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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
47,168,710 |
60.67% | 47,168,710 |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democratic |
29,173,222 |
37.52% | 29,173,222 |
| John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | American |
1,100,896 |
1.42% | 1,100,896 |
| Linda Jenness | Andrew Pulley | Socialist Workers |
83,380 |
0.11% | 83,380 |
| Benjamin Spock | Julius Hobson | People's |
78,759 |
0.10% | 78,759 |
| Louis Fisher | Genevieve Gunderson | Socialist Labor |
53,814 |
0.07% | 53,814 |
| Write-ins | - | - |
26,639 |
0.03% | 26,639 |
| Gus Hall | Jarvis Tyner | Communist |
25,598 |
0.03% | 25,598 |
| Evelyn Reed | Clifton DeBerry | Socialist Workers |
13,878 |
0.02% | 13,878 |
| E. Harold Munn | Marshall Uncapher | Prohibition |
13,497 |
0.02% | 13,497 |
| John Hospers | Theodora Nathan | Libertarian |
3,674 |
0.00% | 3,674 |
| John Mahalchik | Irving Homer | America First |
1,743 |
0.00% | 1,743 |
| Gabriel Green | Daniel Fry | Universal |
220 |
0.00% | 220 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 226,542,204 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 24.7 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 209,284,390 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 22.8 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 203,302,031 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 22.2 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 77744030 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 3 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 9,161,889 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.1 | % |
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Data Sources:
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- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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