United States presidential election in New York, 1972

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November 7, 1972

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Nominee	Richard Nixon	George McGovern
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	California	South Dakota
Running mate	Spiro Agnew	Sargent Shriver (replacing Thomas Eagleton)
Electoral vote	41	0
Popular vote	4,192,778	2,951,084
Percentage	58.54%	41.21%

County Results

McGovern—60-70%

McGovern—50-60%

Nixon—50-60%

Nixon—60-70%

Nixon—70-80%

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1972 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. New York voters chose forty one electors to the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

New York was won by incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon, who succeeded in securing re-election against Democratic Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. Nixon ran with Vice President, and former Maryland Governor, Spiro Agnew for Vice President, and McGovern ran with United States Ambassador Sargent Shriver for Vice President. In the midst of a nationwide Republican landslide, Nixon took 58.54% of the vote in New York State to McGovern's 41.21%, a margin of 17.34%. New York weighed in for this election as more Democratic than the national average by about 6%.