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Nixon took 55.00% of the vote to McGovern's 41.54%, a margin of 13.46%. Nixon had previously won California against John F. Kennedy in 1960 and then against Hubert Humphrey in 1968. This was the first presidential election in which California had the most electoral college votes as a result of the 1970 census, a status it has maintained ever since.
The 1972 United States elections were held on November 7, and elected the members of the 93rd United States Congress. The election took place during the later stages of the Vietnam War . The Republican Party won a landslide victory in the presidential election, and picked up seats in the House, but the Democratic Party easily retained control ...
Richard Nixon during an August 1972 campaign stop George McGovern speaking at an October 1972 campaign rally. McGovern ran on a platform of immediately ending the Vietnam War and instituting a radical guaranteed minimum income for the nation's poor. His campaign was harmed by his views during the primaries (which alienated many powerful ...
McGovern campaign button. The George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign began when United States Senator George McGovern from South Dakota launched his second candidacy for the Presidency of the United States in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to win the 1972 presidential election against incumbent president Richard Nixon, winning only in the District of Columbia and the state of Massachusetts.
The 1972 presidential campaign of Richard Nixon was a successful re-election campaign for President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. They were reelected president and vice president over George McGovern and Sargent Shriver of the Democratic Party .
1.2 Richard Nixon vs George McGovern (Post ... 2.10 Richard Nixon vs Edmund Muskie vs. George Wallace vs ... Feb. 28 – Mar. 7, 1972 53%: 28% 13% — 6% 25: 59%: 32% ...
Tennessee was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 67.70% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 29.75% of the popular vote. [2] [3] John G. Schmitz was the only other candidate on the ballot, and, as the candidate for the American Party, he received over 30,000 votes.
The 1972 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election . Connecticut voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .