The 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1972, and was part of the

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. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Richard Nixon, over the

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nominee,

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. Nixon won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 19.98%, winning every county except for Philadelphia. This result nonetheless was over 3% more Democratic than the nation at-large. , this is the last election in which

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voted Republican,Sullivan, Robert David
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. This is the most recent election where Pennsylvania voted to the right of McGovern's home state of South Dakota. This was the only occasion between

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and 2008 that Fayette County and Washington County voted Republican. Westmoreland County voted Republican for the only time between 1928 and 2000. Meanwhile, Greene County cast only its second-ever Republican vote (after 1928), and its last until

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Results

Results by county

Notes

References

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1972 Pennsylvania elections

Results

Results by county

See also

Notes

References