Английская Википедия:1972 United States presidential election in Alaska

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:Elections in Alaska sidebar The 1972 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alaska was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R-California) with 58.1% of the popular vote against George McGovern (D-South Dakota) with 34.6%. Nixon ultimately won the national vote as well, defeating McGovern and Representative John G. Schmitz (R-California), who ran under the American Independent Party ticket.

Results

1972 United States presidential election in Alaska
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Richard Nixon (incumbent)	55,349	58.10%	3
	Democratic	George McGovern	32,967	34.61%	0
	American Independent	John G. Schmitz	6,903	7.25%	0
	Libertarian	John Hospers (write-in)	45	0.05%	0
Totals			95,264	100.00%	3

Analysis

Although Alaska has only voted Democratic once, which was for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, during the state's first four presidential elections Alaska was not substantially more Republican than the nation at-large: indeed owing to a fairly strong third-party campaign Nixon won 2.57 percent less of the vote in Alaska that over the entire country, although McGovern received 2.88 percent less than his national share. Nonetheless, Alaska weighed in for this election as 0.3% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

While Alaska would prove to be John Schmitz's second strongest state after Idaho, he failed to equal the success of George Wallace’s campaign in the previous election. This is the only time that Alaska voted to the left of Hawaii.

See also

• United States presidential elections in Alaska

References

Шаблон:Alaska-election-stub