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Parents > United States > Illinois > President
Parent RaceUS President National Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1972 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 07, 1972 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 07, 1972 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1973 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1977 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedRBH March 03, 2023 04:16pm
Data Sources
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/1968
NameRichard M. Nixon Votes2,174,774 (47.08%)
Term01/20/1969 - 01/20/1973 Margin134,960 (+2.92%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/1976
NameGerald R. Ford Votes2,364,269 (50.10%)
Term01/20/1977 - 01/20/1981 Margin92,974 (+1.97%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 21, 1972 IL US President - R Primary
Richard M. Nixon
R 33,569
Mar 21, 1972 IL US President - D Primary
Edmund S. Muskie
D 1,225,144

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) President Richard M. Nixon Sen. George S. McGovern Louis Fisher General Secretary Gus Hall (W) Rep. John G. Schmitz (W) Write-In  
PartyRepublican Democratic Socialist Labor Communist Independent Nonpartisan  
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Certified Votes 2,788,179 (59.04%) 1,913,472 (40.52%) 12,344 (0.26%) 4,541 (0.10%) 2,471 (0.05%) 1,881 (0.04%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -874,707 (-18.52%) -2,775,835 (-58.77%) -2,783,638 (-58.94%) -2,785,708 (-58.98%) -2,786,298 (-59.00%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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MATCHUP POLLS (0 from 0 pollsters)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Melvin W. Morgan
D James P. Loukas
R Edward R. "Ed" Vrdolyak
 


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