President / Vice President, 1972 Election
General
| Date: | November 7, 1972 |
| Cycle: | 1972 |
| Office: | President / Vice President |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | Statewide |
| Candidate | Gender | Running mate | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon Incumbent | Man | Spiro Agnew (Man) Incumbent | Republican | 898,269 | 51.58 | +5.51 |
| George McGovern | Man | Sargent Shriver (Man) | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | 802,346 | 46.07 | |
| John Schmitz | Man | Thomas Jefferson Anderson (Man) | American | 31,407 | 1.80 | |
| Louis Fisher | Man | Genevieve Gunderson (Woman) | Industrial Government | 4,261 | 0.24 | |
| Benjamin Spock | Man | Julius Hobson (Man) | Minnesota People's | 2,805 | 0.16 | |
| Linda Jenness | Woman | Andrew Pulley (Man) | Socialist Workers | 940 | 0.05 | |
| Gus Hall | Man | Jarvis Tyner (Man) | Communist | 662 | 0.04 |
Nixon and Agnew each received Minnesota's 10 Electoral College votes. Nixon's 5.51-point victory in Minnesota was the most narrowly decided contest for the office in the country. The 51.58 percent won by Nixon was also his lowest support in the 12-state Midwest region.
Sources
- Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 (p. 22).