1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi

1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Nixon 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%	McGovern 50-60%
President before election; Richard Nixon; Republican	Elected President ; Richard Nixon; Republican

The 1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent President Nixon won the state of Mississippi with 78.20% of the vote.^[1] This was the highest percentage Nixon received in any state in the election.^[2]

In Mississippi, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states. McGovern carried only three counties – Claiborne, Holmes, and Jefferson – all of which have overwhelming majority black populations.^[3] Nixon would also be the first presidential candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 to win Mississippi and the election.

As of the 2020 presidential election^[update], this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Republican presidential candidate: Marshall, Quitman, Bolivar, Sharkey, Wilkinson, Humphreys, Coahoma, Noxubee, and Tunica.^[4] The proportion of white voters supporting McGovern was utterly negligible and estimated at maximally three percent.^[5] Calculated estimates indicate that 100% of white voters supported Nixon while 0% supported McGovern.^[6]^[7]

^ "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Retrieved May 13, 2016.
^ Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 56.
^ Grantham, Dewey W. The South in Modern America: A Region at Odds. pp. 247–248. ISBN 1610753895.
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ Black, Earl (2021). "Competing Responses to the New Southern Politics: Republican and Democratic Southern Strategies, 1964-76". In Reed, John Shelton; Black, Merle (eds.). Perspectives on the American South: An Annual Review of Society, Politics, and Culture. ISBN 9781136764882.
^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

[Leip-1] "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Retrieved May 13, 2016.

[FOOTNOTEMorelandSteedBaker199156-2] Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 56.

[3] Grantham, Dewey W. The South in Modern America: A Region at Odds. pp. 247–248. ISBN 1610753895.

[How-4] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[5] Black, Earl (2021). "Competing Responses to the New Southern Politics: Republican and Democratic Southern Strategies, 1964-76". In Reed, John Shelton; Black, Merle (eds.). Perspectives on the American South: An Annual Review of Society, Politics, and Culture. ISBN 9781136764882.

[FOOTNOTEBlackBlack1992295-6] Black & Black 1992, p. 295.

[FOOTNOTEBlackBlack1992335-7] Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

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