1972 Presidential General Election

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Place	State	Elec Vote	Total Votes	Rank	McGovern
1	District of Columbia	3	163,421	1	127,627	78.10%
2	Massachusetts	14	2,458,756	1	1,332,540	54.20%
3	Rhode Island	4	415,808	2	194,645	46.81%
4	Minnesota	10	1,741,652	2	802,346	46.07%
5	South Dakota	4	307,415	2	139,945	45.52%
6	Wisconsin	11	1,852,890	2	810,174	43.72%
7	Oregon	6	927,946	2	392,760	42.33%
8	Michigan	21	3,490,325	2	1,459,435	41.81%
9	California	45	8,367,862	2	3,475,847	41.54%
10	New York	41	7,161,830	2	2,951,084	41.21%
11	Illinois	26	4,723,236	2	1,913,472	40.51%
12	Iowa	8	1,225,944	2	496,206	40.48%
13	Connecticut	8	1,384,277	2	555,498	40.13%
14	Delaware	3	235,516	2	92,283	39.18%
15	Pennsylvania	27	4,592,105	2	1,796,951	39.13%
16	Washington	9	1,470,847	2	568,334	38.64%
17	Maine	4	417,271	2	160,584	38.48%
18	Ohio	25	4,094,787	2	1,558,889	38.07%
19	Montana	4	317,603	2	120,197	37.85%
20	Missouri	12	1,852,589	2	698,531	37.71%
21	Hawaii	4	270,274	2	101,409	37.52%
22	Maryland	10	1,353,812	2	505,781	37.36%
23	New Jersey	17	2,997,229	2	1,102,211	36.77%
24	New Mexico	4	385,931	2	141,084	36.56%
25	Vermont	3	186,947	2	68,174	36.47%
26	West Virginia	6	762,399	2	277,435	36.39%
27	Nevada	3	181,766	2	66,016	36.32%
28	North Dakota	3	280,514	2	100,384	35.79%
29	New Hampshire	4	334,055	2	116,435	34.86%
30	Kentucky	9	1,067,499	2	371,159	34.77%
31	Alaska	3	95,219	2	32,967	34.62%
32	Colorado	7	953,884	2	329,980	34.59%
33	Indiana	13	2,125,529	2	708,568	33.34%
34	Texas	26	3,472,714	2	1,154,291	33.24%
35	Arkansas	6	647,666	2	198,899	30.71%
36	Wyoming	3	145,570	2	44,358	30.47%
37	Arizona	6	653,505	2	198,540	30.38%
38	Virginia	12	1,457,019	2	438,887	30.12%
39	Tennessee	10	1,201,182	2	357,293	29.75%
40	Kansas	7	916,095	2	270,287	29.50%
41	Nebraska	5	576,289	2	169,991	29.50%
42	North Carolina	13	1,518,612	2	438,705	28.89%
43	Louisiana	10	1,051,491	2	298,142	28.35%
44	South Carolina	8	677,880	2	189,270	27.92%
45	Florida	17	2,583,283	2	718,117	27.80%
46	Utah	4	478,476	2	126,284	26.39%
47	Idaho	4	310,379	2	80,826	26.04%
48	Alabama	9	1,006,093	2	256,923	25.54%
49	Georgia	12	1,174,772	2	289,529	24.65%
50	Oklahoma	8	1,029,900	2	247,147	24.00%
51	Mississippi	7	645,963	2	126,782	19.63%
	Total	538	77,744,027	2	29,173,222	37.52%