[[President Nixon]] set the tone of the campaign on morality, law and order and denouncing antiwar protesters. Democrats focused on the [[economy]], with [[unemployment]] and [[inflation]] at 6-percent. Democrats increased their majority in the House by a dozen seats. Republicans fared better in the upper chamber, defeating three Democratic Senators, including [[Al Gore Sr.]] of [[Tennessee]]. Conservative Party candidate [[James Buckley]] defeated liberal Republican [[Charles E. Goodell]] and the Democratic challenger in [[New York]]. | [[President Nixon]] set the tone of the campaign on morality, law and order and denouncing antiwar protesters. Democrats focused on the [[economy]], with [[unemployment]] and [[inflation]] at 6-percent. Democrats increased their majority in the House by a dozen seats. Republicans fared better in the upper chamber, defeating three Democratic Senators, including [[Al Gore Sr.]] of [[Tennessee]]. Conservative Party candidate [[James Buckley]] defeated liberal Republican [[Charles E. Goodell]] and the Democratic challenger in [[New York]]. |