Who won Montana in the 1972 presidential election?

Nixon (Republican) carried Montana in 1972, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Montana have in 1972?

Montana cast 4 electoral votes in the 1972 presidential election.

Did Montana vote for the national winner in 1972?

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

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1972

Montana: Nixon carries 4 EV.

Montana cast its 4 electoral votes for Nixon (Republican). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Montana voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Montana, 1972

In 1972, Montana awarded its 4 electoral votes to Nixon of the Republican party. Montana ended up on the winning side — Richard Nixon captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Montana backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Montana did not move alone — neighboring Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, and North Dakota broke the same way in 1972. Across the 34 presidential elections Montana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (22 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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