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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
837,135 |
56.92% | 9 |
| George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democrat |
568,334 |
38.64% | 0 |
| John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | Independent |
58,906 |
4.00% | 0 |
| Other (+) | - | - |
6,472 |
0.44% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 4,132,353 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 24.0 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 3,446,815 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 20.0 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 3,413,244 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 19.8 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 9 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 382,979 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 172,348 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.9 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Washington Secretary of State, comp., "Presidential Candidates," Abstract of Votes Presidential and State General Election Held on November 7, 1972 (Olympia, 1972)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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