Who won Indiana in the 1972 presidential election?

Nixon (Republican) carried Indiana in 1972, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Indiana have in 1972?

Indiana cast 13 electoral votes in the 1972 presidential election.

Did Indiana vote for the national winner in 1972?

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

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1972

Indiana: Nixon carries 13 EV.

Indiana cast its 13 electoral votes for Nixon (Republican). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Indiana voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Indiana, 1972

In 1972, Indiana awarded its 13 electoral votes to Nixon of the Republican party. Indiana ended up on the winning side — Richard Nixon captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Indiana backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Indiana did not move alone — neighboring Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan broke the same way in 1972. Across the 53 presidential elections Indiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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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