(0.04%) Paul O'Dwyer – 1 (0.04%) Henry Reuss – 1 (0.04%) William F. Ryan – 1 (0.04%) Terry Sanford – 1 (0.04%) Sargent Shriver – 1 (0.04%) South Dakota United States Senate election, 1968: George McGovern (D) (inc.) – 158,961 (56.79%) Archie Gubbrud (R) – 120,951 (43.21%) 1972 presidential election 1972 Democratic Presidential primaries Hubert Humphrey - 4,121,372 (25.77%) George McGovern - 4,053,451 (25.34%) George Wallace - 3,755,424 (23.48%) Edmund Muskie - 1,840,217 (11.51%) Eugene McCarthy - 553,990 (3.46%) Henry M. Jackson - 505,198 (3.16%) Shirley Chisholm - 430,703 (2.69%) Terry Sanford - 331,415 (2.07%) John Lindsay - 196,406 (1.23%) Samuel Yorty - 79,446 (0.50%) Wilbur Mills - 37,401 (0.23%) Walter E. Fauntroy - 21,217 (0.13%) Unpledged - 19,533 (0.12%) Ted Kennedy - 16,693 (0.10%) Vance Hartke - 11,798 (0.07%) Patsy Mink - 8,286 (0.05%) None - 6,269 (0.04%) 1972 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally): George McGovern - 1,729 (57.37%) Henry M. Jackson - 525 (17.42%) George Wallace - 382 (12.67%) Shirley Chisholm - 152 (5.04%) Terry Sanford - 78 (2.59%) Hubert Humphrey - 67 (2.22%) Wilbur Mills - 34 (1.13%) Edmund Muskie - 25 (0.83%) Ted Kennedy - 13 (0.43%) Wayne L. Hays - 5 (0.17%) Eugene McCarthy - 2 (0.07%) Ramsey Clark - 1 (0.03%) Walter Mondale - 1 (0.03%) 1972 Liberal Party Convention (presidential tally): George McGovern - 218 (95.61%) Benjamin Spock - 8 (3.51%) Abstaining - 2 (0.88%) 1972 United States presidential election: Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (R) (inc.) - 47,168,710 (60.7%) and 520 electoral votes (49 states carried) George McGovern/Sargent Shriver (D) - 29,173,222 (37.5%) and 17 electoral votes (1 state and D.C. carried) John Hospers/Theodora Nathan (LBT) - 3,674 (0.0%) and 1 electoral vote (Virginia Republican faithless elector) John G. Schmitz/Thomas J. Anderson (AI) - 1,100,868 (1.4%) Linda Jenness/Andrew Pulley (Socialist Workers) - 83,380 (0.1%) Benjamin Spock/Julius Hobson (People's) - 78,759 (0.1%) Others - 135,414 (0.2%) South Dakota United States Senate election, 1974: George McGovern (D) (inc.) - 147,929 (53.04%) Leo K. Thorsness (R) - 130,955 (46.96%) United States Senate (1974–1980) and 1980 Democratic National Convention Democratic primary for United States Senate, South Dakota, 1980: George McGovern (inc.) - 44,822 (62.44%) Larry Schumaker - 26,958 (37.56%) 1980 Democratic National Convention (vice Presidential tally) Walter Mondale (inc.) - 2,429 (72.99%) Abstaining - 724 (21.76%) Melvin Boozer - 49 (1.44%) Ed Rendell - 28 (0.84%) Roberto A. Mondragon - 19 (0.57%) Patricia Stone Simon - 11 (0.33%)