1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

The 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1972, and was part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Senator George McGovern. Nixon won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 19.98%, winning every county except for Philadelphia. This result nonetheless was over 3% more Democratic than the nation at-large. , this is the last election in which Allegheny County voted Republican, as well as the last time when the Republican presidential nominee carried the state by double digits.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

 * Alleghany
 * Beaver
 * Cambria
 * Carbon
 * Elk
 * Erie
 * Fayette
 * Greene
 * Lackawanna
 * Lawrence
 * Luzerne
 * Northampton
 * Washington
 * Westmoreland