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Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern.
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President Richard Nixon was the Republican candidate for President in 1972. The Democratic candidate was George McGovern, a Senator from South Dakota.
Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern. In the 1972 presidential election Richard Nixon received 520 electoral votes and George McGovern received 17 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 47,169,911 and McGovern 29,170,383.
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Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern. In the 1972 presidential election Richard Nixon received 520 electoral votes and George McGovern received 17 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 47,169,911 and McGovern 29,170,383.
Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern. In the 1972 presidential election Richard Nixon received 520 electoral votes and George McGovern received 17 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 47,169,911 and McGovern 29,170,383. McGovern won 14 electoral votes from Massachusetts and 3 electoral votes from District of Columbia.
George McGovern received 17 electoral votes in the 1972 presidential election. Despite not winning the majority of electoral votes, he was able to secure the popular vote in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
He had less votes than his opponent and did not gain respect from his peers.
Richard Nixon was a Republican. He defeated John Ashbrook and Pete McCloskey for the Republican nomination.
Was a landslide for President Nixon
No. John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern.