Who won Hawaii in the 1972 presidential election?

McGovern (Democratic) carried Hawaii in 1972, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Hawaii have in 1972?

Hawaii cast 4 electoral votes in the 1972 presidential election.

Did Hawaii vote for the national winner in 1972?

No. Hawaii backed McGovern, while Richard Nixon won the presidency nationally.

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1972

Hawaii: McGovern carries 4 EV.

Hawaii cast its 4 electoral votes for McGovern (Democratic). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Hawaii voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Hawaii, 1972

In 1972, Hawaii awarded its 4 electoral votes to McGovern of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Richard Nixon (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Hawaii among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Hawaii backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1960. Across the 17 presidential elections Hawaii has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (17 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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