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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
597,189 |
62.61% | 7 |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
329,980 |
34.59% | 0 |
| John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | American |
17,269 |
1.81% | 0 |
| Louis Fisher | G. Gunderson | Socialist Labor |
4,361 |
0.46% | 0 |
| Benjamin Spock | Julius Hobson | People's |
2,403 |
0.25% | 0 |
| Other (+) | - | - |
2,682 |
0.28% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 2,889,735 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 10.8 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 2,404,576 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 9.0 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 2,209,596 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 8.2 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 7 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 343,511 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 268,627 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 2.7 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Colorado Secretary of State, Abstract of Votes Cast at a General Election Held on Tuesday, November 7, A.D. 1972 (Denver, 1972)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
| Results for and Individual County:
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