1972: Nixon reelected in landslide!

In 1968, Richard Nixon was elected with 42% of the popular vote in a very divisive presidential election.    In 1972, President Nixon enjoyed one of the greatest landslides of all time.    He got 61% of the popular vote beating Senator McGovern by 18 million votes.     

The campaign was dominated by the war in Vietnam.  However, President Nixon withdrew most of the troops and the war not the issue that the Democrats expected.    Also, Senator McGovern was branded as a liberal and flopped in most of the country.

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