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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
898,269 |
51.58% | 10 |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat-F.L. |
802,346 |
46.07% | 0 |
| John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | American |
31,407 |
1.80% | 0 |
| Other (+) | - | - |
9,630 |
0.55% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 4,075,970 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 19.8 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 3,866,878 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 18.8 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 3,806,103 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 18.5 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 10 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 386,688 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 206,189 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 0.7 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Returns of General Election in State of Minnesota, November 7, 1972," The Minnesota Legislative Manual 1973-1974 (St. Paul, 1973)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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