The 1972 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent President
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
won Alabama, winning 72.43% of the vote to
George McGovern's 25.54%. This is also the best showing in the state by a Republican presidential candidate. , this is the last election in which
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,
Hale County,
Russell County, and
Perry County voted for the Republican candidate,
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''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016. and stands as the strongest ever performance by a Republican presidential candidate in the state.
In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.
With 72.43% of the popular vote, Alabama would prove to be Nixon's fourth strongest state in the 1972 election after
Mississippi
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,
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and
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Results
Result by county
See also
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United States presidential elections in Alabama
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Alabama, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1819, Alabama has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil ...
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Alabama
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, anthem = "Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
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1972
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1972 Alabama elections