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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
728,701 |
72.43% | 9 |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
256,923 |
25.54% | 0 |
| John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | AL Conservative |
11,918 |
1.18% | 0 |
| E. Harold Munn | Marshall Uncapher | AL Prohibition |
8,551 |
0.85% | 0 |
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| Election Notes:
- McGovern vote is the fusion of Democrat and National Democratic Party of Alabama.
| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 3,894,025 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 29.6 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 3,540,080 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 26.9 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 3,444,354 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 26.2 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 9 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 393,342 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 131,426 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.2 | % |
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| Election Tools
- Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, Pop, Tnd, Swg
Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: State of Alabama Department of Archives and History, "General Election November 7, 1972," Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1975 (Montgomery, 1975)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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