A county result
Fayette County, presidential election of 1972
Fayette County
73.25%Richard Nixon (R), the most votes9,513Votes counted for president
What this is
Fayette County counted 9,513 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon | Republican | 6,970 | 73.25% |
| George McGovern | Democratic | 2,344 | 24.63% |
| John G. Schmitz | American Independent | 191 | 2.01% |
| Louis Fisher | Socialist Labor | 5 | 0.05% |
| Gus Hall | No party designation | 3 | 0.03% |
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
- Fayette County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+48.6 against Ohio's R+21.6: 27.1 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 5th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1968
- From 1968 to 1972 the county's lean moved 25.5 points toward the Republicans, from R+23.1 to R+48.6. Lean counts only the two major parties; George Wallace (American Independent) took 19.1% in 1968.
- Matched
- Fayette County voted with Ohio and voted 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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