Nixon carried Connecticut with 58.57% of the vote to McGovern's 40.13%, a victory margin of 18.44%.[1] He won every county in the state, but this result nonetheless made Connecticut almost 5% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.
Nixon's victory was the first of five consecutive victories in the state, as Connecticut would not be won by a Democratic candidate again until Bill Clinton in 1992. Since then, Connecticut has become a safe Democratic state.
As of 2023, this was the most recent presidential election in which the Republican nominee carried the cities of Bridgeport and New London.
Results
1972 United States presidential election in Connecticut[2]