1972 Presidential Election Results for Illinois

Click on a county in the table or the map to see demographic data for that county.

County	Turnout	Richard Nixon* (R)		George McGovern (D)		John Schmitz (American)		Other		TOTAL
Adams	62%	20,731	69.5%	9,055	30.3%	0	0.0%	60	0.2%	29,846
Alexander	77%	3,669	59.1%	2,482	40.0%	0	0.0%	58	0.9%	6,209
Bond	71%	4,475	62.3%	2,704	37.6%	0	0.0%	4	0.1%	7,183
Boone	61%	7,003	68.9%	3,131	30.8%	0	0.0%	31	0.3%	10,165
Brown	80%	1,780	58.9%	1,203	39.8%	0	0.0%	39	1.3%	3,022
Bureau	73%	12,786	67.5%	6,133	32.4%	0	0.0%	33	0.2%	18,952
Calhoun	78%	1,705	56.5%	1,299	43.1%	0	0.0%	13	0.4%	3,017
Carroll	66%	6,041	70.0%	2,571	29.8%	0	0.0%	19	0.2%	8,631
Cass	75%	4,414	61.1%	2,803	38.8%	0	0.0%	2	0.0%	7,219
Champaign	49%	33,700	57.4%	24,743	42.2%	0	0.0%	236	0.4%	58,679
Christian	73%	10,072	57.0%	7,556	42.7%	0	0.0%	47	0.3%	17,675
Clark	77%	5,706	65.7%	2,965	34.2%	0	0.0%	9	0.1%	8,680
Clay	80%	5,283	64.9%	2,844	34.9%	0	0.0%	11	0.1%	8,138
Clinton	68%	7,931	62.4%	4,756	37.4%	0	0.0%	25	0.2%	12,712
Coles	61%	13,681	62.9%	7,988	36.7%	0	0.0%	82	0.4%	21,751
Cook	63%	1,234,307	53.4%	1,063,268	46.0%	0	0.0%	13,462	0.6%	2,311,037
Crawford	72%	6,568	65.3%	3,477	34.6%	0	0.0%	10	0.1%	10,055
Cumberland	81%	3,257	60.8%	2,083	38.9%	0	0.0%	18	0.3%	5,358
DeKalb	60%	18,910	60.3%	12,375	39.4%	0	0.0%	99	0.3%	31,384
DeWitt	67%	5,025	65.2%	2,672	34.7%	0	0.0%	8	0.1%	7,705
Douglas	66%	5,840	68.7%	2,656	31.2%	0	0.0%	10	0.1%	8,506
DuPage	66%	172,341	75.0%	57,043	24.8%	0	0.0%	355	0.2%	229,739
Edgar	75%	7,195	64.7%	3,889	35.0%	0	0.0%	32	0.3%	11,116
Edwards	81%	3,017	73.9%	1,055	25.9%	0	0.0%	9	0.2%	4,081
Effingham	79%	8,752	66.3%	4,431	33.6%	0	0.0%	10	0.1%	13,193
Fayette	75%	6,574	61.1%	4,192	38.9%	0	0.0%	2	0.0%	10,768
Ford	69%	5,656	74.5%	1,934	25.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	7,591
Franklin	69%	10,121	54.0%	8,545	45.6%	0	0.0%	63	0.3%	18,729
Fulton	70%	12,328	61.8%	7,529	37.7%	0	0.0%	92	0.5%	19,949
Gallatin	79%	2,148	53.7%	1,844	46.1%	0	0.0%	9	0.2%	4,001
Greene	66%	4,673	62.1%	2,824	37.5%	0	0.0%	24	0.3%	7,521
Grundy	69%	8,725	70.7%	3,584	29.0%	0	0.0%	32	0.3%	12,341
Hamilton	86%	3,282	61.9%	2,006	37.9%	0	0.0%	11	0.2%	5,299
Hancock	69%	7,519	67.6%	3,592	32.3%	0	0.0%	18	0.2%	11,129
Hardin	89%	1,915	62.5%	1,140	37.2%	0	0.0%	7	0.2%	3,062
Henderson	78%	2,689	60.6%	1,744	39.3%	0	0.0%	3	0.1%	4,436
Henry	65%	14,796	63.8%	8,368	36.1%	0	0.0%	21	0.1%	23,185
Iroquois	70%	11,995	76.0%	3,723	23.6%	0	0.0%	66	0.4%	15,784
Jackson	61%	12,393	48.4%	13,146	51.4%	0	0.0%	55	0.2%	25,594
Jasper	78%	3,461	61.2%	2,114	37.4%	0	0.0%	82	1.4%	5,657
Jefferson	72%	9,448	59.4%	6,396	40.2%	0	0.0%	61	0.4%	15,905
Jersey	67%	5,164	60.7%	3,317	39.0%	0	0.0%	26	0.3%	8,507
Jo Daviess	63%	5,763	63.4%	3,318	36.5%	0	0.0%	16	0.2%	9,097
Johnson	73%	2,826	68.5%	1,293	31.4%	0	0.0%	4	0.1%	4,123
Kane	56%	64,546	69.9%	27,525	29.8%	0	0.0%	306	0.3%	92,377
Kankakee	63%	26,866	66.5%	13,434	33.3%	0	0.0%	73	0.2%	40,373
Kendall	67%	9,373	78.7%	2,525	21.2%	0	0.0%	19	0.2%	11,917
Knox	63%	17,315	64.7%	9,333	34.9%	0	0.0%	118	0.4%	26,766
Lake	54%	92,052	65.8%	47,416	33.9%	0	0.0%	344	0.2%	139,812
LaSalle	69%	31,190	59.2%	21,405	40.6%	0	0.0%	92	0.2%	52,687
Lawrence	68%	5,347	65.4%	2,818	34.4%	0	0.0%	16	0.2%	8,181
Lee	62%	10,636	68.7%	4,788	30.9%	0	0.0%	65	0.4%	15,489
Livingston	66%	13,217	72.1%	5,110	27.9%	0	0.0%	12	0.1%	18,339
Logan	63%	10,277	69.9%	4,395	29.9%	0	0.0%	20	0.1%	14,692
Macon	59%	29,596	59.2%	20,296	40.6%	0	0.0%	137	0.3%	50,029
Macoupin	76%	13,583	58.0%	9,662	41.3%	0	0.0%	162	0.7%	23,407
Madison	59%	55,385	55.9%	43,289	43.7%	0	0.0%	442	0.4%	99,116
Marion	66%	10,755	60.6%	6,968	39.2%	0	0.0%	31	0.2%	17,754
Marshall	73%	4,452	67.4%	2,141	32.4%	0	0.0%	9	0.1%	6,602
Mason	71%	4,897	62.7%	2,901	37.1%	0	0.0%	12	0.2%	7,810
Massac	63%	4,313	70.0%	1,831	29.7%	0	0.0%	18	0.3%	6,162
McDonough	57%	10,573	67.2%	5,143	32.7%	0	0.0%	22	0.1%	15,738
McHenry	63%	36,114	74.8%	12,090	25.0%	0	0.0%	108	0.2%	48,312
McLean	60%	31,060	67.6%	14,824	32.3%	0	0.0%	71	0.2%	45,955
Menard	79%	3,657	69.5%	1,587	30.2%	0	0.0%	19	0.4%	5,263
Mercer	78%	5,452	61.0%	3,477	38.9%	0	0.0%	11	0.1%	8,940
Monroe	74%	6,479	68.4%	2,958	31.2%	0	0.0%	29	0.3%	9,466
Montgomery	76%	9,025	56.7%	6,858	43.1%	0	0.0%	30	0.2%	15,913
Morgan	67%	11,103	66.1%	5,674	33.8%	0	0.0%	12	0.1%	16,789
Moultrie	60%	3,143	57.1%	2,350	42.7%	0	0.0%	14	0.3%	5,507
Ogle	64%	13,512	73.9%	4,743	25.9%	0	0.0%	35	0.2%	18,290
Peoria	59%	50,324	64.5%	27,264	34.9%	0	0.0%	444	0.6%	78,032
Perry	81%	6,968	63.0%	4,084	36.9%	0	0.0%	12	0.1%	11,064
Piatt	72%	5,057	67.7%	2,394	32.1%	0	0.0%	17	0.2%	7,468
Pike	75%	5,940	60.2%	3,883	39.4%	0	0.0%	40	0.4%	9,863
Pope	83%	1,440	64.9%	773	34.9%	0	0.0%	5	0.2%	2,218
Pulaski	72%	2,485	59.3%	1,683	40.1%	0	0.0%	25	0.6%	4,193
Putnam	81%	1,665	59.7%	1,112	39.9%	0	0.0%	10	0.4%	2,787
Randolph	73%	9,761	60.2%	6,440	39.7%	0	0.0%	14	0.1%	16,215
Richland	70%	5,558	68.4%	2,553	31.4%	0	0.0%	14	0.2%	8,125
Rock Island	63%	37,548	53.4%	32,529	46.3%	0	0.0%	253	0.4%	70,330
Saline	70%	7,660	59.3%	5,226	40.5%	0	0.0%	32	0.2%	12,918
Sangamon	69%	50,458	65.5%	25,720	33.4%	0	0.0%	897	1.2%	77,075
Schuyler	81%	2,994	66.0%	1,534	33.8%	0	0.0%	6	0.1%	4,534
Scott	80%	2,228	66.0%	1,145	33.9%	0	0.0%	3	0.1%	3,376
Shelby	76%	7,217	62.1%	4,389	37.8%	0	0.0%	20	0.2%	11,626
St. Clair	54%	50,519	51.5%	46,636	47.5%	0	0.0%	942	1.0%	98,097
Stark	71%	2,529	71.4%	993	28.1%	0	0.0%	18	0.5%	3,540
Stephenson	61%	13,584	67.9%	6,404	32.0%	0	0.0%	31	0.2%	20,019
Tazewell	60%	31,937	67.1%	15,576	32.7%	0	0.0%	100	0.2%	47,613
Union	71%	5,034	59.4%	3,428	40.4%	0	0.0%	18	0.2%	8,480
Vermilion	61%	24,863	63.1%	14,413	36.6%	0	0.0%	149	0.4%	39,425
Wabash	72%	4,310	68.3%	1,985	31.5%	0	0.0%	11	0.2%	6,306
Warren	69%	7,021	70.2%	2,969	29.7%	0	0.0%	18	0.2%	10,008
Washington	78%	5,179	68.9%	2,327	30.9%	0	0.0%	16	0.2%	7,522
Wayne	77%	6,400	69.8%	2,763	30.1%	0	0.0%	12	0.1%	9,175
White	78%	6,052	62.1%	3,678	37.7%	0	0.0%	16	0.2%	9,746
Whiteside	61%	17,305	68.4%	7,909	31.3%	0	0.0%	87	0.3%	25,301
Will	60%	65,155	65.7%	33,633	33.9%	0	0.0%	430	0.4%	99,218
Williamson	66%	14,101	60.4%	9,202	39.4%	0	0.0%	26	0.1%	23,329
Winnebago	57%	57,682	61.4%	35,937	38.2%	0	0.0%	394	0.4%	94,013
Woodford	70%	9,622	72.9%	3,558	26.9%	0	0.0%	23	0.2%	13,203
TOTAL	62%	2,788,179	59.0%	1,913,472	40.5%	2,471	0.1%	19,114	0.4%	4,723,236

1972 Presidential Election Results by Congressional District in IL

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 (Metcalfe-D)	54%	16,998	10.5%	145,003	89.5%			0	0.0%	162,001
District 02 (Murphy-D)	59%	60,220	34.1%	116,534	65.9%			0	0.0%	176,754
District 03 (Hanrahan-R)	73%	155,092	70.4%	65,226	29.6%			0	0.0%	220,318
District 04 (Derwinski-R)	69%	142,635	71.4%	57,082	28.6%			0	0.0%	199,717
District 05 (Kluczynski-D)	60%	86,644	47.4%	96,012	52.6%			0	0.0%	182,656
District 06 (Collier-R)	66%	147,633	68.8%	66,815	31.2%			0	0.0%	214,448
District 07 (Collins-D)	46%	33,266	26.3%	93,318	73.7%			0	0.0%	126,584
District 08 (Rostenkowski-D)	52%	71,343	44.2%	90,093	55.8%			0	0.0%	161,436
District 09 (Yates-D)	53%	79,997	41.8%	111,512	58.2%			0	0.0%	191,509
District 10 (Young-R)	78%	147,305	62.2%	89,630	37.8%			0	0.0%	236,935
District 11 (Annunzio-D)	68%	144,169	62.7%	85,928	37.3%			0	0.0%	230,097
District 12 (Crane-R)	72%	136,343	70.6%	56,896	29.4%			0	0.0%	193,239
District 13 (McClory-R)	55%	112,900	69.6%	49,217	30.4%			0	0.0%	162,117
District 14 (Erlenborn-R)	77%	163,652	75.3%	53,631	24.7%			0	0.0%	217,283
District 15 (Arends-R)	67%	133,061	66.1%	68,288	33.9%			0	0.0%	201,349
District 16 (Anderson-R)	62%	120,432	65.9%	62,339	34.1%			0	0.0%	182,771
District 17 (O'Brien-R)	65%	122,873	66.3%	62,394	33.7%			0	0.0%	185,267
District 18 (Michel-R)	64%	128,747	65.6%	67,503	34.4%			0	0.0%	196,250
District 19 (Railsback-R)	66%	124,549	61.7%	77,194	38.3%			0	0.0%	201,743
District 20 (Findley-R)	70%	137,414	63.7%	78,281	36.3%			0	0.0%	215,695
District 21 (Madigan-R)	59%	117,230	62.5%	70,380	37.5%			0	0.0%	187,610
District 22 (Shipley-D)	71%	141,820	63.7%	80,804	36.3%			0	0.0%	222,624
District 23 (Price-D)	56%	87,654	53.2%	76,971	46.8%			0	0.0%	164,625
District 24 (Gray-D)	71%	138,435	59.8%	92,910	40.2%			0	0.0%	231,345

1972 President, Adams County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	20,731	69.5%
George McGovern (D)	9,055	30.3%
Other	60	0.2%
TOTAL	29,846
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): 10 Diff (US): 9

1972 President, Alexander County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,669	59.1%
George McGovern (D)	2,482	40.0%
Other	58	0.9%
TOTAL	6,209
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -2

1972 President, Bond County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,475	62.3%
George McGovern (D)	2,704	37.6%
Other	4	0.1%
TOTAL	7,183
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 2

1972 President, Boone County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	7,003	68.9%
George McGovern (D)	3,131	30.8%
Other	31	0.3%
TOTAL	10,165
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 10 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Brown County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	1,780	58.9%
George McGovern (D)	1,203	39.8%
Other	39	1.3%
TOTAL	3,022
Turnout: 80% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -2

1972 President, Bureau County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	12,786	67.5%
George McGovern (D)	6,133	32.4%
Other	33	0.2%
TOTAL	18,952
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 7

1972 President, Calhoun County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	1,705	56.5%
George McGovern (D)	1,299	43.1%
Other	13	0.4%
TOTAL	3,017
Turnout: 78% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -4

1972 President, Carroll County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,041	70.0%
George McGovern (D)	2,571	29.8%
Other	19	0.2%
TOTAL	8,631
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 9

1972 President, Cass County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,414	61.1%
George McGovern (D)	2,803	38.8%
Other	2	0.0%
TOTAL	7,219
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Champaign County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	33,700	57.4%
George McGovern (D)	24,743	42.2%
Other	236	0.4%
TOTAL	58,679
Turnout: 49% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -3

1972 President, Christian County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	10,072	57.0%
George McGovern (D)	7,556	42.7%
Other	47	0.3%
TOTAL	17,675
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -4

1972 President, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,706	65.7%
George McGovern (D)	2,965	34.2%
Other	9	0.1%
TOTAL	8,680
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Clay County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,283	64.9%
George McGovern (D)	2,844	34.9%
Other	11	0.1%
TOTAL	8,138
Turnout: 80% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 4

1972 President, Clinton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	7,931	62.4%
George McGovern (D)	4,756	37.4%
Other	25	0.2%
TOTAL	12,712
Turnout: 68% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 2

1972 President, Coles County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	13,681	62.9%
George McGovern (D)	7,988	36.7%
Other	82	0.4%
TOTAL	21,751
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 2

1972 President, Cook County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	1,234,307	53.4%
George McGovern (D)	1,063,268	46.0%
Other	13,462	0.6%
TOTAL	2,311,037
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -7

1972 President, Crawford County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,568	65.3%
George McGovern (D)	3,477	34.6%
Other	10	0.1%
TOTAL	10,055
Turnout: 72% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Cumberland County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,257	60.8%
George McGovern (D)	2,083	38.9%
Other	18	0.3%
TOTAL	5,358
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, DeKalb County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	18,910	60.3%
George McGovern (D)	12,375	39.4%
Other	99	0.3%
TOTAL	31,384
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, De Witt County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,025	65.2%
George McGovern (D)	2,672	34.7%
Other	8	0.1%
TOTAL	7,705
Turnout: 67% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,840	68.7%
George McGovern (D)	2,656	31.2%
Other	10	0.1%
TOTAL	8,506
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 10 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, DuPage County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	172,341	75.0%
George McGovern (D)	57,043	24.8%
Other	355	0.2%
TOTAL	229,739
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 16 Diff (US): 14

1972 President, Edgar County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	7,195	64.7%
George McGovern (D)	3,889	35.0%
Other	32	0.3%
TOTAL	11,116
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 4

1972 President, Edwards County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,017	73.9%
George McGovern (D)	1,055	25.9%
Other	9	0.2%
TOTAL	4,081
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): 15 Diff (US): 13

1972 President, Effingham County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	8,752	66.3%
George McGovern (D)	4,431	33.6%
Other	10	0.1%
TOTAL	13,193
Turnout: 79% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 6

1972 President, Fayette County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,574	61.1%
George McGovern (D)	4,192	38.9%
Other	2	0.0%
TOTAL	10,768
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Ford County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,656	74.5%
George McGovern (D)	1,934	25.5%
Other	1	0.0%
TOTAL	7,591
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 15 Diff (US): 14

1972 President, Franklin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	10,121	54.0%
George McGovern (D)	8,545	45.6%
Other	63	0.3%
TOTAL	18,729
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -7

1972 President, Fulton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	12,328	61.8%
George McGovern (D)	7,529	37.7%
Other	92	0.5%
TOTAL	19,949
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 1

1972 President, Gallatin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,148	53.7%
George McGovern (D)	1,844	46.1%
Other	9	0.2%
TOTAL	4,001
Turnout: 79% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -7

1972 President, Greene County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,673	62.1%
George McGovern (D)	2,824	37.5%
Other	24	0.3%
TOTAL	7,521
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 1

1972 President, Grundy County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	8,725	70.7%
George McGovern (D)	3,584	29.0%
Other	32	0.3%
TOTAL	12,341
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 12 Diff (US): 10

1972 President, Hamilton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,282	61.9%
George McGovern (D)	2,006	37.9%
Other	11	0.2%
TOTAL	5,299
Turnout: 86% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 1

1972 President, Hancock County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	7,519	67.6%
George McGovern (D)	3,592	32.3%
Other	18	0.2%
TOTAL	11,129
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 7

1972 President, Hardin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	1,915	62.5%
George McGovern (D)	1,140	37.2%
Other	7	0.2%
TOTAL	3,062
Turnout: 89% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 2

1972 President, Henderson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,689	60.6%
George McGovern (D)	1,744	39.3%
Other	3	0.1%
TOTAL	4,436
Turnout: 78% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Henry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	14,796	63.8%
George McGovern (D)	8,368	36.1%
Other	21	0.1%
TOTAL	23,185
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): 3

1972 President, Iroquois County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	11,995	76.0%
George McGovern (D)	3,723	23.6%
Other	66	0.4%
TOTAL	15,784
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 17 Diff (US): 15

1972 President, Jackson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	12,393	48.4%
George McGovern (D)	13,146	51.4%
Other	55	0.2%
TOTAL	25,594
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): -11 Diff (US): -12

1972 President, Jasper County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,461	61.2%
George McGovern (D)	2,114	37.4%
Other	82	1.4%
TOTAL	5,657
Turnout: 78% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Jefferson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	9,448	59.4%
George McGovern (D)	6,396	40.2%
Other	61	0.4%
TOTAL	15,905
Turnout: 72% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Jersey County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,164	60.7%
George McGovern (D)	3,317	39.0%
Other	26	0.3%
TOTAL	8,507
Turnout: 67% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Jo Daviess County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,763	63.4%
George McGovern (D)	3,318	36.5%
Other	16	0.2%
TOTAL	9,097
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 3

1972 President, Johnson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,826	68.5%
George McGovern (D)	1,293	31.4%
Other	4	0.1%
TOTAL	4,123
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 10 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Kane County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	64,546	69.9%
George McGovern (D)	27,525	29.8%
Other	306	0.3%
TOTAL	92,377
Turnout: 56% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 9

1972 President, Kankakee County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	26,866	66.5%
George McGovern (D)	13,434	33.3%
Other	73	0.2%
TOTAL	40,373
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 6

1972 President, Kendall County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	9,373	78.7%
George McGovern (D)	2,525	21.2%
Other	19	0.2%
TOTAL	11,917
Turnout: 67% Diff (St): 20 Diff (US): 18

1972 President, Knox County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	17,315	64.7%
George McGovern (D)	9,333	34.9%
Other	118	0.4%
TOTAL	26,766
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 4

1972 President, Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	92,052	65.8%
George McGovern (D)	47,416	33.9%
Other	344	0.2%
TOTAL	139,812
Turnout: 54% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, La Salle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	31,190	59.2%
George McGovern (D)	21,405	40.6%
Other	92	0.2%
TOTAL	52,687
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -2

1972 President, Lawrence County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,347	65.4%
George McGovern (D)	2,818	34.4%
Other	16	0.2%
TOTAL	8,181
Turnout: 68% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Lee County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	10,636	68.7%
George McGovern (D)	4,788	30.9%
Other	65	0.4%
TOTAL	15,489
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): 10 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Livingston County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	13,217	72.1%
George McGovern (D)	5,110	27.9%
Other	12	0.1%
TOTAL	18,339
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 13 Diff (US): 11

1972 President, Logan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	10,277	69.9%
George McGovern (D)	4,395	29.9%
Other	20	0.1%
TOTAL	14,692
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 9

1972 President, McDonough County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	10,573	67.2%
George McGovern (D)	5,143	32.7%
Other	22	0.1%
TOTAL	15,738
Turnout: 57% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 6

1972 President, McHenry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	36,114	74.8%
George McGovern (D)	12,090	25.0%
Other	108	0.2%
TOTAL	48,312
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): 16 Diff (US): 14

1972 President, McLean County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	31,060	67.6%
George McGovern (D)	14,824	32.3%
Other	71	0.2%
TOTAL	45,955
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 7

1972 President, Macon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	29,596	59.2%
George McGovern (D)	20,296	40.6%
Other	137	0.3%
TOTAL	50,029
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -2

1972 President, Macoupin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	13,583	58.0%
George McGovern (D)	9,662	41.3%
Other	162	0.7%
TOTAL	23,407
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -3

1972 President, Madison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	55,385	55.9%
George McGovern (D)	43,289	43.7%
Other	442	0.4%
TOTAL	99,116
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -5

1972 President, Marion County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	10,755	60.6%
George McGovern (D)	6,968	39.2%
Other	31	0.2%
TOTAL	17,754
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Marshall County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,452	67.4%
George McGovern (D)	2,141	32.4%
Other	9	0.1%
TOTAL	6,602
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 7

1972 President, Mason County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,897	62.7%
George McGovern (D)	2,901	37.1%
Other	12	0.2%
TOTAL	7,810
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 2

1972 President, Massac County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,313	70.0%
George McGovern (D)	1,831	29.7%
Other	18	0.3%
TOTAL	6,162
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 9

1972 President, Menard County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,657	69.5%
George McGovern (D)	1,587	30.2%
Other	19	0.4%
TOTAL	5,263
Turnout: 79% Diff (St): 10 Diff (US): 9

1972 President, Mercer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,452	61.0%
George McGovern (D)	3,477	38.9%
Other	11	0.1%
TOTAL	8,940
Turnout: 78% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Monroe County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,479	68.4%
George McGovern (D)	2,958	31.2%
Other	29	0.3%
TOTAL	9,466
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Montgomery County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	9,025	56.7%
George McGovern (D)	6,858	43.1%
Other	30	0.2%
TOTAL	15,913
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -4

1972 President, Morgan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	11,103	66.1%
George McGovern (D)	5,674	33.8%
Other	12	0.1%
TOTAL	16,789
Turnout: 67% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Moultrie County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	3,143	57.1%
George McGovern (D)	2,350	42.7%
Other	14	0.3%
TOTAL	5,507
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -4

1972 President, Ogle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	13,512	73.9%
George McGovern (D)	4,743	25.9%
Other	35	0.2%
TOTAL	18,290
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 15 Diff (US): 13

1972 President, Peoria County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	50,324	64.5%
George McGovern (D)	27,264	34.9%
Other	444	0.6%
TOTAL	78,032
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): 4

1972 President, Perry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,968	63.0%
George McGovern (D)	4,084	36.9%
Other	12	0.1%
TOTAL	11,064
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 2

1972 President, Piatt County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,057	67.7%
George McGovern (D)	2,394	32.1%
Other	17	0.2%
TOTAL	7,468
Turnout: 72% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 7

1972 President, Pike County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,940	60.2%
George McGovern (D)	3,883	39.4%
Other	40	0.4%
TOTAL	9,863
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Pope County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	1,440	64.9%
George McGovern (D)	773	34.9%
Other	5	0.2%
TOTAL	2,218
Turnout: 83% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 4

1972 President, Pulaski County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,485	59.3%
George McGovern (D)	1,683	40.1%
Other	25	0.6%
TOTAL	4,193
Turnout: 72% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Putnam County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	1,665	59.7%
George McGovern (D)	1,112	39.9%
Other	10	0.4%
TOTAL	2,787
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Randolph County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	9,761	60.2%
George McGovern (D)	6,440	39.7%
Other	14	0.1%
TOTAL	16,215
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Richland County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,558	68.4%
George McGovern (D)	2,553	31.4%
Other	14	0.2%
TOTAL	8,125
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Rock Island County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	37,548	53.4%
George McGovern (D)	32,529	46.3%
Other	253	0.4%
TOTAL	70,330
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -7

1972 President, St. Clair County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	50,519	51.5%
George McGovern (D)	46,636	47.5%
Other	942	1.0%
TOTAL	98,097
Turnout: 54% Diff (St): -8 Diff (US): -9

1972 President, Saline County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	7,660	59.3%
George McGovern (D)	5,226	40.5%
Other	32	0.2%
TOTAL	12,918
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Sangamon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	50,458	65.5%
George McGovern (D)	25,720	33.4%
Other	897	1.2%
TOTAL	77,075
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Schuyler County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,994	66.0%
George McGovern (D)	1,534	33.8%
Other	6	0.1%
TOTAL	4,534
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Scott County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,228	66.0%
George McGovern (D)	1,145	33.9%
Other	3	0.1%
TOTAL	3,376
Turnout: 80% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Shelby County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	7,217	62.1%
George McGovern (D)	4,389	37.8%
Other	20	0.2%
TOTAL	11,626
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 1

1972 President, Stark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	2,529	71.4%
George McGovern (D)	993	28.1%
Other	18	0.5%
TOTAL	3,540
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 12 Diff (US): 11

1972 President, Stephenson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	13,584	67.9%
George McGovern (D)	6,404	32.0%
Other	31	0.2%
TOTAL	20,019
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 7

1972 President, Tazewell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	31,937	67.1%
George McGovern (D)	15,576	32.7%
Other	100	0.2%
TOTAL	47,613
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 6

1972 President, Union County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,034	59.4%
George McGovern (D)	3,428	40.4%
Other	18	0.2%
TOTAL	8,480
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Vermilion County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	24,863	63.1%
George McGovern (D)	14,413	36.6%
Other	149	0.4%
TOTAL	39,425
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 2

1972 President, Wabash County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	4,310	68.3%
George McGovern (D)	1,985	31.5%
Other	11	0.2%
TOTAL	6,306
Turnout: 72% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Warren County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	7,021	70.2%
George McGovern (D)	2,969	29.7%
Other	18	0.2%
TOTAL	10,008
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 9

1972 President, Washington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	5,179	68.9%
George McGovern (D)	2,327	30.9%
Other	16	0.2%
TOTAL	7,522
Turnout: 78% Diff (St): 10 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Wayne County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,400	69.8%
George McGovern (D)	2,763	30.1%
Other	12	0.1%
TOTAL	9,175
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 9

1972 President, White County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	6,052	62.1%
George McGovern (D)	3,678	37.7%
Other	16	0.2%
TOTAL	9,746
Turnout: 78% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 1

1972 President, Whiteside County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	17,305	68.4%
George McGovern (D)	7,909	31.3%
Other	87	0.3%
TOTAL	25,301
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Will County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	65,155	65.7%
George McGovern (D)	33,633	33.9%
Other	430	0.4%
TOTAL	99,218
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Williamson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	14,101	60.4%
George McGovern (D)	9,202	39.4%
Other	26	0.1%
TOTAL	23,329
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Winnebago County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	57,682	61.4%
George McGovern (D)	35,937	38.2%
Other	394	0.4%
TOTAL	94,013
Turnout: 57% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 1

1972 President, Woodford County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Richard Nixon* (R)	9,622	72.9%
George McGovern (D)	3,558	26.9%
Other	23	0.2%
TOTAL	13,203
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 14 Diff (US): 12

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