Who won Oregon in the 1972 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Oregon have in 1972?

Oregon cast 6 electoral votes in the 1972 presidential election.

Did Oregon vote for the national winner in 1972?

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

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1972

Oregon: Nixon carries 6 EV.

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

What happened in Oregon, 1972

In 1972, Oregon awarded its 6 electoral votes to Nixon of the Republican party. Oregon ended up on the winning side — Richard Nixon captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Oregon backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Oregon did not move alone — neighboring Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and California broke the same way in 1972. Across the 42 presidential elections Oregon has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 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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