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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/0000DD.gif) | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
4,602,096 |
55.00% | 45 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/DD0000.gif) | George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
3,475,847 |
41.54% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | American Ind. |
232,554 |
2.78% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Benjamin Spock | Julius Hobson | Peace & Freedom |
55,167 |
0.66% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | John Hospers | Theodora Nathan | Write-in |
980 |
0.01% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Linda Jenness | Andrew Pulley | Write-in |
574 |
0.01% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Gus Hall | Jarvis Tyner | Write-in |
373 |
0.00% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Louis Fisher | G. Gunderson | Write-in |
197 |
0.00% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | E. Harold Munn | Marshall Uncapher | Write-in |
53 |
0.00% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Gabriel Green | Daniel Fry | Write-in |
21 |
0.00% | 0 |
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Map Key
| Turnout
![Voter Turnout Graph](IMAGES/VTO/pevto60.png) | ![Vote Pie Chart](img.php?type=pie&year=1972&st=CA&off=0&elect=0) | ![State Seal](IMAGES/SEAL/sealCA.png) |
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Maps | ![1972 California County Map of General Election Results for President](img.php?type=map&year=1972&fips=6&st=CA&off=0&elect=0) | ![County Button](IMAGES/B_NAT/PEBuCountyMap.gif) | Pop. (m) | Rep. (m) | Dem. (m) | Swg (m) | Tnd (m) |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 23,667,765 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 58.6 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 20,584,794 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 51.0 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 19,971,069 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 49.4 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 45 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 457,440 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 403,933 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.7 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: California Secretary of State, comp., Statement of Vote General Election November 7, 1972 (Sacramento, 1972)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
| Results for and Individual County:
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