<page_title> 1972 United States presidential election in Connecticut </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1972 </cell> <cell> Richard Nixon <col_header> United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1972 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 58.57% <col_header> United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1972 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> George McGovern <col_header> United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1972 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 40.13% <col_header> United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1972 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Nixon carried Connecticut with 58.57% of the vote to McGovern’s 40.13%, a margin of 18.44%.