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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
1,332,540 |
54.20% | 14 |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
1,112,078 |
45.23% | 0 |
| Linda Jenness | Andrew Pulley | Soc. Workers |
10,600 |
0.43% | 0 |
| Other (+) | - | - |
3,538 |
0.14% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 5,737,093 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 282.5 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 5,762,122 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 283.8 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 5,689,170 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 280.2 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 14 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 411,580 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 20,306 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 0.1 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Massachusetts Secretary of State, "Presidential Electors of President and Vice President," Public Document #43, Massachusetts Election Statistics 1972 (Boston, 1973)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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