Who won Arkansas in the 1972 presidential election?

Nixon (Republican) carried Arkansas in 1972, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 1972?

Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes in the 1972 presidential election.

Did Arkansas vote for the national winner in 1972?

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

Cold War RealignmentAR · 6 EV

1972

Arkansas: Nixon carries 6 EV.

Arkansas cast its 6 electoral votes for Nixon (Republican). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Arkansas voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1972 result in Arkansas

Arkansas backed Nixon (Republican) in the 1972 presidential election, casting 6 electoral votes for the ticket. Arkansas ended up on the winning side — Richard Nixon captured the White House that year.

The result flipped Arkansas away from the American (Know-Nothing) it had supported in 1968. Arkansas did not move alone — neighboring Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma broke the same way in 1972. Across the 47 presidential elections Arkansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 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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