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Hace 5 días · George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election.
31 de may. de 2024 · U.S. presidential election of 1972 was an American presidential election held on November 7, 1972, in which Republican President Richard Nixon was elected to a second term, defeating Democratic candidate George McGovern in one of the largest landslides in U.S. history.
Hace 2 días · The 1972 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican president Richard Nixon defeated Democratic U.S. senator George McGovern in a landslide victory.With 60.7% of the popular vote, Richard Nixon won the largest share of the popular vote for the Republican Party in any presidential election.
6 de jun. de 2024 · On Oct. 13, 1988, only weeks before the presidential election of George H.W. Bush over Michael Dukakis, former Sens. George McGovern and Barry Goldwater dropped by the MacNeil/Lehrer Report...
Hace 4 días · Senator George McGovern of South Dakota was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections, caucuses, and state party conventions, culminating in the 1972 Democratic National Convention held from July 10 to July 13, 1972, in Miami, Florida.
31 de may. de 2024 · Nixon’s campaign focused early and often on the more radical-sounding views of McGovern, highlighting his support of amnesty for Americans who fled to Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft, his sometime musings that marijuana might better be decriminalized, and his support of legalized abortion (though with restrictions).
8 de jun. de 2024 · During the 1972 presidential campaign, when human rights weren't yet at the core of the US political debate, Democratic candidate George McGovern told Americans they should feel guilty for the war and its brutality.
