1972 Presidential General Election Results - Texas

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote Richard Nixon Spiro Agnew Republican 2,298,896 66.20% 26 George McGovern R. Sargent Shriver Democrat 1,154,291 33.24% 0 Other (+) - - 19,527 0.56% 0 Map Key  > 50%  > 60%  > 70%  > 80% Turnout Maps Pop. (m) Rep. (m) Dem. (m) Swg (m) Tnd (m)   Demographic Data 1980 Population: 14,225,513 Enum. 1980 Population Density: 21.0 persons/km2 1972 Population: 11,758,760 Est. 1972 Population Density: 17.3 persons/km2 1970 Population: 11,198,655 Enum. 1970 Population Density: 16.5 persons/km2 Total Electoral Vote: 26 Electoral Vote Density: 452,260 persons/EV Land Area (2000): 678,051 km2 Annual Pop Growth Rate: 2.4 % Election Data and Statistics: County Data (Table) (m) County Data (Graphs) Compare State Data by Year (Table) Compare State Data by Year (Graphs) View All 1972 Texas Data Compare State Maps by Year View All 1972 Texas Maps Texas JavaCompare (m) Election Tools Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, Pop, Tnd, Swg Blog Interactive Map Widget Code for This Contest (uselectionatlas.org Weblogs) Data Sources: Source for Popular Vote data: Texas Secretary of State. Elections Division, Official Returns United States President and Vice President General Election - November 7, 1972 (Austin, 1972) Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau. Results for and Individual County: (m) County Menu (m)