MY SAY: THINKING AHEAD
Bernie rises to the top….don’t gloat.
In 1972 Eugene McGovern democrat Senator from North Dakota challenged incumbent President Richard Nixon. McGovern won the nomination in a crowded field of contenders including Senator “Scoop” Jackson and Hubert Humphrey. He was a socialist and his slogans were rather anodyne “Come Home America” and “A Democrat for the People.”
Nixon boasted a strong economy and success in foreign affairs, while McGovern ran on a platform calling for an end to the Vietnam War and a guaranteed national minimum wage.
Nixon won in a major landslide which was at the time the largest margin of victory in the Electoral College for a Republican in a U.S. presidential election,taking 60.7% of the popular vote and carrying 49 states.
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