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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
813,147 |
67.70% | 10 |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
357,293 |
29.75% | 0 |
| John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | American |
30,373 |
2.53% | 0 |
| Write-ins | - | - |
369 |
0.03% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 4,591,023 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 43.0 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 4,088,445 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 38.3 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 3,926,018 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 36.8 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 10 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 408,845 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 106,752 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.6 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Tennessee Secretary of State, General Election - November 7, 1972 President and Vice President - United States of America (Nashville, 1972)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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