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Presidential
Candidate | Vice Presidential
Candidate | Political
Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
 | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
478,427 |
70.58% | 8 |
 | George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
189,270 |
27.92% | 0 |
 | John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | Independent |
10,166 |
1.50% | 0 |
| Write-ins | - | - |
17 |
0.00% | 0 |
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Map Key
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| Election Notes:
- McGovern vote is the fusion of Democrat and United Citizen parties.
| Demographic Data
| 1980 Population: | 3,120,729 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 40.0 | persons/km2 | | 1972 Population: | 2,718,404 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 34.9 | persons/km2 | | 1970 Population: | 2,590,713 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 33.2 | persons/km2 | | Total Electoral Vote: | 8 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 339,801 | persons/EV | | Land Area (2000): | 77,983 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.9 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
| Election Tools
- Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, Pop, Tnd, Swg
Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: South Carolina State Election Commission, "South Carolina Votes Cast in General Election Held in South Carolina November 7, 1972," Report of the South Carolina State Election Commission for the Period Ending June 30, 1973 (Columbia, 1973)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
| Results for and Individual County:
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