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).