1972 Presidential Election Results for California

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County	Turnout	Richard Nixon* (R)		George McGovern (D)		John Schmitz (American)		Other		TOTAL
Alameda	63%	201,862	42.8%	259,254	55.0%	6,930	1.5%	3,149	0.7%	471,195
Alpine	149%	366	63.5%	195	33.9%	7	1.2%	8	1.4%	576
Amador	70%	3,533	53.4%	2,705	40.9%	340	5.1%	38	0.6%	6,616
Butte	64%	28,819	57.6%	18,401	36.8%	2,468	4.9%	340	0.7%	50,028
Calaveras	65%	4,119	60.8%	2,268	33.5%	304	4.5%	88	1.3%	6,779
Colusa	58%	2,715	57.6%	1,810	38.4%	167	3.5%	25	0.5%	4,717
Contra Costa	67%	139,044	54.1%	111,718	43.5%	4,701	1.8%	1,421	0.6%	256,884
Del Norte	56%	2,927	51.8%	2,156	38.2%	515	9.1%	50	0.9%	5,648
El Dorado	59%	11,330	54.2%	8,654	41.4%	794	3.8%	127	0.6%	20,905
Fresno	56%	79,051	50.4%	72,682	46.4%	3,927	2.5%	1,059	0.7%	156,719
Glenn	66%	4,569	59.0%	2,681	34.6%	458	5.9%	35	0.5%	7,743
Humboldt	66%	22,345	48.8%	21,132	46.2%	1,896	4.1%	390	0.9%	45,763
Imperial	49%	14,178	62.1%	7,982	34.9%	607	2.7%	82	0.4%	22,849
Inyo	66%	4,873	68.1%	2,006	28.0%	240	3.4%	40	0.6%	7,159
Kern	55%	71,686	60.1%	41,937	35.2%	5,112	4.3%	458	0.4%	119,193
Kings	45%	10,509	56.5%	7,274	39.1%	742	4.0%	70	0.4%	18,595
Lake	72%	6,477	55.1%	4,715	40.1%	509	4.3%	49	0.4%	11,750
Lassen	60%	3,618	50.8%	3,134	44.0%	320	4.5%	50	0.7%	7,122
Los Angeles	59%	1,549,717	54.8%	1,189,977	42.0%	71,978	2.5%	18,698	0.7%	2,830,370
Madera	52%	7,835	52.6%	6,580	44.2%	428	2.9%	49	0.3%	14,892
Marin	70%	54,123	52.1%	47,414	45.6%	1,326	1.3%	1,020	1.0%	103,883
Mariposa	77%	2,122	56.2%	1,487	39.3%	141	3.7%	29	0.8%	3,779
Mendocino	61%	11,128	51.0%	9,435	43.3%	1,050	4.8%	201	0.9%	21,814
Merced	48%	17,737	54.3%	13,914	42.6%	836	2.6%	161	0.5%	32,648
Modoc	70%	2,085	58.5%	1,271	35.7%	188	5.3%	21	0.6%	3,565
Mono	82%	1,872	66.9%	828	29.6%	78	2.8%	21	0.8%	2,799
Monterey	48%	47,004	57.0%	32,545	39.5%	2,274	2.8%	585	0.7%	82,408
Napa	68%	23,403	59.6%	14,529	37.0%	1,141	2.9%	188	0.5%	39,261
Nevada	68%	8,004	54.7%	5,693	38.9%	868	5.9%	73	0.5%	14,638
Orange	64%	448,291	68.3%	176,847	26.9%	28,634	4.4%	2,881	0.4%	656,653
Placer	65%	18,597	50.3%	16,911	45.8%	1,251	3.4%	186	0.5%	36,945
Plumas	74%	2,952	46.4%	3,057	48.1%	318	5.0%	33	0.5%	6,360
Riverside	57%	108,120	58.0%	71,591	38.4%	5,843	3.1%	850	0.5%	186,404
Sacramento	65%	141,218	49.0%	137,287	47.6%	7,841	2.7%	1,875	0.7%	288,221
San Benito	57%	3,961	57.6%	2,582	37.5%	308	4.5%	30	0.4%	6,881
San Bernardino	52%	144,689	59.7%	85,986	35.5%	10,342	4.3%	1,239	0.5%	242,256
San Diego	60%	371,627	61.8%	206,455	34.3%	20,188	3.4%	2,867	0.5%	601,137
San Francisco	56%	127,461	41.8%	170,882	56.1%	3,702	1.2%	2,725	0.9%	304,770
San Joaquin	57%	61,646	55.3%	44,062	39.5%	5,027	4.5%	734	0.7%	111,469
San Luis Obispo	61%	28,566	56.0%	20,779	40.7%	1,156	2.3%	532	1.0%	51,033
San Mateo	65%	135,377	52.8%	109,745	42.8%	4,079	1.6%	7,096	2.8%	256,297
Santa Barbara	64%	67,075	55.2%	50,609	41.6%	3,103	2.6%	754	0.6%	121,541
Santa Clara	62%	237,334	51.9%	208,506	45.6%	8,236	1.8%	3,217	0.7%	457,293
Santa Cruz	73%	34,799	49.9%	32,336	46.4%	1,931	2.8%	693	1.0%	69,759
Shasta	64%	16,618	46.7%	17,214	48.3%	1,595	4.5%	176	0.5%	35,603
Sierra	77%	629	47.5%	658	49.7%	27	2.0%	10	0.8%	1,324
Siskiyou	64%	7,563	51.5%	6,434	43.8%	621	4.2%	78	0.5%	14,696
Solano	50%	31,314	54.0%	24,766	42.7%	1,616	2.8%	269	0.5%	57,965
Sonoma	69%	57,697	54.7%	43,746	41.5%	3,192	3.0%	799	0.8%	105,434
Stanislaus	57%	39,521	51.4%	35,005	45.5%	1,943	2.5%	398	0.5%	76,867
Sutter	57%	10,224	62.4%	5,409	33.0%	647	4.0%	92	0.6%	16,372
Tehama	60%	6,054	48.7%	5,175	41.7%	1,161	9.3%	34	0.3%	12,424
Trinity	66%	1,868	50.7%	1,621	44.0%	169	4.6%	23	0.6%	3,681
Tulare	49%	36,048	59.9%	21,775	36.2%	2,076	3.5%	251	0.4%	60,150
Tuolumne	64%	5,894	54.3%	4,596	42.3%	299	2.8%	67	0.6%	10,856
Ventura	59%	95,310	63.2%	49,307	32.7%	5,586	3.7%	602	0.4%	150,805
Yolo	64%	17,969	42.0%	23,694	55.4%	800	1.9%	275	0.6%	42,738
Yuba	40%	6,623	56.9%	4,435	38.1%	518	4.5%	54	0.5%	11,630
TOTAL	58%	4,602,096	55.0%	3,475,847	41.5%	232,554	2.8%	57,365	0.7%	8,367,862

1972 Presidential Election Results by Congressional District in CA

Data for 3rd party candidates is often unavailable explicitly.

Click on a district in the table below to see 1972 U.S. House election results for that district.

District	Turnout	Richard Nixon* (R)		George McGovern (D)		John Schmitz (American)		Other		TOTAL
District 01 (Clausen-R)	70%	123,735	56.4%	95,522	43.6%			0	0.0%	219,257
District 02 (Johnson-D)	68%	115,742	55.2%	94,060	44.8%			0	0.0%	209,802
District 03 (Moss-D)	70%	104,534	49.2%	107,859	50.8%			0	0.0%	212,393
District 04 (Leggett-D)	57%	91,739	54.1%	77,896	45.9%			0	0.0%	169,635
District 05 (Burton-D)	48%	60,503	36.0%	107,755	64.0%			0	0.0%	168,258
District 06 (Mailliard-R)	68%	121,081	52.3%	110,541	47.7%			0	0.0%	231,622
District 07 (Dellums-D)	62%	75,856	35.2%	139,721	64.8%			0	0.0%	215,577
District 08 (Stark-D)	61%	97,446	52.2%	89,062	47.8%			0	0.0%	186,508
District 09 (Edwards-D)	58%	80,269	47.6%	88,293	52.4%			0	0.0%	168,562
District 10 (Gubser-R)	76%	129,770	60.5%	84,716	39.5%			0	0.0%	214,486
District 11 (Ryan-D)	62%	103,931	53.5%	90,388	46.5%			0	0.0%	194,319
District 12 (Talcott-R)	58%	106,577	56.1%	83,510	43.9%			0	0.0%	190,087
District 13 (Teague-R)	69%	130,134	64.3%	72,367	35.7%			0	0.0%	202,501
District 14 (Waldie-D)	68%	110,079	54.8%	90,872	45.2%			0	0.0%	200,951
District 15 (McFall-D,R)	55%	93,600	55.5%	75,020	44.5%			0	0.0%	168,620
District 16 (Sisk-D)	56%	87,864	52.3%	79,980	47.7%			0	0.0%	167,844
District 17 (McCloskey-R)	67%	106,566	52.2%	97,748	47.8%			0	0.0%	204,314
District 18 (Mathias-R)	56%	100,122	60.5%	65,449	39.5%			0	0.0%	165,571
District 19 (Holifield-D)	55%	91,302	59.0%	63,474	41.0%			0	0.0%	154,776
District 20 (Moorhead-R)	63%	144,889	67.9%	68,650	32.1%			0	0.0%	213,539
District 21 (Hawkins-D)	42%	31,413	25.6%	91,077	74.4%			0	0.0%	122,490
District 22 (Corman-D)	59%	101,594	56.2%	79,296	43.8%			0	0.0%	180,890
District 23 (Clawson-R)	63%	135,119	70.2%	57,301	29.8%			0	0.0%	192,420
District 24 (Rousselot-R)	66%	148,177	72.8%	55,323	27.2%			0	0.0%	203,500
District 25 (Wiggins-R)	66%	126,156	70.4%	53,059	29.6%			0	0.0%	179,215
District 26 (Rees-D)	66%	111,555	45.1%	135,535	54.9%			0	0.0%	247,090
District 27 (Goldwater, Jr.-R)	72%	129,909	63.6%	74,361	36.4%			0	0.0%	204,270
District 28 (Bell-R)	70%	133,911	56.1%	104,629	43.9%			0	0.0%	238,540
District 29 (Danielson-D)	47%	80,484	54.4%	67,490	45.6%			0	0.0%	147,974
District 30 (Roybal-D)	34%	55,563	48.0%	60,305	52.0%			0	0.0%	115,868
District 31 (Wilson-D)	56%	96,740	57.3%	72,054	42.7%			0	0.0%	168,794
District 32 (Hosmer-R)	68%	149,953	67.0%	73,970	33.0%			0	0.0%	223,923
District 33 (Pettis-R)	59%	123,412	67.4%	59,603	32.6%			0	0.0%	183,015
District 34 (Hanna-D)	61%	110,310	66.2%	56,370	33.8%			0	0.0%	166,680
District 35 (Anderson-D)	48%	76,784	53.8%	65,870	46.2%			0	0.0%	142,654
District 36 (Ketchum-R)	56%	95,059	59.4%	64,929	40.6%			0	0.0%	159,988
District 37 (Burke-D)	54%	62,666	36.4%	109,673	63.6%			0	0.0%	172,339
District 38 (Brown-D)	48%	71,319	52.4%	64,824	47.6%			0	0.0%	136,143
District 39 (Hinshaw-R)	74%	164,958	74.6%	56,293	25.4%			0	0.0%	221,251
District 40 (Wilson-R)	68%	144,144	64.1%	80,734	35.9%			0	0.0%	224,878
District 41 (Van Deerlin-D)	50%	86,387	56.7%	66,009	43.3%			0	0.0%	152,396
District 42 (Burgener-R)	72%	160,940	70.2%	68,162	29.8%			0	0.0%	229,102
District 43 (Veysey-R)	61%	117,994	63.9%	66,770	36.1%			0	0.0%	184,764

1972 President, Alameda County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	201,862	42.8%
George McGovern (D)	259,254	55.0%
John Schmitz (Amer)	6,930	1.5%
Other	3,149	0.7%
TOTAL	471,195
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): -12 Diff (US): -18

1972 President, Alpine County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	366	63.5%
George McGovern (D)	195	33.9%
John Schmitz (Amer)	7	1.2%
Other	8	1.4%
TOTAL	576
Turnout: 149% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 3

1972 President, Amador County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,533	53.4%
George McGovern (D)	2,705	40.9%
John Schmitz (Amer)	340	5.1%
Other	38	0.6%
TOTAL	6,616
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -7

1972 President, Butte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	28,819	57.6%
George McGovern (D)	18,401	36.8%
John Schmitz (Amer)	2,468	4.9%
Other	340	0.7%
TOTAL	50,028
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): -3

1972 President, Calaveras County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,119	60.8%
George McGovern (D)	2,268	33.5%
John Schmitz (Amer)	304	4.5%
Other	88	1.3%
TOTAL	6,779
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Colusa County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,715	57.6%
George McGovern (D)	1,810	38.4%
John Schmitz (Amer)	167	3.5%
Other	25	0.5%
TOTAL	4,717
Turnout: 58% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): -3

1972 President, Contra Costa County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	139,044	54.1%
George McGovern (D)	111,718	43.5%
John Schmitz (Amer)	4,701	1.8%
Other	1,421	0.6%
TOTAL	256,884
Turnout: 67% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -7

1972 President, Del Norte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,927	51.8%
George McGovern (D)	2,156	38.2%
John Schmitz (Amer)	515	9.1%
Other	50	0.9%
TOTAL	5,648
Turnout: 56% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -9

1972 President, El Dorado County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	11,330	54.2%
George McGovern (D)	8,654	41.4%
John Schmitz (Amer)	794	3.8%
Other	127	0.6%
TOTAL	20,905
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -7

1972 President, Fresno County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	79,051	50.4%
George McGovern (D)	72,682	46.4%
John Schmitz (Amer)	3,927	2.5%
Other	1,059	0.7%
TOTAL	156,719
Turnout: 56% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -10

1972 President, Glenn County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,569	59.0%
George McGovern (D)	2,681	34.6%
John Schmitz (Amer)	458	5.9%
Other	35	0.5%
TOTAL	7,743
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): -2

1972 President, Humboldt County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	22,345	48.8%
George McGovern (D)	21,132	46.2%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,896	4.1%
Other	390	0.9%
TOTAL	45,763
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -12

1972 President, Imperial County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	14,178	62.1%
George McGovern (D)	7,982	34.9%
John Schmitz (Amer)	607	2.7%
Other	82	0.4%
TOTAL	22,849
Turnout: 49% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 1

1972 President, Inyo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,873	68.1%
George McGovern (D)	2,006	28.0%
John Schmitz (Amer)	240	3.4%
Other	40	0.6%
TOTAL	7,159
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 13 Diff (US): 7

1972 President, Kern County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	71,686	60.1%
George McGovern (D)	41,937	35.2%
John Schmitz (Amer)	5,112	4.3%
Other	458	0.4%
TOTAL	119,193
Turnout: 55% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Kings County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	10,509	56.5%
George McGovern (D)	7,274	39.1%
John Schmitz (Amer)	742	4.0%
Other	70	0.4%
TOTAL	18,595
Turnout: 45% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): -4

1972 President, Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,477	55.1%
George McGovern (D)	4,715	40.1%
John Schmitz (Amer)	509	4.3%
Other	49	0.4%
TOTAL	11,750
Turnout: 72% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -6

1972 President, Lassen County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,618	50.8%
George McGovern (D)	3,134	44.0%
John Schmitz (Amer)	320	4.5%
Other	50	0.7%
TOTAL	7,122
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -10

1972 President, Los Angeles County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	1,549,717	54.8%
George McGovern (D)	1,189,977	42.0%
John Schmitz (Amer)	71,978	2.5%
Other	18,698	0.7%
TOTAL	2,830,370
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -6

1972 President, Madera County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	7,835	52.6%
George McGovern (D)	6,580	44.2%
John Schmitz (Amer)	428	2.9%
Other	49	0.3%
TOTAL	14,892
Turnout: 52% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -8

1972 President, Marin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	54,123	52.1%
George McGovern (D)	47,414	45.6%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,326	1.3%
Other	1,020	1.0%
TOTAL	103,883
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -9

1972 President, Mariposa County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,122	56.2%
George McGovern (D)	1,487	39.3%
John Schmitz (Amer)	141	3.7%
Other	29	0.8%
TOTAL	3,779
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): -5

1972 President, Mendocino County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	11,128	51.0%
George McGovern (D)	9,435	43.3%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,050	4.8%
Other	201	0.9%
TOTAL	21,814
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -10

1972 President, Merced County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	17,737	54.3%
George McGovern (D)	13,914	42.6%
John Schmitz (Amer)	836	2.6%
Other	161	0.5%
TOTAL	32,648
Turnout: 48% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -6

1972 President, Modoc County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,085	58.5%
George McGovern (D)	1,271	35.7%
John Schmitz (Amer)	188	5.3%
Other	21	0.6%
TOTAL	3,565
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): -2

1972 President, Mono County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	1,872	66.9%
George McGovern (D)	828	29.6%
John Schmitz (Amer)	78	2.8%
Other	21	0.8%
TOTAL	2,799
Turnout: 82% Diff (St): 12 Diff (US): 6

1972 President, Monterey County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	47,004	57.0%
George McGovern (D)	32,545	39.5%
John Schmitz (Amer)	2,274	2.8%
Other	585	0.7%
TOTAL	82,408
Turnout: 48% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): -4

1972 President, Napa County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	23,403	59.6%
George McGovern (D)	14,529	37.0%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,141	2.9%
Other	188	0.5%
TOTAL	39,261
Turnout: 68% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Nevada County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	8,004	54.7%
George McGovern (D)	5,693	38.9%
John Schmitz (Amer)	868	5.9%
Other	73	0.5%
TOTAL	14,638
Turnout: 68% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -6

1972 President, Orange County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	448,291	68.3%
George McGovern (D)	176,847	26.9%
John Schmitz (Amer)	28,634	4.4%
Other	2,881	0.4%
TOTAL	656,653
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 13 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Placer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	18,597	50.3%
George McGovern (D)	16,911	45.8%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,251	3.4%
Other	186	0.5%
TOTAL	36,945
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -10

1972 President, Plumas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,952	46.4%
George McGovern (D)	3,057	48.1%
John Schmitz (Amer)	318	5.0%
Other	33	0.5%
TOTAL	6,360
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -9 Diff (US): -14

1972 President, Riverside County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	108,120	58.0%
George McGovern (D)	71,591	38.4%
John Schmitz (Amer)	5,843	3.1%
Other	850	0.5%
TOTAL	186,404
Turnout: 57% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): -3

1972 President, Sacramento County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	141,218	49.0%
George McGovern (D)	137,287	47.6%
John Schmitz (Amer)	7,841	2.7%
Other	1,875	0.7%
TOTAL	288,221
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -12

1972 President, San Benito County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,961	57.6%
George McGovern (D)	2,582	37.5%
John Schmitz (Amer)	308	4.5%
Other	30	0.4%
TOTAL	6,881
Turnout: 57% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): -3

1972 President, San Bernardino County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	144,689	59.7%
George McGovern (D)	85,986	35.5%
John Schmitz (Amer)	10,342	4.3%
Other	1,239	0.5%
TOTAL	242,256
Turnout: 52% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, San Diego County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	371,627	61.8%
George McGovern (D)	206,455	34.3%
John Schmitz (Amer)	20,188	3.4%
Other	2,867	0.5%
TOTAL	601,137
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 1

1972 President, San Francisco County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	127,461	41.8%
George McGovern (D)	170,882	56.1%
John Schmitz (Amer)	3,702	1.2%
Other	2,725	0.9%
TOTAL	304,770
Turnout: 56% Diff (St): -13 Diff (US): -19

1972 President, San Joaquin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	61,646	55.3%
George McGovern (D)	44,062	39.5%
John Schmitz (Amer)	5,027	4.5%
Other	734	0.7%
TOTAL	111,469
Turnout: 57% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -5

1972 President, San Luis Obispo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	28,566	56.0%
George McGovern (D)	20,779	40.7%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,156	2.3%
Other	532	1.0%
TOTAL	51,033
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): -5

1972 President, San Mateo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	135,377	52.8%
George McGovern (D)	109,745	42.8%
John Schmitz (Amer)	4,079	1.6%
Other	7,096	2.8%
TOTAL	256,297
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -8

1972 President, Santa Barbara County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	67,075	55.2%
George McGovern (D)	50,609	41.6%
John Schmitz (Amer)	3,103	2.6%
Other	754	0.6%
TOTAL	121,541
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -6

1972 President, Santa Clara County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	237,334	51.9%
George McGovern (D)	208,506	45.6%
John Schmitz (Amer)	8,236	1.8%
Other	3,217	0.7%
TOTAL	457,293
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -9

1972 President, Santa Cruz County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	34,799	49.9%
George McGovern (D)	32,336	46.4%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,931	2.8%
Other	693	1.0%
TOTAL	69,759
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -11

1972 President, Shasta County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	16,618	46.7%
George McGovern (D)	17,214	48.3%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,595	4.5%
Other	176	0.5%
TOTAL	35,603
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): -8 Diff (US): -14

1972 President, Sierra County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	629	47.5%
George McGovern (D)	658	49.7%
John Schmitz (Amer)	27	2.0%
Other	10	0.8%
TOTAL	1,324
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): -7 Diff (US): -13

1972 President, Siskiyou County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	7,563	51.5%
George McGovern (D)	6,434	43.8%
John Schmitz (Amer)	621	4.2%
Other	78	0.5%
TOTAL	14,696
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -9

1972 President, Solano County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	31,314	54.0%
George McGovern (D)	24,766	42.7%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,616	2.8%
Other	269	0.5%
TOTAL	57,965
Turnout: 50% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -7

1972 President, Sonoma County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	57,697	54.7%
George McGovern (D)	43,746	41.5%
John Schmitz (Amer)	3,192	3.0%
Other	799	0.8%
TOTAL	105,434
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -6

1972 President, Stanislaus County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	39,521	51.4%
George McGovern (D)	35,005	45.5%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,943	2.5%
Other	398	0.5%
TOTAL	76,867
Turnout: 57% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -9

1972 President, Sutter County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	10,224	62.4%
George McGovern (D)	5,409	33.0%
John Schmitz (Amer)	647	4.0%
Other	92	0.6%
TOTAL	16,372
Turnout: 57% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 2

1972 President, Tehama County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,054	48.7%
George McGovern (D)	5,175	41.7%
John Schmitz (Amer)	1,161	9.3%
Other	34	0.3%
TOTAL	12,424
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -12

1972 President, Trinity County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	1,868	50.7%
George McGovern (D)	1,621	44.0%
John Schmitz (Amer)	169	4.6%
Other	23	0.6%
TOTAL	3,681
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -10

1972 President, Tulare County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	36,048	59.9%
George McGovern (D)	21,775	36.2%
John Schmitz (Amer)	2,076	3.5%
Other	251	0.4%
TOTAL	60,150
Turnout: 49% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Tuolumne County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,894	54.3%
George McGovern (D)	4,596	42.3%
John Schmitz (Amer)	299	2.8%
Other	67	0.6%
TOTAL	10,856
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -6

1972 President, Ventura County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	95,310	63.2%
George McGovern (D)	49,307	32.7%
John Schmitz (Amer)	5,586	3.7%
Other	602	0.4%
TOTAL	150,805
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 3

1972 President, Yolo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	17,969	42.0%
George McGovern (D)	23,694	55.4%
John Schmitz (Amer)	800	1.9%
Other	275	0.6%
TOTAL	42,738
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): -13 Diff (US): -19

1972 President, Yuba County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,623	56.9%
George McGovern (D)	4,435	38.1%
John Schmitz (Amer)	518	4.5%
Other	54	0.5%
TOTAL	11,630
Turnout: 40% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): -4

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