| EV | President | Vice President | |||
| Candidate | Richard Nixon | George McGovern | Spiro Agnew | R. Sargent Shriver | |
| Home State | New York | South Dakota | Maryland | Maryland | |
| Party | Republican | Democratic | Republican | Democratic | |
| Alabama | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | - |
| Alaska | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Arizona | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| Arkansas | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| California | 45 | 45 | - | 45 | - |
| Colorado | 7 | 7 | - | 7 | - |
| Connecticut | 8 | 8 | - | 8 | - |
| Delaware | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| D. C. | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Florida | 17 | 17 | - | 17 | - |
| Georgia | 12 | 12 | - | 12 | - |
| Hawaii | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Idaho | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Illinois | 26 | 26 | - | 26 | - |
| Indiana | 13 | 13 | - | 13 | - |
| Iowa | 8 | 8 | - | 8 | - |
| Kansas | 7 | 7 | - | 7 | - |
| Kentucky | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | - |
| Louisiana | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Maine | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Maryland | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Massachusetts | 14 | - | 14 | - | 14 |
| Michigan | 21 | 21 | - | 21 | - |
| Minnesota | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Mississippi | 7 | 7 | - | 7 | - |
| Missouri | 12 | 12 | - | 12 | - |
| Montana | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Nebraska | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | - |
| Nevada | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| New Jersey | 17 | 17 | - | 17 | - |
| New Mexico | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| New York | 41 | 41 | - | 41 | - |
| North Carolina | 13 | 13 | - | 13 | - |
| North Dakota | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Ohio | 25 | 25 | - | 25 | - |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 8 | - | 8 | - |
| Oregon | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | 27 | - | 27 | - |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| South Carolina | 8 | 8 | - | 8 | - |
| South Dakota | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Tennessee | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Texas | 26 | 26 | - | 26 | - |
| Utah | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Vermont | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Virginia* | 12 | 11 | - | 11 | - |
| Washington | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | - |
| West Virginia | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 11 | - | 11 | - |
| Wyoming | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Total | 538 | 520 | 17 | 520 | 17 |
Notes:
- In Virginia, one Nixon Elector cast his vote for John Hospers (President) and Theodora Nathan (Vice President).
National Results for 1972
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