(States McGovern won in the 1972 Presidential Election against Darth Vader RICHARD NIXON are in RED)
| Presidential Candidate |
Vice Presidential Candidate |
Political Party |
Popular Vote | Electoral Vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican | 47,168,710 | 60.67% | 520 | 96.65% |
 |
George McGovern | R. Sargent Shriver | Democratic | 29,173,222 | 37.52% | 17 | 3.16% |
 |
John Hospers | Theodora Nathan | Libertarian | 3,674 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.19% |
 |
John Schmitz | Thomas Anderson | American | 1,100,868 | 1.42% | 0 | 0.00% |