The 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Georgia was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 75.04% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 24.65% of the popular vote. This made Georgia, even amidst a Republican landslide, 26% more Republican than the nation at-large and made it Nixon's second strongest state in the 1972 election.

Among white voters, 90% supported Nixon while 10% supported McGovern.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time the following counties have ever voted Republican: Calhoun, Clay, Fulton (which contains the state's capital and largest city, Atlanta), Macon, Stewart, Talbot, Taliaferro, and Warren as well as the only time Hancock voted Republican.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 This was the first time any candidate had swept every Georgia county.Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 425

Results

Results by county CountyRichard NixonRepublicanGeorge McGovernDemocraticMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # %Appling2,75584.33%51215.67% 2,243 68.66%3,267Atkinson92474.94%30925.06% 615 49.88%1,233Bacon1,77190.22%1929.78% 1,579 80.44%1,963Baker96573.66%34526.34% 620 47.32% 1,310Baldwin4,82677.08%1,43522.92% 3,391 54.16% 6,261Banks1,33678.96%35621.04% 980 57.92% 1,692Barrow3,42379.79%86720.21% 2,556 59.58% 4,290Bartow4,83675.26%1,59024.74% 3,246 50.52% 6,426Ben Hill2,10474.96%70325.04% 1,401 49.92% 2,807Berrien2,28586.03%37113.97% 1,914 72.06% 2,656Bibb27,40272.87%10,20127.13% 17,201 45.74% 37,603Bleckley2,30885.96%37714.04% 1,931 71.92%2,685Brantley1,58782.44%33817.56% 1,249 64.88%1,925Brooks2,43079.08%64320.92% 1,787 58.16%3,073Bryan1,40984.27%26315.73% 1,146 68.54%1,672Bulloch5,68378.85%1,52421.15% 4,159 57.70%7,207Burke2,84672.90%1,05827.10% 1,788 45.80%3,904Butts1,96873.02%72726.98% 1,241 46.04%2,695Calhoun89264.31%49535.69% 397 28.62%1,387Camden2,38075.97%75324.03% 1,627 51.94%3,133Candler1,42785.71%23814.29% 1,189 71.42%1,665Carroll8,29679.36%2,15820.64% 6,138 58.72%10,454Catoosa6,00887.05%89412.95% 5,114 74.10%6,902Charlton1,24480.05%31019.95% 934 60.10%1,554Chatham38,07970.98%15,56629.02% 22,513 41.96%53,645Chattahoochee34574.03%12125.97% 224 48.06%466Chattooga3,18877.55%92322.45% 2,265 55.10%4,111Cherokee5,50982.62%1,15917.38% 4,350 65.24%6,668Clarke11,46565.31%6,09034.69% 5,375 30.62%17,555Clay63269.07%28330.93% 349 38.14%915Clayton23,68186.36%3,74013.64% 19,941 72.72%27,421Clinch1,12782.50%23917.50% 888 65.00%1,366Cobb43,97785.12%7,68814.88% 36,289 70.24%51,665Coffee3,93486.63%60713.37% 3,327 73.26%4,541Colquitt6,90088.12%93011.88% 5,970 76.24%7,830Columbia4,83983.65%94616.35% 3,893 67.30%5,785Cook2,13580.26%52519.74% 1,610 60.52%2,660Coweta5,75178.66%1,56021.34% 4,191 57.32%7,311Crawford1,16769.51%51230.49% 655 39.02%1,679Crisp3,62384.16%68215.84% 2,941 68.32%4,305Dade2,11093.45%1486.55% 1,962 86.90%2,258Dawson82878.26%23021.74% 598 56.52%1,058Decatur4,29278.21%1,19621.79% 3,096 56.42%5,488DeKalb104,75077.35%30,67122.65% 74,079 54.70%135,421Dodge4,34683.10%88416.90% 3,462 66.20%5,230Dooly1,90476.34%59023.66% 1,314 52.68%2,494Dougherty12,87878.03%3,62521.97% 9,253 56.06%16,503Douglas6,61087.07%98212.93% 5,628 74.14%7,592Early2,39682.37%51317.63% 1,883 64.74%2,909Echols40485.59%6814.41% 336 71.18%472Effingham3,17586.47%49713.53% 2,678 72.94%3,672Elbert2,87576.48%88423.52% 1,991 52.96%3,759Emanuel3,68480.09%91619.91% 2,768 60.18%4,600Evans1,66681.63%37518.37% 1,291 63.26%2,041Fannin3,78379.95%94920.05% 2,834 59.90%4,732Fayette3,40188.31%45011.69% 2,951 76.62%3,851Floyd15,48582.12%3,37217.88% 12,113 64.24%18,857Forsyth2,96884.39%54915.61% 2,419 68.78%3,517Franklin2,02282.30%43517.70% 1,587 64.60%2,457Fulton96,25656.43%74,32943.57% 21,927 12.86%170,585Gilmer2,72978.04%76821.96% 1,961 56.08%3,497Glascock57893.38%416.62% 537 86.76%619Glynn9,44375.88%3,00224.12% 6,441 51.76%12,445Gordon4,34483.31%87016.69% 3,474 66.62%5,214Grady3,73281.02%87418.98% 2,858 62.04%4,606Greene1,67964.63%91935.37% 760 29.26%2,598Gwinnett18,18186.26%2,89613.74% 15,285 72.52%21,077Habersham97184.95%17215.05% 799 69.90%1,143Hall10,68681.41%2,44018.59% 8,246 62.82%13,126Hancock1,59551.50%1,50248.50% 93 3.00%3,097Haralson3,46081.85%76718.15% 2,693 63.70%4,227Harris2,61778.87%70121.13% 1,916 57.74%3,318Hart2,30874.64%78425.36% 1,524 49.28%3,092Heard1,23981.78%27618.22% 963 63.56%1,515Henry5,15577.93%1,46022.07% 3,695 55.86%6,615Houston13,57684.16%2,55615.84% 11,020 68.32%16,132Irwin1,85184.68%33515.32% 1,516 69.36%2,186Jackson4,12479.63%1,05520.37% 3,069 59.26%5,179Jasper1,28973.57%46326.43% 826 47.14%1,752Jeff Davis1,85786.01%30213.99% 1,555 72.02%2,159Jefferson2,77770.11%1,18429.89% 1,593 40.22%3,961Jenkins1,76978.52%48421.48% 1,285 57.04%2,253Johnson2,20184.07%41715.93% 1,784 68.14%2,618Jones2,48374.25%86125.75% 1,622 48.50%3,344Lamar1,84473.47%66626.53% 1,178 46.94%2,510Lanier85081.50%19318.50% 657 63.00%1,043Laurens7,35077.53%2,13022.47% 5,220 55.06%9,480Lee1,44178.70%39021.30% 1,051 57.40%1,831Liberty2,33765.76%1,21734.24% 1,120 31.52%3,554Lincoln1,24678.56%34021.44% 906 57.12%1,586Long76476.40%23623.60% 528 52.80%1,000Lowndes7,81279.50%2,01520.50% 5,797 59.00%9,827Lumpkin1,47779.32%38520.68% 1,092 58.64%1,862Macon2,00570.55%83729.45% 1,168 41.10%2,842Madison2,60682.00%57218.00% 2,034 64.00%3,178Marion85083.83%16416.17% 686 67.66%1,014McDuffie2,99075.01%99624.99% 1,994 50.02%3,986McIntosh1,36762.14%83337.86% 534 24.28%2,200Meriwether3,42073.82%1,21326.18% 2,207 47.64%4,633Miller1,26991.49%1188.51% 1,151 82.98%1,387Mitchell2,40068.18%1,12031.82% 1,280 36.36%3,520Monroe2,18173.43%78926.57% 1,392 46.86%2,970Montgomery1,37080.26%33719.74% 1,033 60.52%1,707Morgan2,00775.03%66824.97% 1,339 50.06%2,675Murray2,64380.41%64419.59% 1,999 60.82%3,287Muscogee28,44977.55%8,23422.45% 20,215 55.10%36,683Newton4,64777.10%1,38022.90% 3,267 54.20%6,027Oconee2,02981.39%46418.61% 1,565 62.78%2,493Oglethorpe1,71284.00%32616.00% 1,386 68.00%2,038Paulding2,81473.70%1,00426.30% 1,810 47.40%3,818Peach3,74760.83%2,41339.17% 1,334 21.66%6,160Pickens2,10180.16%52019.84% 1,581 60.32%2,621Pierce1,98288.05%26911.95% 1,713 76.10%2,251Pike1,43277.20%42322.80% 1,009 54.40%1,855Polk4,92978.91%1,31721.09% 3,612 57.82%6,246Pulaski1,96681.58%44418.42% 1,522 63.16%2,410Putnam1,96376.47%60423.53% 1,359 52.94%2,567Quitman50278.19%14021.81% 362 56.38%642Rabun1,47780.14%36619.86% 1,111 60.28%1,843Randolph1,60366.76%79833.24% 805 33.52%2,401Richmond24,36272.55%9,21927.45% 15,143 45.10%33,581Rockdale3,56081.82%79118.18% 2,769 63.64%4,351Schley69481.07%16218.93% 532 62.14%856Screven2,40280.69%57519.31% 1,827 61.38%2,977Seminole1,85183.12%37616.88% 1,475 66.24%2,227Spalding7,18380.84%1,70219.16% 5,481 61.68%8,885Stephens3,77381.24%87118.76% 2,902 62.48%4,644Stewart1,02074.29%35325.71% 667 48.58%1,373Sumter4,53378.14%1,26821.86% 3,265 56.28%5,801Talbot99066.09%50833.91% 482 32.18%1,498Taliaferro58561.13%37238.87% 213 22.26%957Tattnall2,89285.46%49214.54% 2,400 70.92%3,384Taylor1,58075.45%51424.55% 1,066 50.90%2,094Telfair2,24576.57%68723.43% 1,558 53.14%2,932Terrell2,05774.99%68625.01% 1,371 49.98%2,743Thomas6,66875.44%2,17124.56% 4,497 50.88%8,839Tift4,59184.91%81615.09% 3,775 69.82%5,407Toombs4,08085.80%67514.20% 3,405 71.60%4,755Towns1,57379.56%40420.44% 1,169 59.12%1,977Treutlen1,34686.50%21013.50% 1,136 73.00%1,556Troup8,35080.24%2,05619.76% 6,294 60.48%10,406Turner2,12082.91%43717.09% 1,683 65.82%2,557Twiggs1,36355.05%1,11344.95% 250 10.10%2,476Union2,31775.74%74224.26% 1,575 51.48%3,059Upson4,89284.52%89615.48% 3,996 69.04%5,788Walker8,72884.72%1,57415.28% 7,154 69.44%10,302Walton3,99477.80%1,14022.20% 2,854 55.60%5,134Ware6,57879.23%1,72420.77% 4,854 58.46%8,302Warren1,17571.21%47528.79% 700 42.42%1,650Washington3,90175.79%1,24624.21% 2,655 51.58%5,147Wayne3,67783.38%73316.62% 2,944 66.76%4,410Webster48381.73%10818.27% 375 63.46%591Wheeler1,09378.80%29421.20% 799 57.60%1,387White1,53781.76%34318.24% 1,194 63.52%1,880Whitfield8,59181.46%1,95518.54% 6,636 62.92%10,546Wilcox1,86385.54%31514.46% 1,548 71.08%2,178Wilkes2,19577.26%64622.74% 1,549 54.52%2,841Wilkinson2,19674.52%75125.48% 1,445 49.04%2,947Worth2,94284.44%54215.56% 2,400 68.88%3,484Totals881,49675.04%289,52924.65%591,96750.39%1,174,772

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