United States presidential election in New Mexico, 1972

November 7, 1972



Nominee	Richard Nixon	George McGovern
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	California	South Dakota
Running mate	Spiro Agnew	Sargent Shriver (replacing Thomas Eagleton)
Electoral vote	4	0
Popular vote	235,606	141,084
Percentage	61.1%	36.6%

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

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The 1972 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 1972. This was the 15th U.S. Presidential Election which New Mexico participated in. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. New Mexico voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

New Mexico was won by President Richard Nixon by a 24-point landslide. South Dakota Senator George McGovern was nominated to run against Nixon, and was defeated in one of the most lopsided elections in United States history. McGovern lost every State to Nixon, except Massachusetts.^[1]

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