The 1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent President
Nixon
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won the state of Mississippi with 78.20% of the vote.
This was the highest percentage Nixon received in any state in the election.
In Mississippi, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.
McGovern carried only three counties –
Claiborne,
Holmes
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* Holmes (surname)
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* Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond (born 1971), British former swimmer and life peer
Places
In the Uni ...
and
Jefferson Jefferson may refer to:
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* Jefferson (given name)
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* Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian foo ...
– all of which have overwhelming majority black populations.
The proportion of white voters supporting McGovern was utterly negligible was estimated at maximally three percent.
, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Republican presidential candidate:
Marshall
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* Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
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* Marshall, Saskatchewan
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* Marshall, Liberia
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,
Quitman,
Bolivar,
Sharkey,
Wilkinson,
Humphreys Humphreys may refer to:
Places
* Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge, Arkansas-Mississippi
* Camp Humphreys, U.S. Camp in South Korea
*Humphreys, Missouri
*Humphreys County, Mississippi
* Humphreys County, Tennessee
* Humphreys County Airport, Tennessee
* ...
,
Coahoma,
Noxubee, and
Tunica.
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Polls
Results
Results by individual elector
Results by county
Notes
References
Works cited
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Mississippi
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1972
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1972 Mississippi elections