From January 24 to June 20, 1972, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1972 United States presidential election. Background · Candidates · Primary campaign · Results

Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon defeated Democratic Senator George McGovern in a landslide victory. With 60.7% of the popular vote, Richard Nixon ...

31 окт. 2024 г. · The Democratic campaign. In January 1971 McGovern announced his candidacy for the 1972 presidential election. Initially, most political ...

Viewing 1972 President Democratic Primary. Candidates in this election and votes received: George McGovern (52.7%), Edmund S. Muskie (21.3%), ...

George McGovern of South Dakota, in one of the greatest come-from-behind feats in American political history, won the Democratic presidential nomination in ...

Nixon won the election, with a 23.2% margin of victory in the popular vote, the fourth largest margin in presidential election history.

These maps show the results of the 1964 and 1972 Democratic primaries and the 1968 presidential election.

31 окт. 2024 г. · United States presidential election of 1972 - Nixon, McGovern, Watergate: The burden of campaigning for the Republican ticket was carried by ...

1971. January. Jan. 18—South Dakota Senator George McGovern (D) became the first presidential candidate to announce his formal candidacy.

Party, Nominees, Electoral Vote, Popular Vote. Presidential, Vice Presidential. Republican, election party winner, Richard M. Nixon, Spiro Agnew, 520, 96.7% ...