page_title: 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
hierarchical_section_title: 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
context_page_description: The 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1972, and was part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
  Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Senator George McGovern. Nixon won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 19.98%, winning every county except for Philadelphia. This result nonetheless was over 3% more Democratic than the nation at-large. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Allegheny County voted Republican, and the last time that that county did not vote the same as Philadelphia. As at 2016, this marked the last time when the Republican presidential nominee carried the state by more than 10 percentage points and the most recent time when a presidential candidate won the state by over 15 points.
context_section_description: The 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1972, and was part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
  Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Senator George McGovern. Nixon won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 19.98%, winning every county except for Philadelphia.  This result nonetheless was over 3% more Democratic than the nation at-large. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Allegheny County voted Republican,  and the last time that that county did not vote the same as Philadelphia.  As at 2016, this marked the last time when the Republican presidential nominee carried the state by more than 10 percentage points and the most recent time when a presidential candidate won the state by over 15 points.
caption: County results
  
  
   
  
  
  
  Nixon
  
    50-60%
    60-70%
    70-80%
   
  
  
  McGovern
  
    50-60%