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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew

Party: REPUBLICAN
Home State: Nixon - CA; Agnew - MD

Electoral Votes: 520
Popular Votes: 47,169,911 (60.7%)

George McGovern
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver

Party: DEMOCRATIC
Home State: McGovern - SD; Shriver - MD

Electoral Votes: 17
Popular Votes: 29,170,383 (37.5%)

John Hospers
John Hospers
Tonie Nathan

Party: LIBERTARIAN
Home State: Hospers - CA; Nathan - OR

Electoral Votes: 1
Popular Votes: 3,673 (0.0%)

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John G. Schmitz
John G. Schmitz
Thomas J. Anderson

Party: AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
Home State: Schmitz - CA; Anderson - TN

Electoral Votes: 0
Popular Votes: 1,099,482 (1.4%)
Other Candidates

People's, Socialist Labor, Socialist Workers...

Electoral Votes: 0
Popular Votes: 278,779 (0.4%)

Electoral College Vote
Total electoral votes (from 50 states and DC) - 538
Majority needed to win - 270

Nixon:
win
McGovern:
win
Hospers:
win

Popular Vote
Total popular vote: 77,718,554
Voting-age population turnout: 55.1%

Nixon:
McGovern:
Hospers:
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Others:

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