United States presidential election, 1972

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United States presidential election presidential election

The United States presidential election of 1972 was a landslide contest in which incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon defeated Democratic Senator George McGovern amid the backdrop of the Vietnam War and events later linked to the Watergate scandal.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1972 United States presidential election	8
United States presidential election of 1972	2
United States presidential election, 1972 canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential election ⓘ presidential election ⓘ
campaignIssue	Vietnam War ⓘ busing ⓘ détente with the Soviet Union ⓘ law and order ⓘ welfare reform ⓘ
context	Vietnam War ⓘ Watergate scandal ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	November 7, 1972 ⓘ
democraticNominationContender	Edmund Muskie ⓘ George Wallace ⓘ Hubert H. Humphrey ⓘ surface form: Hubert Humphrey
districtCarriedByLoser	District of Columbia ⓘ
electoralCollegeSize	538 ⓘ
electoralVoteLoser	17 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner	520 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the largest landslides in U.S. presidential election history ⓘ preceded the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation ⓘ
incumbentParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
incumbentPresident	Richard Nixon ⓘ
loser	George McGovern ⓘ
loserParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
mainOpponent	George McGovern ⓘ
mainOpponentParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
nextElection	1976 United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States presidential election, 1976
notableThirdPartyCandidate	Benjamin Spock ⓘ John G. Schmitz ⓘ
partyOfPresidentAfterElection	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
partyOfPresidentBeforeElection	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
popularVoteLoser	George McGovern ⓘ
popularVoteLoserPercentage	37.5% ⓘ
popularVoteLoserTotal	29,173,222 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner	Richard Nixon ⓘ
popularVoteWinnerPercentage	60.7% ⓘ
popularVoteWinnerTotal	47,168,710 ⓘ
presidentAfterElection	Richard Nixon ⓘ
presidentBeforeElection	Richard Nixon ⓘ
previousElection	1968 United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States presidential election, 1968
result	landslide victory for Richard Nixon ⓘ
runningMateOfMainOpponent	Sargent Shriver ⓘ
runningMateOfWinner	Spiro Agnew ⓘ
stateCarriedByLoser	Massachusetts ⓘ
statesCarriedByLoser	1 ⓘ
statesCarriedByWinner	49 ⓘ
voterTurnoutChangeFromPrevious	-2.7 percentage points ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage	55.2% ⓘ
winner	Richard Nixon ⓘ
winnerParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
year	1972 ⓘ

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: United States presidential election, 1972
Description of subject: The United States presidential election of 1972 was a landslide contest in which incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon defeated Democratic Senator George McGovern amid the backdrop of the Vietnam War and events later linked to the Watergate scandal.

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Democratic National Committee headquarters → associatedWith → United States presidential election, 1972 ⓘ

1972 California Democratic presidential primary → partOf → United States presidential election, 1972 ⓘ