Who won Utah in the 1972 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 1972?

Utah cast 4 electoral votes in the 1972 presidential election.

Did Utah vote for the national winner in 1972?

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

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1972

Utah: Nixon carries 4 EV.

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

What happened in Utah, 1972

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

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Utah backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Utah did not move alone — neighboring Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada broke the same way in 1972. Across the 33 presidential elections Utah 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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