United States presidential election in Maryland, 1972

November 7, 1972

All 10 Maryland electoral votes to the Electoral College


Nominee	Richard Nixon	George McGovern
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	California	South Dakota
Running mate	Spiro Agnew	Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote	10	0
Popular vote	829,305	505,781
Percentage	61.3%	37.4%

Main article: United States presidential election, 1972

The United States presidential election in Maryland, 1972 was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent President Richard Nixon of California and Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland won the state, winning 61.26% of the vote to George McGovern and Sargent Shriver's 37.36%. Both the Democratic and Republican (Shriver and Agnew, respectively) Vice Presidential nominees were from Maryland.

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Results

United States presidential election in Maryland, 1972^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Richard Nixon	Spiro Agnew	829,305	61.26%	10
	Democratic	George McGovern	Sargent Shriver	505,781	37.36%	0
	American Independent	John G. Schmitz	Thomas J. Anderson	18,726	1.38%	0

References

↑ "1972 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". Retrieved 2015-09-05.

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