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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
1,845,502 |
61.57% | 17 |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
1,102,211 |
36.77% | 0 |
| John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | American |
34,378 |
1.15% | 0 |
| Other (+) | - | - |
15,138 |
0.51% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 7,365,011 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 383.4 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 7,336,538 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 381.9 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 7,171,112 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 373.3 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 17 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 431,561 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 19,211 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 0.3 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: New Jersey Secretary of State, "Votes Cast for President and Vice-President of the United States," State of New Jersey Result of the General Election Held November 7th, 1972 (Trenton, 1972)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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