1972 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
The 1972 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 7, 1972 as part of the 1972 United States presidential election.
Washington voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern. Nixon took 56.92% of the vote to McGovern's 38.64%, a margin of 18.28%, which still made the state 4.87% more Democratic than the nation at-large.
Nixon won every county except heavily unionized Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties, in the process being the first Republican to carry Wahkiakum County, Kitsap County and Snohomish County since Herbert Hoover in 1928.Results by county
