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1 day 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 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 ...
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15 hours ago · George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician and historian who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election.
Aug 2, 2024 · South Dakota was the home state of George McGovern, the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 United States presidential election. Although McGovern, a member of the liberal wing of his party in a relatively conservative state, was at the time of the election a popular two-term Senator, having won re-election in 1968 with 56.8% of the vote, he ...
Jul 15, 2024 · George McGovern (born July 19, 1922, Avon, South Dakota, U.S.—died October 21, 2012, Sioux Falls, South Dakota) was an American politician who was an unsuccessful reformist Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1972.
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Jul 17, 2024 · In the 1972 presidential election, incumbent Republican President Richard M. Nixon faced off against Democratic challenger George Mcgovern. Nixon won the election in a landslide, capturing 49 states including Mcgovern's home state of South Dakota.
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Jul 21, 2024 · Yes, there’s Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, but there have also been less successful candidates like George McGovern, and weaker presidents like Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush.
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Jul 30, 2024 · A full third of the women delegates filled the Carillon Hotel ballroom as the candidates came to woo them: first Terry Sanford, then Hubert Humphrey, Shirley Chisholm and George McGovern. George Wallace sent a friend of his wife. Only Edmund Muskie didn’t show.
