Talk:1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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Goodness, can't we give some dates on contests, whether they were primaries, caucuses, or conventions, and so forth? Wikipedia's entries on old presidential elections are terrible. john k (talk) 21:55, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Fred Harris

Fred Harris is mentioned as a candidate, as well as a "potential candidate who did not run". Which one is correct?Jeff5102 (talk) 11:25, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Primary contest

Why does the contest list on both this and the Republican article for 1972, end on June 6th? At least one contest took place after this, in New York on June 20th.--86.141.46.179 (talk) 17:25, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Problems

There are several specific problems with this article, beyond that it doesn't fully convey the unfolding narrative or the flavor of the campaign.

• The statement in the lead that "The 1972 primary was the first major party primary to hold races in every state" is unsourced. As the table in "Statewide contest by winner" indicates, there were only 25 or so identifiable statewide contests with popular votes attached to them. The rest were caucuses, state party conventions, etc., which often had only partly conclusive results where the delegates chosen were often formally uncommitted but had leanings towards one candidate or another.
• The statement that "Rep. Shirley Chisholm became both the first African American and first woman to win a presidential primary when she came in first in New Jersey" is not true in any meaningful sense and should be removed. In the June 6 New Jersey primary, there was a complex ballot that featured both a delegate selection vote and a non-binding, non-delegate-producing "beauty contest" presidential preference vote. In the delegate selection vote, McGovern defeated his main rival at that point, Humphrey, and won the large share of available delegates. Most of the Democratic candidates were not on the preference ballot, including McGovern and Humphrey; of the two that were, Chisholm and former governor of North Carolina Terry Sanford, Sanford had already withdrawn from the contest three weeks earlier. In the preference ballot voting, which the Associated Press described as "meaningless", Chisholm received the majority of votes. During the actual balloting at the national convention, Chisholm received votes from only 4 of New Jersey's 109 delegates, with 89 going to McGovern. (See Shirley Chisholm#1972 presidential campaign for the sources behind these statements.) Note that the New York Times obit for Chisholm said "She did not win a single primary".
• The state-by-state map is very confused about what it is showing. Is it who won the primary or clear-cut caucus in that state? If so, there should be about 25 states showing results and the rest should be grey. Or is it who won the most delegate votes from that state during the actual roll call at the national convention? In that case there can be results for every state. To illustrate the confusion, Louisiana and Mississippi are colored for Chisholm, but she did not win those states at the time of delegate selection. During the state party selection processes, both states were battles between McGovern and Wallace forces, with the Louisiana ones being formally uncommitted and the Mississippi ones the subject of a credentials challenge. Then during the roll call, by which time McGovern's nomination was assured, some of his delegates cast symbolic votes for Chisholm instead (and there may have been some from disaffected Humphrey delegates too, in Mississippi). (Again, see Shirley Chisholm#1972 presidential campaign for the sources behind these statements.) For more examples, New Hampshire and Illinois are colored for Muskie because he won primaries there, but by the time of the convention roll call, both went to McGovern.

There's no one best solution to the map problem, but the way it is cannot stand, because it is using different criteria from state to state. Wasted Time R (talk) 12:33, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Hearing no objections, I have done all of this, including commenting out the map and removing the 'states carried' totals. Awaits further work. Wasted Time R (talk) 02:19, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

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Delegate count

Should we be including the numbers from the convention for the delegate count in the infobox? After all, these are not reflective of the delegates awarded during the primaries, as delegates shifted at the convention.
SecretName101 (talk) 23:06, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

True enough, but at least it is a determinable figure that is available for each state. I've tried to get rid of the colored map in the infobox several times, for the reasons given in the "Problems" section above, but it keeps coming back, and still with its inconsistent and inaccurate meanings. And what do the "Contests won" counts in the infobox refer to? If it's primaries or caucuses, the totals should not add up to 50 because there weren't that many of them. If it's delegate counts at the convention, the name should be changed to indicate that. I fear that none of the other editors on this article were around in 1972 and have a feel for how the whole process worked at the time. Wasted Time R (talk) 11:32, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Why isn't New York highlighted in the graph?

This was the first time New York held a presidential primary after all. Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 23:26, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

In Progress Contests Table

Date	Total Pledged Delegate Votes	Contest	Delegates won and popular vote
			McGovern	Humphrey	Wallace	Muskie	Jackson	Mills	Chisholm	Sanford	Fauntroy	Lindsay	Uncommitted	Others	Total
January 24	46	Iowa Caucuses	18 Delegates ~2,260 SDs (~22.6%)	~160 SDs (~1.6%)	—	18 Delegates ~3,550 SDs (~35.5%)	~110 SDs (~1.1%)	—	~130 SDs (~1.3%)	—	—	—	10 Delegates ~3,580 SDs (~35.8%)	~840 SDs (~8.4%)	~10,000 SDs
January 29	25	Arizona Caucuses	5 Delegates 102 SDs (20.40%)	2 SDs (0.04%)	—	9 Delegates 189 SDs (37.80%)	2 SDs (0.04%)	—	1 SD (0.02%)	—	—	6 Delegates 118 SDs (23.60%)	5 Delegates 85 SDs (17.00%)	1 SD (0.02%)	500 SDs
February 22	64	Minnesota Caucuses	20 Delegates ?	33 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	8 Delegates ?	—	—	—	3 Delegates ?	—	?
March 7	18	New Hampshire	6 Delegates 33,077 (37.92%)	348 (0.40%)	175 (0.20%)	14 Delegates 41,235 (47.37%)	197 (0.23%)	3,563 (4.09%)	—	—	—	—	—	8,521 (9.79%)	87,046
March 8	52	Washington Caucuses	?	—	—	—	52 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	?
March 11	53	Georgia	4 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	1 Delegate ?	5 Delegates ?	—	—	—	30 Delegates ?	—	?
March 14	81	Florida	78,232 (6.19%)	6 Delegates 234,658 (18.56%)	75 Delegates 526,651 (41.65%)	112,523 (8.90%)	170,156 (13.46%)	4,539 (0.36%)	43,989 (3.48%)	—	—	82,386 (6.52%)	—	11,420 (0.90%)	1,264,554
March 21	170	Illinois	13 Delegates 3,687 (0.30%)	1,476 (0.12%)	7,017 (0.57%)	59 Delegates 766,914 (62.60%)	442 (0.04%)	—	777 (0.06%)	—	—	118 (0.01%)	80 Delegates	444,620 (36.29%)	1,225,051
March 25	20	Maine Caucuses	69 SDs (3.23%)	1 SDs (0.00%)	—	20 Delegates 473 SDs (22.18%)	—	—	17 SDs (0.80%)	—	—	—	—	—	2,133 SDs
April 4	67	Wisconsin	54 Delegates 333,528 (29.55%)	13 Delegates 233,748 (20.71%)	248,676 (22.03%)	115,811 (10.26%)	88,068 (7.80%)	913 (0.08%)	9,198 (0.82%)	—	—	75,579 (6.70%)	2,450 (0.22%)	18,264 (1.62%)	1,128,584
April 17	17	Idaho Caucuses	7 Delegates ?	1 Delegate ?	—	3 Delegates ?	—	—	1 Delegate ?	—	—	—	5 Delegates ?	—	?
April 19	12	Vermont Caucuses	9 Delegates 354SDs (30.84%)	6 SDs (0.52%)	1 SDs (0.08%)	3 Delegates 210 SDs (18.29%)	1 SDs (0.08%)	2 SDs (0.17%)	—	—	—	48 SDs (4.18%)	—	—	1,148 SDs
April 25	102	Massachusetts	102 Delegates 325,673 (52.65%)	48,929 (7.91%)	45,807 (7.41%)	131,709 (21.29%)	8,499 (1.37%)	19,411 (3.14%)	22,398 (3.62%)	—	—	2,107 (0.34%)	2,450 (0.22%)	13,953 (2.26%)	618,516
April 25	182	Pennsylvania	37 Delegates 280,861 (20.43%)	57 Delegates 481,900 (35.05%)	2 Delegates 292,437 (21.27%)	29 Delegates 279,983 (20.36%)	38,767 (2.82%)	—	336 (0.02%)	—	—	—	12 Delegates 610 (0.04%)	—	1,374,894
May 2	37	Alabama Primary	—	—	28 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9 Delegates ?	—	?
May 2	76	Indiana	—	55 Delegates 354,244 (47.14%)	21 Delegates 309,495 (41.19%)	87,719 (11.67%)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	751,458
May 2	153	Ohio	63 Delegates 478,434 (39.70%)	77 Delegates 497,538 (41.28%)	—	105,903 (8.79%)	97,896 (8.12%)	—	—	—	—	—	—	13 Delegates 25,423 (2.11%)	1,205,194
May 2	15	Washington, D.C.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20 Delegates 21,217 (71.78%)	—	8,343 (28.22%)	—	29,560
May 4	49	Tennessee	35,551 (7.22%)	78,350 (15.90%)	49 Delegates 335,858 (68.16%)	9,634 (1.96%)	5,864 (1.20%)	2,543 (0.52%)	18,809 (3.82%)	—	—	1,476 (0.30%)	—	3,912 (0.79%)	492,721
May 6	64	North Carolina	—	—	37 Delegates 413,518 (50.34%)	30,739 (3.74%)	9,416 (1.15%)	—	61,723 (7.51%)	27 Delegates 306,014 (37.25%)	—	—	—	—	821,410
May 6	39	Oklahoma Caucuses	?	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	?
May 9	24	Nebraska	15 Delegates 79,309 (41.34%)	7 Delegates 65,968 (34.39%)	23,912 (12.46%)	6,886 (3.59%)	5,276 (2.75%)	377 (0.20%)	1,763 (0.92%)	—	—	1,244 (0.65%)	—	7,109 (3.71%)	191,844
May 9	35	West Virginia	7 Delegates	17 Delegates 246,596 (66.92%)	121,888 (33.08%)	5 Delegates	—	—	—	—	—	—	6 Delegates	—	368,484
May 13	3	Canal Zone Convention	5 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1 Delegate ?	—	?
May 13	35	Kansas Caucuses	12 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18 Delegates ?	—	?
May 13	44	Louisiana Caucuses	8 Delegates ?	—	3 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29 Delegates ?	—	?
May 13	130	Texas Caucuses	36 Delegates ? (~25.00%)	21 Delegates ? (~15.00%)	43 Delegates ? (~30.00%)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30 Delegates ? (~30.00%)	—	?
May 13	11	Wyoming Caucuses	2 Delegates ?	2 Delegates ?	—	2 Delegates ?	—	1 Delegate ?	—	—	—	—	13 Delegates ?	—	?
May 16	53	Maryland	6 Delegates 126,978 (22.35%)	6 Delegates 151,981 (26.75%)	41 Delegates 219,687 (38.67%)	13,363 (2.35%)	17,728 (3.12%)	4,776 (0.84%)	12,602 (2.22%)	—	—	2,168 (0.38%)	—	18,848 (3.32%)	568,131
May 16	132	Michigan	38 Delegates 425,694 (26.81%)	22 Delegates 249,798 (15.73%)	72 Delegates 809,239 (50.96%)	38,701 (2.44%)	6,938 (0.44%)	—	44,090 (2.78%)	—	—	—	10,700 (0.67%)	2,913 (0.18%)	1,588,073
May 21	17	Hawaii Convention	4 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12 Delegates ?	1 Delegate ?	?
May 23	34	Oregon	34 Delegates 205,328 (50.25%)	51,163 (12.52%)	81,868 (20.03%)	10,244 (2.51%)	22,042 (5.39%)	1,208 (0.30%)	2,975 (0.73%)	—	—	5,082 (1.24%)	—	28,734 (7.03%)	408,644
May 23	22	Rhode Island	22 Delegates 15,603 (41.21%)	7,701 (20.34%)	5,802 (15.32%)	7,838 (20.70%)	138 (0.36%)	41 (0.11%)	—	—	—	—	490 (1.29%)	251 (0.66%)	37,864
June 6	271	California	271 Delegates 1,550,652 (43.50%)	1,375,064 (38.58%)	268,551 (7.53%)	72,701 (2.04%)	28,901 (0.81%)	—	157,435 (4.42%)	—	—	26,246 (0.74%)	—	84,948 (2.38%)	3,564,498
June 6	109	New Jersey	71 Delegates ?	10 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28 Delegates ?	—	?
June 6	18	New Mexico	9 Delegates 51,011 (33.28%)	39,768 (25.94%)	9 Delegates 44,843 (29.25%)	6,411 (4.18%)	4,236 (2.76%)	—	3,205 (2.09%)	—	—	—	3,819 (2.49%)	—	153,293
June 6	17	South Dakota	17 Delegates 28,017 (100.00%)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28,017
June 20	278	New York	251 Delegates 287,519	—	—	1 Delegate 17,116	8,694	—	4 Delegates 29,069	—	—	—	22 Delegates 116,698	—	?
June 24	13	Delaware Convention	9 Delegates ?	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11 Delegates ?	—	?
Estimated Delegate Votes			1,155	327	380	163	52	2	18	27	20	6	324	14	1,953

1972 Campaign Endorsements (In Progress)

George McGovern

List of George McGovern's endorsements (as of July 10, 1972)
McGovern had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Current Sen. John V. Tunney (D-CA) Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D-CT) Sen. Frank Church (D-ID) Sen. Philip Hart (D-MI) Sen. Fred R. Harris (D-OK) Sen. William Proxmire (D-WS) Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) U.S. Representatives Current Rep. Ron Dellums (D-CA) Rep. Pete McCloskey (R-CA) Rep. Jerome Waldie (R-CA) Rep. Patsy Mink (D-HI) Rep. Abner Mikva (D-IL) Rep. Robert Drinan (D-MA) Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) Rep. Frank Thompson (D-NJ) Rep. Herman Badillo (D-NY) Rep. John G. Dow (D-NY) Rep. Richard Ottinger (D-NY) Governors Current Gov. Patrick Lucey (D-WS) Former Gov. Pat Brown (D-CA) Gov. Chester Bowles (D-CT) Presidential Staff and Advisors Stewart Udall, Fmr. Sec. of the Interior Mayors Warren Widener, Mayor of Berkeley (D-CA) Maynard Jackson, Vice Mayor of Atlanta (D-GA) Kenneth A. Gibson, Mayor of Newark (I-NJ) Tom Luken, Mayor of Cincinnati (D-OH) State, Local, and Territory Officials California Bob Moretti, Assembly Speaker (D) Willie Brown, Assemblyman Leon D. Ralph, Assemblyman John Miller, Assemblyman John E. Moss, Assemblyman Tom Bradley, Los Angeles City Councilman Georgia Julian Bond, State Sen. (D) Iowa Minnette Doderer, State Sen. William J. Gannon, State Rep. Michigan Coleman Young, State Sen. (D) Missouri Harry Wiggins, Jackson County Court Judge New York Dennis Conta, Assemblymen Oliver Koppell, Assemblyman Dennis Conta, Assemblymen Matthew Troy, New York City Councilman Eldon R. Clingan, New York City Councilman Robert Abrams, Bronx Borough President (D) Eugene Nickerson, Nassau County Executive (D) South Carolina Arnold Goodstein, State Rep. (D) James Moss, State Rep. (D) James Felder, State Rep. (D) Wisconsin Charles P. Smith, State Treasurer Publications The Dartmouth The Progressive The Palm Beach Post The Miami News The Fresno Bee The Modesto Bee The Sacramento Bee Chicago Sun-Times Academics Owen Chamberlain Salvador Luria Albert Szent-Györgyi George Wald Richard Clement Wade John Kenneth Galbraith Business People Max Palevsky Eli Sagan Robert L. Bernstein Labor Unions United Farm Workers Labor Leaders and Union Officials Victor G. Reuther Alvin F. Grospiron Cesar Chavez Jerry Wurf Organizations Environmental organizations, humane organizations, and wildlife groups Other organizations New Hampshire YDA Writers Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Jerome Grossman Jimmy Breslin Social and Political Activists Ralph Nader Jesse Jackson Ralph Abernathy Jerry Rubin Abbie Hoffman Coretta Scott King Hosea Williams Joseph Duffey Thomas Gumbleton Other Notable Individuals Dorman Commons, Fmr. President of the California State Board of Education Richard G. Stearns Frank Mankiewicz Joseph P. Kennedy II Ethel Kennedy Carlton Benjamin Goodlett Meade Esposito

Hubert Humphrey

List of Hubert Humphrey's endorsements (as of July 10, 1972)
Humphrey had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN) Sen. Vance Hartke (D-IN) Sen. Walter Mondale (D-MN) U.S. Representatives Current Rep. Jim Wright (D-TX) Governors Current Gov. Wendell R. Anderson (D-MN) Lt. Gov. Rudy Perpich (D-MN) Gov. William L. Guy (D-ND) Former Gov. George M. Leader (D-PA) Presidential Staff and Advisors Orville Freeman, Fmr. Sec. of Agriculture (D-MN) John A. Gronouski, Fmr. Amb. to Poland (D-WS) Mayors Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (D-CA) Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (D-CA) Douglas Dollarhide, Mayor of Compton (D-CA) David T. Kennedy, Mayor of Miami (D-FL) Jerry J. Miller, Mayor of South End (D-IN) James H. J. Tate, Fmr. Mayor of Philadelphia (D-PA) State, Local, and Territory Officials California Walter J. Karabian, Majority Leader (D) Mervyn Dymally, State Senator (D) Ralph C. Dills, State Senator (D) Bill Greene, Assemblyman Florida Robert L. Shevin, Attorney General (D) Ohio Frank W. King, Fmr. State Senator (D) Joseph T. Ferguson, State Auditor (D) George L. Forbes, Pres. of the Cleveland City Council (D) Publications St. Petersburg Times The Daytona Beach News-Journal St. Peterburg Independent Cocoa Today The Lakeland Ledger The Gainesville Sun Academics Business People Kenneth O'Donnell Walter Shorenstein Ben Swig Larry Weinberg John Factor S. Harrison Dogole Lew Wasserman Labor Unions Labor Leaders and Union Officials Iorwith Wilbur Abel Writers Social and Political Activists Eugene Wyman H. Claude Hudson Other Notable Individuals
Frazier Reams Jr.

George Wallace

List of George Wallace's endorsements (as of July 10, 1972)
Wallace had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current Sen. James Allen (D-AL) U.S. Representatives Current Governors Current Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox (D-GA) Former Gov. John M. Patterson (D-AL) Presidential Staff and Advisors Mayors State, Local, and Territory Officials Alabama G. Sage Lyons, House Speaker (D) Florida William Dean Barrow, State Sen. Louisiana Woody Jenkins, State Rep. Publications Academics Business People Writers Other Notable Individuals Social and Political Activists

Edmund Muskie

List of Edmund Muskie's endorsements (as of April 27, 1972)
Muskie had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Sen. Joseph Tydings (D-MD) Sen. Albert Gore Sr. (D-MD) Current Sen. Mike Gravel (D-AK) Sen. John V. Tunney (D-CA) Sen. Harold Hughes (D-IA) Sen. Frank Church (D-ID) Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN) Sen. Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL) Sen. Stuart Symington (D-MO) Sen. Thomas Eagleton (D-MO) Sen. Philip Hart (D-MI) Sen. Lee Metcalf (D-MT) Sen. Quentin Burdick (D-ND) Sen. Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) Sen. Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) Sen. Frank Moss (D-UT) U.S. Representatives Current Rep. Mo Udall (D-AZ) Rep. John E. Moss (D-CA) Rep. Robert Leggett (D-CA) Rep. Jerome Waldie (D-CA) Rep. George E. Shipley (D-IL) Rep. John Brademas (D-IN) Rep. J. Edward Roush (D-IN) Rep. Lee H. Hamilton (D-IN) Rep. Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D-IN) Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY) Rep. James V. Stanton (D-OH) Rep. Charles Vanik (D-OH) Rep. William S. Moorhead (D-OH) Rep. John F. Seiberling (D-OH) Former Fmr. Rep. Jerry Voorhis (D-CA) Governors Current Gov. Cecil Andrus (D-ID) Gov. Wendell Ford (D-KY) Gov. Warren E. Hearnes (D-KY) Gov. Robert W. Scott (D-NC) Gov. John J. Gilligan (D-OH) Gov. Milton Shapp (D-PA) Gov. Cal Rampton (D-UT) Former Gov. Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. (D-AZ) Gov. Pat Brown (D-CA) Gov. Richard J. Hughes (D-NJ) Gov. W. Averell Harriman (D-NY) Gov. Michael DiSalle (D-OH) Presidential Staff and Advisors National Political Figures Raúl Héctor Castro, Fmr. Amb. to Bolivia (D-AZ) Chester Bowles, Fmr. Amb. to India (D-CT) Mayors Kevin White, Mayor of Boston (D-MA) Herman Goldner, Mayor of St. Petersburg (D-FL) Robert Wagner, Fmr. Mayor of New York (D-NY) Harry Kessler, Mayor of Toledo (D-OH) State, Local, and Territory Officials California Bob Moretti, Assembly Speaker (D) James R. Mills, Senate Pres. Pro Tempore (D) George N. Zenovich, State Sen. (D) Peter R. Chacon, Assemblyman (D) Wadie P. Deddeh, Assemblyman (D) Leroy F. Greene, Assemblyman (D) Edwin L. Z'berg, Assemblyman (D) March Fong Eu, Assemblyman (D) John T. Knox, Assemblyman (D) Jack R. Fenton, Assemblyman (D) Alex P. Garcia, Assemblyman (D) Jim Keysor, Assemblyman (D) Carley V. Porter, Assemblyman (D) Alan Sieroty, Assemblyman (D) Charles Warren, Assemblyman (D) Henry Waxman, Assemblyman (D) Peter R. Chacon, Assemblyman (D) Alex P. Garcia, Assemblyman (D) Jerry Brown, Secretary of State (D) Florida Richard A. Pettigrew, House Speaker (D) Joe Lang Kershaw, State Rep. (D) Maurice Ferré, Fmr. State Rep. (D) Georgia Leroy Johnson, State Senator (D) Maryland William Hodges, State Sen. (D) Walter Orlinsky, Pres. of the Baltimore City Council (D) Massachusetts Robert H. Quinn, Attorney General (D) Joseph D. Ward, State Senator (D) Michigan William A. Ryan, House Speaker (D) Sander Levin, Fmr. State Senator (D) New Jersey S. Howard Woodson, Assemblyman (D) New York Jack E. Bronston, State Senator (D) John LaFalce, State Senator (D) Donald Manes, Queens Borough President (D) Pennsylvania Peter Camiel, Fmr. State Sen. (D) Martin L. Murray, State Sen. (D) Stanley Meholchick, State Rep. (D) Bernard O'Brien, State Rep. (D) C. Delores Tucker, Sec. of the Commonwealth (D) Wisconsin Norman C. Anderson, Assembly Speaker (D) Carl Otte, Assembly Speaker (D) Publications Academics Joseph Duffey Arthur Melvin Okun Business People Martin Stone William T. King Paul Ziffren William M. Roth Donald Pritzker Labor Unions AFSCME UAW, Michigan Branch UAW, Ohio Branch CAPCUAW Labor Leaders and Union Officials Victor Gotbaum Leonard Woodcock Social and Political Activists John Kerry Harold M. Ickes Alcee Hastings Myrlie Evers-Williams Richard Leone Tony Podesta Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. George J. Mitchell Mark Shields Donald O. Peterson Stephen Reinhardt Richard Dickson Cudahy Anne Wexler James A. Johnson William Coblentz Writers James A. Michener Other Notable Individuals John Glenn

Scoop Jackson

List of Henry Jackson's endorsements (as of May 2, 1972)
Jackson had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current Sen. Sam Ervin (D-NC) Sen. Clinton Anderson (D-NM) U.S. Representatives Current Rep. Sandy D'Alemberte (D-FL) Rep. Bob Sikes (D-FL) Rep. Edith Green (D-OR) Rep. Tom Foley (D-WA) Governors Current Gov. Bruce King (D-NM) Former Presidential Staff and Advisors Mayors Wesley C. Uhlman, Mayor of Seattle (D-WA) Robert Anderson, Mayor of Everett (D-WA) State, Local, and Territory Officials Florida Thomas David O'Malley, Treasurer (D) Fred Otis Dickenson, Comptroller (D) Floyd T. Christian, Superintendant of Education (D) New Hampshire Richard W. Leonard, State Sen. (D) Tennessee Edward C. Blank II, State Sen. (D) Publications Academics Business People Meshulam Riklis Labor Unions International Association of Machinists Labor Leaders and Union Officials Louis Hollander Writers Other Notable Individuals

Wilbur Mills

List of Wilbur Mills' endorsements (as of July 10, 1972)
Mills had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current U.S. Representatives Current Rep. Phillip M. Landrum (D-GA) Rep. Jack Brinkley (D-GA) Rep. James A. Burke (D-MA) Rep. Al Ullman (D-OR) Rep. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D-SC) Rep. John M. Slack Jr. (D-WV) Governors Current Gov. Dale Bumpers (D-AR) Former Presidential Staff and Advisors Military Rene Gagnon Mayors State, Local, and Territory Officials New York Publications Academics Business People Social and Political Activists Writers Other Notable Individuals

Shirley Chisholm

List of Shirley Chisholm's endorsements (as of July 10, 1972)
Chisholm had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current U.S. Representatives Current Rep. Ron Dellums (D-CA) Rep. Parren Mitchell (D-MD) Governors Current Former Presidential Staff and Advisors Mayors Richard G. Hatcher, Mayor of Gary (D-IN) State, Local, and Territory Officials Iowa Joseph C. Johnston, State Rep. New York Percy Sutton, Manhattan Borough President (D) Publications Academics Business People Social and Political Activists Jesse Jackson Betty Friedan Gloria Steinem Huey P. Newton Paul O'Dwyer Reginald Hawkins Writers Other Notable Individuals

Terry Sanford

List of Terry Sanford's endorsements (as of July 10, 1972)
Sanford had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current Sen. B. Everett Jordan (D-NC) U.S. Representatives Current Rep. Nick Galifianakis (D-NC) Rep. L. Richardson Preyer (D-NC) Governors Current Gov. Robert W. Scott (D-NC) Former Gov. Luther H. Hodges (D-NC) Presidential Staff and Advisors Mayors State, Local, and Territory Officials North Carolian Robert Burren Morgan, Attorney General (D) Frederick D. Alexander, Charlotte Councilman (D) Publications Academics Leo Warren Jenkins James R. Scales Business People Anne Cannon Forsyth Labor Leaders and Union Officials Wilbur Hobby Writers Other Notable Individuals Social and Political Activists Kelly Alexander

John Lindsay

List of John Lindsay's endorsements (as of April 4, 1972)
Lindsay had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current U.S. Representatives Current Governors Current Former Presidential Staff and Advisors Elizabeth Rudel Smith, Fmr. Treasurer (D-CA) Mayors Ivan Lebamoff, Mayor of Fort Wayne (D-IN) Charles Evers, Mayor of Fayette (I-MS) Richard Aurelio, Fmr. Dep. Mayor of New York (R-NY) State, Local, and Territory Officials Arizona Renz L. Jennings, Fmr. Justice (D) Florida Frederick B. Karl, State Sen. (D) Edmund Gong, State Sen. (D) New York Jerome Kretchmer, Fmr. Assemblymen (D) Antonio G. Olivieri, Assemblymen (D) Leonard Simon, Assemblymen (D) Norman A. Levy, Pres. of the NYC Tax Commission (D) Wisconsin Bronson La Follette, Attorney General (D) Bruce Peloquin, State Sen. (D) Dennis Conta, Assemblymen (D) Ed Jackamonis, Assemblymen (D) Publications Academics Leonard Ross Business People David Garth Ronnie Eldridge Social and Political Activists Eleanor Holmes Norton Jeff Greenfield Sidney Davidoff Sherri Chessen Nathaniel Colley Writers Other Notable Individuals John J. Burns, Fmr. New York Party Chair

Eugene McCarthy

List of Eugene McCarthy's endorsements (as of July 10, 1972)
McCarthy had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current U.S. Representatives Current Governors Current Former Presidential Staff and Advisors Mayors State, Local, and Territory Officials New York Paul O'Dwyer, Fmr. New York City Councilman (D) Publications Academics Business People Howard Stein Writers Other Notable Individuals Social and Political Activists Ted M. Warshafsky

Sam Yorty

List of Sam Yorty's endorsements (as of June 5, 1972)
Yorty had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current U.S. Representatives Current Governors Current Former Presidential Staff and Advisors Mayors State, Local, and Territory Officials New Hampshire Ernest R. Coutermarsh, State Rep. (D) Michael Saunders, State Rep. (D) Robert Philbrick (D) Publications Manchester Union Leader Academics Business People Writers William Loeb III Other Notable Individuals

Vance Hartke

List of Vance Hartke's endorsements (as of March 26, 1972)
Hartke had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current U.S. Representatives Current Governors Current Former Presidential Staff and Advisors Military Mayors State, Local, and Territory Officials New York Publications Academics Business People Eugene K. Garfield Social and Political Activists Writers Other Notable Individuals

Birch Bayh

List of Birch Bayh's endorsements (as of October 12, 1971)
Bayh had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current U.S. Representatives Current Governors Current Former Presidential Staff and Advisors Mayors State, Local, and Territory Officials California Al Alquist, State Sen. (D) Mervyn Dymally, State Sen. (D) Publications Academics Business People Writers Other Notable Individuals

Fred Harris

List of Fred Harris's endorsements (as of November 10, 1971)
Harris had received endorsements from: US Presidents and Vice Presidents U.S. Senators Former Current U.S. Representatives Current Governors Current Former Presidential Staff and Advisors Jack Vaughn Military Mayors State, Local, and Territory Officials New York Publications Academics Business People Herbert Allen Jr. Social and Political Activists Writers Other Notable Individuals

References

Can we not use the colored photos?

I mean, seriously. The McGovern and Wallace one look awful - not to mention the Wallace one is from 1962 - and Chisholm isn't even in color. Let's make them either all color or just have no color, please. River10000 (talk) 03:50, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

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I say Eugene McCarthy should be added to the top candidate section at the top (with the pictures yk)

He finished with 3.41% of the popular vote, more than Sanford, Mills, Chisholm and Lindsey, so i say he should be added (maybe then remove Mills) Leikstjórinn (talk) 16:13, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

The reason why Sanford, Mills, Chisholm and Lindsey are included in the infobox but not McCarthy is because even they are in the same boat as McCarthy having less then 5% of the popular vote, they secured at least more then 5 delegates at the 1972 DNC, while McCarthy didn’t even secure a single delegate

hence not meeting the two qualifications for a primary election and 2/3 for a general election to be included on the infobox which are

1. gain at least 5 delegates in a primary (can override Rule 2)
2. Have at least 5% of the popular vote
3. Run for or be the nominee of a major political party (i.e; Republicans or Democrats; Primarily used in the general presidential election)

HistorianL (talk) 16:36, 23 August 2024 (UTC)