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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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 →
date	November 7, 1972 →
democraticNominationContender	Edmund Muskie → George Wallace → 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 (United States) →
incumbentPresident	Richard Nixon →
loser	George McGovern →
loserParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
mainOpponent	George McGovern →
mainOpponentParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
nextElection	United States presidential election, 1976 →
notableThirdPartyCandidate	Benjamin Spock → John G. Schmitz NERFINISHED →
partyOfPresidentAfterElection	Republican Party (United States) →
partyOfPresidentBeforeElection	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	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 (United States) →
year	1972 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
CRP ("United States presidential election of 1972") →	activeDuringElection
Democratic National Committee headquarters →	associatedWith
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon ("1972 United States presidential election") →	chroniclesEvent
1968 United States presidential election ("1972 United States presidential election") →	followedBy
1976 United States presidential election ("1972 United States presidential election") →	follows
1972 California Democratic presidential primary ("1972 United States presidential election") →	partOf