United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 1972

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Nominee	George McGovern	Richard Nixon
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	South Dakota	California
Running mate	Sargent Shriver	Spiro Agnew
Electoral vote	3	0
Popular vote	127,627	35,226
Percentage	78.10%	21.56%

President before election

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 1972 took place in order to select the District of Columbia's 3 electoral votes for President of the United States. Democrat George McGovern won the District by an overwhelming margin, receiving nearly 80% of the vote. Along with Massachusetts, the District of Columbia was the only place in the U.S. that voted for George McGovern in the general election.

Richard Nixon's 21.5% vote share was the highest for a Republican since Presidential voting started in 1964, and remains the highest to this date.

Also since the start of presidential voting in D.C., McGovern's 78.1% of the vote represents the lowest vote won by a Democrat and paradoxically D.C. represents his highest vote in the country in contrast to the vote he won in each of the 50 states.

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