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Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > President
Parent RaceUS President - D Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1972 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open April 25, 1972 - 12:00am Central
Polls Close April 25, 1972 - 12:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1973 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1977 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia November 02, 2010 12:08pm
Data SourcesPennsylvania Manual 1973. The sum of Wallace's counties is 292,137. The write-ins for Chester County, certified on the county level, were not included in the SOS table in the Manual. These numbers add 30 votes to Chisholm (her official total was 306) and 25 to Nixon (official total was 237).
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1968
NameHubert H. Humphrey, Jr. Votes2,259,405 (47.59%)
Term01/20/1969 - 01/20/1973 Margin169,388 (+3.57%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1972
NameRichard M. Nixon Votes2,714,521 (59.11%)
Term01/20/1973 - 01/20/1977 Margin917,570 (+19.98%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RacePA US President 11/07/1972

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. Gov. George C. Wallace Sen. George S. McGovern Sen. Edmund S. Muskie Sen. Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson Others (W) Rep. Shirley A. Chisholm
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Uncertified Votes 481,900 (35.05%) 292,437 (21.27%) 280,861 (20.43%) 279,983 (20.36%) 38,767 (2.82%) 348 (0.03%) 336 (0.02%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -189,463 (-13.78%) -201,039 (-14.62%) -201,917 (-14.69%) -443,133 (-32.23%) -481,552 (-35.02%) -481,564 (-35.03%)
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D Milton J. Shapp
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Name (I) (W) President Richard M. Nixon  
PartyDemocratic  
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Uncertified Votes 262 (0.02%)  
Margin-481,638 (-35.03%)  
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