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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
706,207 |
57.61% | 8 |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
496,206 |
40.48% | 0 |
| John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | American Ind. |
22,056 |
1.80% | 0 |
| Other (+) | - | - |
1,475 |
0.12% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 2,913,808 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 20.1 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 2,860,506 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 19.8 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 2,825,368 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 19.5 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 8 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 357,563 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 144,701 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 0.3 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Iowa Secretary of State, State of Iowa Canvass of the Vote General Election November 7, 1972 (Des Moines: State of Iowa, 0)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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