A county result

Sandusky County, presidential election of 1972

Sandusky County

63.63%Richard Nixon (R), the most votes24,337Votes counted for president

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What this is

Sandusky County counted 24,337 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.

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Richard NixonRepublican15,48963.63%
George McGovernDemocratic8,30834.13%
John G. SchmitzAmerican Independent5072.08%
Louis FisherSocialist Labor170.07%
Gus HallNo party designation160.07%

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
Sandusky County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+29.5 against Ohio's R+21.6: 7.9 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 59th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
Since 1968
From 1968 to 1972 the county's lean moved 15.4 points toward the Republicans, from R+14.1 to R+29.5.
Matched
Sandusky 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.

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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

  1. 1972 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1972-11-07 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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