1972 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 7, 1972
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| Turnout | 60.8% 8.7 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County results
Nixon 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
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| Elections in Indiana |
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A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 1972. The Republican ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Richard Nixon and the vice president of the United States Spiro Agnew defeated the Democratic ticket of the junior U.S. senator from South Dakota George McGovern and the former U.S. ambassador to France Sargent Shriver. Nixon defeated McGovern in the national election with 520 electoral votes.