1972 Vs. 1968
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1972: Republican Party
| 1968 electoral vote Richard Nixon |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1968 result under the 1972 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1972 electoral vote Richard Nixon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 5 | 306 | 215 | 1 | 520 |
| Alabama(9) Arkansas(6) Connecticut(8) Georgia(12) Hawaii(4) Louisiana(10) Maine(4) Maryland(10) Michigan(21) Minnesota(10) Mississippi(7) New York(41) North Carolina(1)* Pennsylvania(27) Rhode Island(4) Texas(26) Washington(9) West Virginia(6) |
Virginia(1)† |
* Faithless elector in 1968
† Faithless elector in 1972
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