | 66.73% | 2,092 | 33.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,104 | 33.46% | 6,288 |
| Jefferson | 16,888 | 61.95% | 10,346 | 37.95% | 26 | 0.10% | 6,542 | 24.00% | 27,260 |
| Johnson | 4,107 | 66.76% | 2,045 | 33.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,062 | 33.52% | 6,152 |
| Lafayette | 2,460 | 71.91% | 952 | 27.83% | 9 | 0.26% | 1,508 | 44.08% | 3,421 |
| Lawrence | 3,981 | 69.45% | 1,751 | 30.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,230 | 38.90% | 5,732 |
| Lee | 3,540 | 64.59% | 1,907 | 34.79% | 34 | 0.62% | 1,633 | 29.80% | 5,481 |
| Lincoln | 2,318 | 67.52% | 1,115 | 32.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,203 | 35.04% | 3,433 |
| Little River | 2,550 | 70.04% | 1,091 | 29.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,459 | 40.08% | 3,641 |
| Logan | 4,964 | 71.42% | 1,956 | 28.14% | 30 | 0.43% | 3,008 | 43.28% | 6,950 |
| Lonoke | 5,298 | 67.62% | 2,504 | 31.96% | 33 | 0.42% | 2,794 | 35.66% | 7,835 |
| Madison | 3,372 | 64.09% | 1,889 | 35.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,483 | 28.18% | 5,261 |
| Marion | 2,331 | 66.66% | 1,108 | 31.68% | 58 | 1.66% | 1,223 | 34.98% | 3,497 |
| Miller | 8,355 | 74.53% | 2,855 | 25.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,500 | 49.06% | 11,210 |
| Mississippi | 10,931 | 74.73% | 3,544 | 24.23% | 152 | 1.04% | 7,387 | 50.50% | 14,627 |
| Monroe | 2,897 | 63.45% | 1,578 | 34.56% | 91 | 1.99% | 1,319 | 28.89% | 4,566 |
| Montgomery | 1,555 | 68.17% | 688 | 30.16% | 38 | 1.67% | 867 | 38.01% | 2,281 |
| Nevada | 2,513 | 68.07% | 1,179 | 31.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,334 | 36.14% | 3,692 |
| Newton | 1,924 | 69.84% | 831 | 30.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,093 | 39.68% | 2,755 |
| Ouachita | 6,620 | 62.68% | 3,931 | 37.22% | 11 | 0.10% | 2,689 | 25.46% | 10,562 |
| Perry | 1,445 | 63.88% | 810 | 35.81% | 7 | 0.31% | 635 | 28.07% | 2,262 |
| Phillips | 6,235 | 58.90% | 4,283 | 40.46% | 68 | 0.64% | 1,952 | 18.44% | 10,586 |
| Pike | 2,316 | 73.69% | 798 | 25.39% | 29 | 0.92% | 1,518 | 48.30% | 3,143 |
| Poinsett | 7,010 | 77.91% | 1,908 | 21.20% | 80 | 0.89% | 5,102 | 56.71% | 8,998 |
| Polk | 3,609 | 74.83% | 1,120 | 23.22% | 94 | 1.95% | 2,489 | 51.61% | 4,823 |
| Pope | 6,917 | 67.52% | 3,302 | 32.23% | 25 | 0.24% | 3,615 | 35.29% | 10,244 |
| Prairie | 2,186 | 71.46% | 873 | 28.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,313 | 42.92% | 3,059 |
| Pulaski | 57,576 | 62.95% | 33,611 | 36.75% | 281 | 0.31% | 23,965 | 26.20% | 91,468 |
| Randolph | 2,578 | 62.83% | 1,525 | 37.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,053 | 25.66% | 4,103 |
| St. Francis | 5,692 | 65.95% | 2,674 | 30.98% | 265 | 3.07% | 3,018 | 34.97% | 8,631 |
| Saline | 7,972 | 63.64% | 4,503 | 35.95% | 52 | 0.42% | 3,469 | 27.69% | 12,527 |
| Scott | 2,424 | 75.87% | 771 | 24.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,653 | 51.74% | 3,195 |
| Searcy | 3,163 | 78.76% | 853 | 21.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,310 | 57.52% | 4,016 |
| Sebastian | 25,219 | 81.23% | 5,770 | 18.58% | 58 | 0.19% | 19,449 | 62.65% | 31,047 |
| Sevier | 2,526 | 69.91% | 1,048 | 29.01% | 39 | 1.08% | 1,478 | 40.90% | 3,613 |
| Sharp | 2,677 | 69.71% | 1,154 | 30.05% | 9 | 0.23% | 1,523 | 39.66% | 3,840 |
| Stone | 1,989 | 67.38% | 958 | 32.45% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,031 | 34.93% | 2,952 |
| Union | 11,925 | 76.72% | 3,531 | 22.72% | 87 | 0.56% | 8,394 | 54.00% | 15,543 |
| Van Buren | 2,622 | 61.91% | 1,594 | 37.64% | 19 | 0.45% | 1,028 | 24.27% | 4,235 |
| Washington | 17,523 | 70.94% | 7,108 | 28.78% | 70 | 0.28% | 10,415 | 42.16% | 24,701 |
| White | 8,701 | 67.24% | 4,161 | 32.15% | 79 | 0.61% | 4,540 | 35.09% | 12,941 |
| Woodruff | 1,989 | 61.73% | 1,183 | 36.72% | 50 | 1.55% | 806 | 25.01% | 3,222 |
| Yell | 3,310 | 66.48% | 1,669 | 33.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,641 | 32.96% | 4,979 |
| Totals | 445,751 | 68.82% | 198,899 | 30.71% | 3,016 | 0.47% | 246,852 | 38.11% | 647,666 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from American Independent to Republican
- Arkansas
- Ashley
- Bradley
- Calhoun
- Clark
- Cleburne
- Columbia
- Cleveland
- Craighead
- Crawford
- Cross
- Crittenden
- Dallas
- Desha
- Faulkner
- Drew
- Franklin
- Grant
- Greene
- Hempstead
- Howard
- Hot Spring
- Izard
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Lafayette
- Lawrence
- Lincoln
- Little River
- Lonoke
- Mississippi
- Monroe
- Miller
- Montgomery
- Nevada
- Ouachita
- Perry
- Pike
- Poinsett
- Prairie
- Randolph
- St. Francis
- Saline
- Scott
- Sevier
- Sharp
- White
- Yell
- Union
- Woodruff
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