1972 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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The 1972 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota was won by the Republican candidate, incumbent President Richard Nixon, who won the state over U.S. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota by a margin of 95,923 votes, or 5.51%, the closest state in the election. This result made Minnesota around 18% more Democratic than the nation as a whole. Nixon went on to win the election nationally, by a landslide margin of 23.15% of the popular vote. McGovern carried only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. As of 2026, this is the only presidential race since 1956 that Minnesota has voted Republican, as well as the last election in which the Midwest voted unanimously in the electoral college. Minnesota would go on to have the longest streak voting for Democrats out of any...

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