The 1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1972 as part of the

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. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Rhode Island voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the

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challenger, South Dakota

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. Nixon took 53.00% of the vote to McGovern's 46.81%, a margin of 6.19%. However, this result made Rhode Island about 17% more Democratic than the nation as a whole. This was the second of three elections in which Rhode Island did not vote for the same candidate as neighboring Massachusetts, which recurred only in 1852 and

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. , this is the last election in which Providence County voted for the Republican candidate, and Nixon won the county by only 186 votes. This is the most recent presidential election where a Republican presidential candidate was able to win every county in the state of Rhode Island. Nixon was also the most recent Republican presidential candidate to win East Providence and North Providence. Rhode Island would go on to vote Republican only once more since this election; in

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, when

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narrowly won the state.

Results

By county

References

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Results

By county

See also

References