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President Richard Nixon was deeply involved in the strategy of Detente, the plan to end Cold War tensions which led to the "winless wars" of Korea and Vietnam when he came up for reelection in 1972. He was unanimously renominated by the Republican party for reelection as president. The Democratic nominee after a bitter battle was George McGovern. The campaign was rough and although Nixon remained popular, during the campaign the Democratic headquarters of Watergate were broken into. However it was small at the time compared to the destruction being done on Republican headquarters in Texas, Ohio, Minnesota, Arizona and California.[Citation Needed] The voters overwhelmingly chose Nixon in what remains the widest popular margin ever. [1]
| candidates | popular vote | electoral vote |
|---|---|---|
| Richard M. Nixon | 47, 165, 234 | 521 |
| George S. McGovern | 29, 168, 110 | 17 |
| John G. Schmitz | 1, 106, 052 | 0 |
| Benjamin Spock | 79, 484 | 0 |
| Linda Jenness | 97, 256 | 0 |
| Louis Fisher | 53, 814 | 0 |
| Gus Hall | 25, 595 | 0 |
References
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Presidents, Richard Nixon, by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press, 1987, pp. 77-78.
- ↑ A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents, by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001, p. 126.