Nixon 1972 presidential campaign
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The Nixon 1972 presidential campaign was Richard Nixon’s successful re-election effort, marked by a landslide victory and later overshadowed by the Watergate scandal.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States presidential election campaign
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political campaign ⓘ |
| associatedScandal | Watergate scandal ⓘ |
| campaignAcronym | CREEP ⓘ |
| campaignManager | John N. Mitchell ⓘ |
| campaignOrganization |
Committee to Re-elect the President
ⓘ
surface form:
Committee for the Re-Election of the President
|
| campaignSlogan |
Now More Than Ever
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President Nixon. Now More Than Ever ⓘ |
| candidate | Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| districtLost | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| election | 1972 United States presidential election ⓘ |
| electionDate | 1972-11-07 ⓘ |
| electoralVoteTotal | 520 ⓘ |
| endYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| foreignPolicyTheme |
anti-communism
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détente ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the largest landslides in U.S. presidential election history ⓘ |
| incumbent | Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| incumbentPresident | Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| issue |
Vietnam War
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détente with the Soviet Union ⓘ economic policy ⓘ law and order ⓘ opening to China ⓘ |
| keyAdvisor |
Charles Colson
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H. R. Haldeman ⓘ Henry A. Kissinger ⓘ
surface form:
Henry Kissinger
John Ehrlichman ⓘ |
| ledTo | increased scrutiny of presidential power after Watergate ⓘ |
| mediaStrategy |
carefully staged public appearances
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television advertising ⓘ |
| officeSought | President of the United States ⓘ |
| opponentCandidate | George McGovern ⓘ |
| opponentElectoralVoteTotal | 17 ⓘ |
| opponentParty |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
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| overshadowedBy | Watergate scandal ⓘ |
| party |
Republican Party
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surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| popularVoteShare | about 60.7% ⓘ |
| popularVoteTotal | about 47,168,710 ⓘ |
| positionOnVietnam | peace with honor ⓘ |
| result | landslide victory ⓘ |
| runningMate | Spiro Agnew ⓘ |
| startYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| stateLost | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| statesCarried | 49 ⓘ |
| statesLost | 1 ⓘ |
| strategy |
Southern Strategy
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surface form:
Southern strategy
|
| targetVoters |
Northern ethnic working-class voters
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Southern white voters ⓘ |
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Nixon presidential campaigns
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Richard Nixon presidential campaign, 1972
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Richard Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign
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Nixon presidential campaign
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Nixon campaign finance investigations