A county result
Athens County, presidential election of 1972
Athens County
50.10%George McGovern (D), the most votes19,915Votes counted for president
What this is
Athens County counted 19,915 votes for president across 5 candidates in 1972. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| George McGovern | Democratic | 9,977 | 50.10% |
| Richard Nixon | Republican | 9,735 | 48.88% |
| John G. Schmitz | American Independent | 142 | 0.71% |
| Gus Hall | No party designation | 34 | 0.17% |
| Louis Fisher | Socialist Labor | 27 | 0.14% |
Turnout: None found in the records checked
This year in context
Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.
- Ohio that year
- Ohio went to Richard Nixon (Republican) with 59.63%, a 21.6-point margin over George McGovern. The country elected Richard Nixon.
- Against the state
- Athens County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was D+1.2 against Ohio's R+21.6: 22.8 points more Democratic than Ohio. It ranked 88th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1968
- From 1968 to 1972 the county's lean moved 4.2 points toward the Democrats, from R+3.0 to D+1.2.
- Matched
- Athens County parted from Ohio and did not vote for the national winner.
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
Not yet researched
Where this appears
The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.
Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1972 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1972 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1972-11-07 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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