1972 Presidential Election
| Jurisdiction | Nixon | McGovern | Schmitz | Fischer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 988,493 67.8% |
438,887 30.1% |
19,721 1.4% |
9,918 0.7% |
| Accomack• | 6,496 72.0% |
2,406 26.7% |
108 1.2% |
16 0.2% |
| Albemarle• | 8,447 65.2% |
4,303 33.2% |
139 1.1% |
62 0.5% |
| Alexandria (IC)• | 20,235 55.9% |
15,409 42.6% |
348 1.0% |
177 0.5% |
| Alleghany• | 2,584 67.5% |
1,069 27.9% |
170 4.4% |
7 0.2% |
| Amelia• | 1,606 65.0% |
778 31.5% |
58 2.3% |
29 1.2% |
| Amherst• | 4,909 73.9% |
1,512 22.8% |
148 2.2% |
70 1.1% |
| Appomattox• | 2,788 78.2% |
684 19.2% |
68 1.9% |
25 0.7% |
| Arlington• | 39,406 59.4% |
25,877 39.0% |
830 1.3% |
270 0.4% |
| Augusta• | 9,106 81.4% |
1,766 15.8% |
148 1.3% |
161 1.4% |
| Bath• | 1,127 68.9% |
462 28.2% |
43 2.6% |
4 0.2% |
| Bedford (IC)• | 1,407 68.2% |
529 25.6% |
89 4.3% |
38 1.8% |
| Bedford• | 5,286 73.4% |
1,501 20.9% |
358 5.0% |
54 0.8% |
| Bland• | 1,352 70.6% |
527 27.5% |
31 1.6% |
4 0.2% |
| Botetourt• | 3,806 69.4% |
1,519 27.7% |
121 2.2% |
35 0.6% |
| Bristol (IC)• | 2,665 68.5% |
1,157 29.7% |
54 1.4% |
17 0.4% |
| Brunswick• | 3,072 58.2% |
2,130 40.3% |
63 1.2% |
16 0.3% |
| Buchanan• | 4,801 56.1% |
3,566 41.7% |
95 1.1% |
92 1.1% |
| Buckingham• | 2,107 62.9% |
1,186 35.4% |
44 1.3% |
15 0.4% |
| Buena Vista (IC)• | 990 70.3% |
373 26.5% |
22 1.6% |
24 1.7% |
| Campbell• | 11,676 82.5% |
2,055 14.5% |
288 2.0% |
138 1.0% |
| Caroline• | 2,086 52.8% |
1,814 45.9% |
32 0.8% |
19 0.5% |
| Carroll• | 5,247 75.1% |
1,583 22.6% |
90 1.3% |
69 1.0% |
| Charles City• | 535 30.8% |
1,177 67.8% |
14 0.8% |
9 0.5% |
| Charlotte• | 2,501 66.2% |
1,182 31.3% |
75 2.0% |
19 0.5% |
| Charlottesville (IC)• | 7,935 59.4% |
5,240 39.2% |
95 0.7% |
83 0.6% |
| Chesapeake (IC)• | 17,722 68.0% |
7,289 27.9% |
649 2.5% |
420 1.6% |
| Chesterfield• | 24,934 85.2% |
3,823 13.1% |
365 1.2% |
131 0.4% |
| Clarke• | 1,816 69.1% |
715 27.2% |
67 2.6% |
29 1.1% |
| Clifton Forge (IC)• | 1,127 63.2% |
575 32.2% |
68 3.8% |
14 0.8% |
| Colonial Heights (IC)• | 5,304 88.0% |
541 9.0% |
87 1.4% |
96 1.6% |
| Covington (IC)• | 1,910 63.7% |
948 31.6% |
113 3.8% |
27 0.9% |
| Craig• | 774 63.4% |
425 34.8% |
19 1.6% |
2 0.2% |
| Culpeper• | 3,707 72.8% |
1,316 25.8% |
60 1.2% |
9 0.2% |
| Cumberland• | 1,371 57.8% |
969 40.8% |
22 0.9% |
12 0.5% |
| Danville (IC)• | 12,463 73.7% |
4,148 24.5% |
134 0.8% |
171 1.0% |
| Dickenson• | 3,633 56.2% |
2,711 42.0% |
62 1.0% |
56 0.9% |
| Dinwiddie• | 3,314 62.5% |
1,901 35.8% |
74 1.4% |
16 0.3% |
| Emporia (IC)• | 1,340 68.8% |
565 29.0% |
18 0.9% |
24 1.2% |
| Essex• | 1,482 62.6% |
808 34.1% |
44 1.9% |
34 1.4% |
| Fairfax (IC)• | 5,063 67.7% |
2,274 30.4% |
118 1.6% |
20 0.3% |
| Fairfax• | 112,135 66.3% |
54,844 32.4% |
1,764 1.0% |
503 0.3% |
| Falls Church (IC)• | 2,967 60.0% |
1,895 38.3% |
67 1.4% |
14 0.3% |
| Fauquier• | 4,654 67.7% |
2,039 29.7% |
80 1.2% |
100 1.5% |
| Floyd• | 2,444 76.1% |
708 22.0% |
57 1.8% |
2 0.1% |
| Fluvanna• | 1,438 67.3% |
637 29.8% |
23 1.1% |
39 1.8% |
| Franklin (IC)• | 1,416 65.0% |
738 33.9% |
14 0.6% |
11 0.5% |
| Franklin• | 4,674 65.7% |
2,273 32.0% |
145 2.0% |
18 0.3% |
| Frederick• | 5,367 75.2% |
1,604 22.5% |
105 1.5% |
63 0.9% |
| Fredericksburg (IC)• | 3,211 64.5% |
1,702 34.2% |
34 0.7% |
29 0.6% |
| Galax (IC)• | 1,497 72.6% |
524 25.4% |
28 1.4% |
12 0.6% |
| Giles• | 3,671 64.3% |
1,869 32.8% |
78 1.4% |
88 1.5% |
| Gloucester• | 3,642 71.9% |
1,292 25.5% |
78 1.5% |
52 1.0% |
| Goochland• | 2,127 61.0% |
1,254 36.0% |
52 1.5% |
55 1.6% |
| Grayson• | 3,565 67.5% |
1,603 30.3% |
67 1.3% |
48 0.9% |
| Greene• | 1,208 78.2% |
318 20.6% |
15 1.0% |
3 0.2% |
| Greensville• | 1,608 56.0% |
1,197 41.7% |
46 1.6% |
18 0.6% |
| Halifax• | 5,469 68.7% |
2,384 30.0% |
77 1.0% |
29 0.4% |
| Hampton (IC)• | 21,897 65.5% |
10,648 31.8% |
479 1.4% |
411 1.2% |
| Hanover• | 11,095 81.2% |
2,200 16.1% |
237 1.7% |
131 1.0% |
| Harrisonburg (IC)• | 3,626 77.3% |
992 21.1% |
39 0.8% |
36 0.8% |
| Henrico• | 52,536 84.9% |
8,420 13.6% |
571 0.9% |
377 0.6% |
| Henry• | 7,556 62.8% |
4,042 33.6% |
170 1.4% |
256 2.1% |
| Highland• | 774 77.6% |
206 20.7% |
12 1.2% |
5 0.5% |
| Hopewell (IC)• | 5,229 75.9% |
1,485 21.5% |
106 1.5% |
71 1.0% |
| Isle of Wight• | 3,555 59.3% |
2,305 38.4% |
119 2.0% |
19 0.3% |
| James City• | 3,372 62.0% |
1,992 36.6% |
56 1.0% |
21 0.4% |
| King and Queen• | 1,033 58.3% |
708 40.0% |
10 0.6% |
21 1.2% |
| King George• | 1,675 70.1% |
658 27.5% |
34 1.4% |
24 1.0% |
| King William• | 1,839 69.1% |
797 30.0% |
18 0.7% |
6 0.2% |
| Lancaster• | 2,683 71.6% |
1,009 26.9% |
35 0.9% |
18 0.5% |
| Lee• | 4,957 62.4% |
2,825 35.6% |
68 0.9% |
95 1.2% |
| Lexington (IC)• | 1,345 65.0% |
695 33.6% |
18 0.9% |
12 0.6% |
| Loudoun• | 9,417 69.5% |
3,941 29.1% |
190 1.4% |
9 0.1% |
| Louisa• | 2,545 63.5% |
1,338 33.4% |
56 1.4% |
66 1.6% |
| Lunenburg• | 2,464 69.1% |
1,044 29.3% |
45 1.3% |
11 0.3% |
| Lynchburg (IC)• | 13,259 74.1% |
4,208 23.5% |
264 1.5% |
159 0.9% |
| Madison• | 1,864 73.4% |
639 25.2% |
24 0.9% |
12 0.5% |
| Martinsville (IC)• | 3,879 61.3% |
2,292 36.2% |
39 0.6% |
116 1.8% |
| Mathews• | 2,164 72.4% |
730 24.4% |
51 1.7% |
42 1.4% |
| Mecklenburg• | 6,381 68.5% |
2,804 30.1% |
106 1.1% |
18 0.2% |
| Middlesex• | 1,697 69.3% |
724 29.6% |
24 1.0% |
4 0.2% |
| Montgomery• | 9,348 70.6% |
3,692 27.9% |
194 1.5% |
14 0.1% |
| Nansemond (IC)• | 5,767 57.9% |
3,929 39.4% |
186 1.9% |
84 0.8% |
| Nelson• | 2,145 67.2% |
954 29.9% |
82 2.6% |
10 0.3% |
| New Kent• | 1,370 67.5% |
633 31.2% |
19 0.9% |
7 0.3% |
| Newport News (IC)• | 27,169 67.4% |
12,233 30.3% |
639 1.6% |
271 0.7% |
| Norfolk (IC)• | 38,385 58.0% |
25,737 38.9% |
1,198 1.8% |
897 1.4% |
| Northampton• | 2,587 66.5% |
1,246 32.0% |
53 1.4% |
7 0.2% |
| Northumberland• | 2,332 71.6% |
884 27.1% |
28 0.9% |
14 0.4% |
| Norton (IC)• | 823 62.7% |
463 35.3% |
12 0.9% |
15 1.1% |
| Nottoway• | 2,979 68.2% |
1,308 30.0% |
70 1.6% |
10 0.2% |
| Orange• | 2,758 71.3% |
1,032 26.7% |
42 1.1% |
37 1.0% |
| Page• | 4,326 72.3% |
1,585 26.5% |
61 1.0% |
8 0.1% |
| Patrick• | 2,951 73.4% |
942 23.4% |
100 2.5% |
30 0.7% |
| Petersburg (IC)• | 6,710 55.7% |
5,156 42.8% |
131 1.1% |
56 0.5% |
| Pittsylvania• | 12,108 72.3% |
4,429 26.5% |
174 1.0% |
26 0.2% |
| Portsmouth (IC)• | 20,090 58.5% |
13,124 38.2% |
760 2.2% |
376 1.1% |
| Powhatan• | 1,751 66.4% |
810 30.7% |
60 2.3% |
15 0.6% |
| Prince Edward• | 3,199 66.0% |
1,585 32.7% |
51 1.1% |
15 0.3% |
| Prince George• | 2,405 67.7% |
1,084 30.5% |
46 1.3% |
17 0.5% |
| Prince William• | 20,149 72.3% |
7,266 26.1% |
351 1.3% |
118 0.4% |
| Pulaski• | 6,281 72.0% |
2,311 26.5% |
114 1.3% |
16 0.2% |
| Radford (IC)• | 2,577 68.7% |
1,121 29.9% |
40 1.1% |
14 0.4% |
| Rappahannock• | 1,055 68.2% |
471 30.4% |
16 1.0% |
5 0.3% |
| Richmond (IC)• | 46,244 57.6% |
33,055 41.2% |
649 0.8% |
354 0.4% |
| Richmond• | 1,565 77.6% |
435 21.6% |
13 0.6% |
5 0.2% |
| Roanoke (IC)• | 18,541 64.7% |
9,498 33.1% |
537 1.9% |
95 0.3% |
| Roanoke• | 19,920 77.3% |
5,318 20.6% |
474 1.8% |
66 0.3% |
| Rockbridge• | 3,009 74.3% |
956 23.6% |
62 1.5% |
24 0.6% |
| Rockingham• | 10,025 81.7% |
2,026 16.5% |
143 1.2% |
81 0.7% |
| Russell• | 5,010 58.9% |
3,367 39.6% |
71 0.8% |
54 0.6% |
| Salem (IC)• | 5,649 74.8% |
1,744 23.1% |
136 1.8% |
24 0.3% |
| Scott• | 5,125 66.2% |
2,474 31.9% |
81 1.0% |
64 0.8% |
| Shenandoah• | 7,128 82.5% |
1,422 16.5% |
78 0.9% |
16 0.2% |
| Smyth• | 6,409 72.3% |
2,280 25.7% |
82 0.9% |
97 1.1% |
| South Boston (IC)• | 1,865 71.6% |
709 27.2% |
7 0.3% |
24 0.9% |
| Southampton• | 3,225 67.1% |
1,498 31.2% |
66 1.4% |
18 0.4% |
| Spotsylvania• | 3,577 65.7% |
1,775 32.6% |
75 1.4% |
15 0.3% |
| Stafford• | 5,222 72.4% |
1,901 26.4% |
83 1.2% |
8 0.1% |
| Staunton (IC)• | 5,531 78.3% |
1,416 20.0% |
33 0.5% |
88 1.2% |
| Suffolk (IC)• | 2,137 69.5% |
898 29.2% |
29 0.9% |
9 0.3% |
| Surry• | 1,067 50.4% |
988 46.7% |
27 1.3% |
35 1.7% |
| Sussex• | 2,120 55.0% |
1,645 42.7% |
43 1.1% |
47 1.2% |
| Tazewell• | 7,233 67.8% |
3,181 29.8% |
107 1.0% |
146 1.4% |
| Virginia Beach (IC)• | 38,074 76.6% |
10,373 20.9% |
837 1.7% |
449 0.9% |
| Warren• | 3,718 69.4% |
1,508 28.2% |
63 1.2% |
68 1.3% |
| Washington• | 8,805 72.7% |
3,028 25.0% |
123 1.0% |
155 1.3% |
| Waynesboro (IC)• | 4,163 77.8% |
1,061 19.8% |
72 1.3% |
58 1.1% |
| Westmoreland• | 2,331 66.0% |
1,113 31.5% |
27 0.8% |
61 1.7% |
| Williamsburg (IC)• | 1,786 57.5% |
1,274 41.0% |
29 0.9% |
19 0.6% |
| Winchester (IC)• | 4,647 75.5% |
1,418 23.1% |
55 0.9% |
31 0.5% |
| Wise• | 6,739 59.9% |
4,402 39.2% |
79 0.7% |
22 0.2% |
| Wythe• | 4,553 74.0% |
1,431 23.2% |
70 1.1% |
102 1.7% |
| York• | 7,745 74.9% |
2,302 22.3% |
211 2.0% |
83 0.8% |