A statewide result
Ohio, presidential election of 1972
Ohio
59.63%Richard Nixon (R), the most votes4,094,327Votes counted for president
What this is
Ohio counted 4,094,327 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 | 2,441,827 | 59.63% |
| George McGovern | Democratic | 1,558,889 | 38.07% |
| John G. Schmitz | American Independent | 80,067 | 1.96% |
| Louis Fisher | Socialist Labor | 7,107 | 0.17% |
| Gus Hall | No party designation | 6,437 | 0.16% |
| Ballots cast, all offices | — | 4,219,645 | — |
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
- Ballots cast
- 4,219,645
This election, county by county
Adams County · Allen County · Ashland County · Ashtabula County · Athens County · Auglaize County · Belmont County · Brown County · Butler County · Carroll County · Champaign County · Clark County · Clermont County · Clinton County · Columbiana County · Coshocton County · Crawford County · Cuyahoga County · Darke County · Defiance County · Delaware County · Erie County · Fairfield County · Fayette County · Franklin County · Fulton County · Gallia County · Geauga County · Greene County · Guernsey County · Hamilton County · Hancock County · Hardin County · Harrison County · Henry County · Highland County · Hocking County · Holmes County · Huron County · Jackson County · Jefferson County · Knox County · Lake County · Lawrence County · Licking County · Logan County · Lorain County · Lucas County · Madison County · Mahoning County · Marion County · Medina County · Meigs County · Mercer County · Miami County · Monroe County · Montgomery County · Morgan County · Morrow County · Muskingum County · Noble County · Ottawa County · Paulding County · Perry County · Pickaway County · Pike County · Portage County · Preble County · Putnam County · Richland County · Ross County · Sandusky County · Scioto County · Seneca County · Shelby County · Stark County · Summit County · Trumbull County · Tuscarawas County · Union County · Van Wert County · Vinton County · Warren County · Washington County · Wayne County · Williams County · Wood County · Wyandot County
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: Ohio's per-year presidential-election infobox data, 1804-1972 (Wikipedia {{Infobox election}} templates) · 1972 United States presidential election in Ohio
- Ohio's per-year presidential-election infobox data, 1804-1972 (Wikipedia {{Infobox election}} templates) · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1972 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1972-11-07 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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