Who won Alabama in the 1972 presidential election?

Nixon (Republican) carried Alabama in 1972, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 1972?

Alabama cast 9 electoral votes in the 1972 presidential election.

Did Alabama vote for the national winner in 1972?

Yes. Alabama backed Richard Nixon, who won the presidency that year.

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1972

Alabama: Nixon carries 9 EV.

Alabama cast its 9 electoral votes for Nixon (Republican). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Alabama voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1972 result in Alabama

Alabama backed Nixon (Republican) in the 1972 presidential election, casting 9 electoral votes for the ticket. Alabama ended up on the winning side — Richard Nixon captured the White House that year.

The result flipped Alabama away from the American (Know-Nothing) it had supported in 1968. Alabama did not move alone — neighboring Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida broke the same way in 1972. Across the 51 presidential elections Alabama has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Richard Nixon took 520 of the 538 electoral votes, against George McGovern's 17. Richard Nixon led the national popular vote with 60.67% of the ballots cast.

The 1972 national map

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