Nixon managed to win 18% of the African American vote (Gerald Ford would get 16% in 1976). Until 2024, he was the only Republican in modern times to threaten the oldest extant Democratic stronghold of South Texas; this is also the most recent election in which the Republicans have won Dimmit County, Texas, the only time Republicans carried La Salle County between William McKinley in 1900 and Donald Trump in 2020, and one of only two occasions since Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 (Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 also obtained a plurality) that Republicans have gained a majority in Presidio County. The 1972 election was also the most recent time several highly populous urban counties, including Cook in Illinois, Orleans in Louisiana, Hennepin in Minnesota, Cuyahoga in Ohio, Durham in North Carolina, Queens in New York, and Prince George's in Maryland, have voted Republican.
Nixon managed to win 18% of the African American vote (Gerald Ford would get 16% in 1976). Until 2024, he was the only Republican in modern times to threaten the oldest extant Democratic stronghold of South Texas; this is also the most recent election in which the Republicans have won Dimmit County, Texas, the only time Republicans carried La Salle County between William McKinley in 1900 and Donald Trump in 2020, and one of only two occasions since Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 (Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 also obtained a plurality) that Republicans have gained a majority in Presidio County. The 1972 election was also the most recent time several highly populous urban counties, including Cook in Illinois, Orleans in Louisiana, Hennepin in Minnesota, Cuyahoga in Ohio Durham in North Carolina, Queens in New York, and Prince George's in Maryland, have voted Republican.