1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island


The 1972 United States presidential election in Rhode Island refers to how Rhode Island participated in the 1972 United States presidential election.
Rhode Island voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern. Nixon took 53.00% of the vote to McGovern's 46.81%, a margin of 6.19%. This was the first election in 116 years in which Rhode Island did not vote for the same candidate as neighbouring Massachusetts.
, this is the last election in which Providence County voted for the Republican candidate, and Nixon won the county by only 186 votes. This was also the last presidential election where a Republican presidential candidate was able to win every county in the state of Rhode Island.

Results

By county