1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi
The 1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent President Nixon won the state of Mississippi with 78.20% of the vote. This was the highest percentage Nixon received in any state in the election.
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County Results
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In Mississippi, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.
McGovern carried only three counties – Claiborne, Holmes and Jefferson – all of which have overwhelming majority black populations.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Republican presidential candidate: Marshall, Quitman, Bolivar, Sharkey, Wilkinson, Humphreys, Coahoma, Noxubee, and Tunica.
The proportion of white voters supporting McGovern was utterly negligible and estimated at maximally three percent. Calculated estimates indicate that 100% of white voters supported Nixon while 0% supported McGovern.