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Presidential
Candidate | Vice Presidential
Candidate | Political
Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
 | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
988,493 |
67.84% | 11 |
 | John Hospers | Theodora Nathan | - |
0 |
0.00% | 1 |
 | George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
438,887 |
30.12% | 0 |
| John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | American |
19,721 |
1.35% | 0 |
| Louis Fisher | Genevieve Gunderson | Socialist Labor |
9,918 |
0.68% | 0 |
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| Election Notes:
- One Nixon Elector cast his ballot for John Hospers (President) and Theodora Nathan (Vice President).
| Demographic Data
| 1980 Population: | 5,346,797 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 52.1 | persons/km2 | | 1972 Population: | 4,828,131 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 47.1 | persons/km2 | | 1970 Population: | 4,651,448 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 45.4 | persons/km2 | | Total Electoral Vote: | 12 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 402,344 | persons/EV | | Land Area (2000): | 102,548 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.4 | % |
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| Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Virginia State Board of Elections, comp., Commonwealth of Virginia Official Election Results 1972 for President and Vice President ... in the General Election, November 7, 1972 ... (Richmond, 0)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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