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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
220,383 |
53.00% | 4 |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
194,645 |
46.81% | 0 |
| Other (+) | - | - |
780 |
0.19% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 947,154 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 350.0 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 976,365 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 360.8 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 949,723 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 351.0 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 4 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 244,091 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 2,706 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | -0.0 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Rhode Island Board of Elections, "Vote by Counties for Presidential Electors," Official Count of the Ballots Cast ... at the Election Tuesday, November 7, 1972 (Providence, 1972)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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