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U.S. presidential candidate Richard Nixon using the gesture as a victory sign in 1968 Actor Steve McQueen making the V sign (for peace) during a mug shot, after a drunk driving arrest (1972) The meaning of the V sign is partially dependent on the manner in which the hand is positioned.
Nixon won the popular vote with a plurality of 512,000 votes, or a victory margin of about one percentage point. In the electoral college Nixon's victory was larger, as he carried 32 states with 301 electoral votes, compared to Humphrey's 13 states and 191 electoral votes and Wallace's five states and 46 electoral votes. [113]
Nixon displays the V-for-victory sign as he departs the White House after resigning the presidency on August 9, 1974. Even though his base of support had been diminished by the continuing series of revelations, Nixon hoped to avoid impeachment.
Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon defeated Democratic Senator George McGovern in a landslide victory. With 60.7% of the popular vote, Richard Nixon won the largest share of the popular vote for the Republican Party in any presidential election.
Ronald Reagan won 59% of the votes cast in 1984, while Richard Nixon won 61% in 1972, but did so with 54 million and 47 million votes, respectively, compared to Trump’s 77 million.
The 1968 presidential campaign of Richard Nixon, the 36th vice president of the United States, began when Nixon, the Republican nominee of 1960, formally announced his candidacy, following a year's preparation and five years' political reorganization after defeats in the 1960 presidential election and the 1962 California gubernatorial election.
Although Nixon narrowly lost to Kennedy — including a popular vote loss of slightly more than 100,000 votes out of nearly 69,000,000 cast — he was redeemed with a victory eight years later.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1960. The Democratic ticket of Senator John F. Kennedy and his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, narrowly defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon and his running mate, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.