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23 hours ago · The infamous Watergate break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in June 1972 was an alternate target after bugging McGovern's headquarters was explored.
23 hours ago · The 1972 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican president Richard Nixon defeated Democratic U.S. 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 ...
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6 days ago · Let me offer a few data points. Of the four great landslides of the twentieth century—FDR over Alf Landon in 1936, LBJ over Barry Goldwater in 1964, Nixon over George McGovern in 1972, and Ronald Reagan over Walter Mondale in 1984—Nixon’s victory in 1972 by several measures was the most decisive. His national political map was redder than ...
6 days ago · Richard Nixon would have been cleared of the Watergate scandal under the new Supreme Court formula for presidential immunity, a constitutional law professor told Newsweek.
Jun 10, 2024 · Watergate scandal, interlocking political scandals of the administration of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon that were revealed following the arrest of five burglars at Democratic National committee headquarters in the Watergate office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972.
Biography of George McGovern, liberal senator for South Dakota, unsuccessful Democratic candidate for president in 1972 who opposed the Vietnam War.
1 day ago · Richard Nixon - Watergate, Resignation, Impeachment: Renominated with Agnew in 1972, Nixon defeated his Democratic challenger, liberal Sen. George S. McGovern, in one of the largest landslide victories in the history of American presidential elections: 46.7 million to 28.9 million in the popular vote and 520 to 17 in the electoral vote.
