19.1% backed McGovern, and the majority 78.5% broke for Nixon. Nixon, who became term-limited under the provisions of the Twenty-second Amendment as a result of his victory, became the first (and, as of 2020, only) presidential candidate to win a significant number of electoral votes in three presidential elections since the ratification of that Amendment. As of 2020, Nixon was the seventh of seven presidential nominees to win a significant number of electoral votes in at least three elections, the others being Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Counting Nixon's successful runs for vice president in the 1950s, he matched Franklin Roosevelt's achievements of winning the presidency or vice presidency in four elections and polling significant electoral votes in five, while over-reaching Roosevelt by winning electoral votes for president or vice president in every state. The 520 electoral votes received by Nixon, added to the 301 electoral votes he received in 1968, gave him the most total electoral votes received by any candidate who had been vice president to be elected to the office of president (821), and the fourth largest number of electoral votes received by any candidate who was elected to the office of the president behind Dwight Eisenhower's 899, Ronald Reagan's 1,014 and Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1,876 total electoral votes. Results by state Legend For the first time since 1828 Maine allowed its electoral votes to be split between candidates. Two electoral votes were awarded to the winner of the statewide race and one electoral vote to the winner of each congressional district. This was the first time the Congressional District Method had been used since Michigan used it in 1892. Nixon won all four votes. Close states States where margin of victory was more than 5 percentage points, but less than 10 percentage points (43 electoral votes): Minnesota, 5.51% (95,923 votes) Rhode Island, 6.19% (25,738 votes) South Dakota, 8.63% (26,531 votes) Massachusetts, 8.97% (220,462 votes) Wisconsin, 9.67% (179,256 votes) Tipping point states: Ohio, 21.56% (882,938 votes) (tipping point for a Nixon victory) Maine-1, 22.85% (50,360 votes) (tipping point for a McGovern victory) Statistics Counties with highest percentage of the vote (Republican) Dade County, Georgia 93.45% Glascock County, Georgia 93.38% George County, Mississippi 92.90% Holmes County, Florida 92.51% Smith County, Mississippi 92.35% Counties with highest percentage of the vote (Democratic) Duval County, Texas 85.68% Washington, D. C. 78.10%