1972 U.S. presidential campaign

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1972_U.S._presidential_campaign

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:campaignSlogan_(McGovern)	gptkb:Come_Home,_America
gptkbp:campaignSlogan_(Nixon)	gptkb:Now_More_Than_Ever
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	November 7, 1972
gptkbp:DemocraticNominee	gptkb:George_McGovern
gptkbp:DemocraticPrimaryChallenger	gptkb:George_Wallace gptkb:Terry_Sanford gptkb:Edmund_Muskie gptkb:Hubert_Humphrey gptkb:Shirley_Chisholm gptkb:Henry_M._Jackson
gptkbp:electionCycle	1972
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1972 U.S. presidential campaign
gptkbp:incumbent	gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:mainCandidate	gptkb:Richard_Nixon gptkb:George_McGovern
gptkbp:McGovernElectoralVotes	17
gptkbp:McGovernPopularVotePercentage	37.5%
gptkbp:McGovernStatesCarried	gptkb:District_of_Columbia 1
gptkbp:NixonElectoralVotes	520
gptkbp:NixonPopularVotePercentage	60.7%
gptkbp:NixonStatesCarried	49
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Eagleton_withdrawal Watergate break-in Sargent Shriver replaces Eagleton first presidential election after 26th Amendment (lowered voting age to 18) Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida
gptkbp:notableWinner	gptkb:Linda_Jenness gptkb:Gus_Hall gptkb:John_G._Schmitz gptkb:Benjamin_Spock
gptkbp:numberOfIssues	gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:Watergate_scandal gptkb:business desegregation busing
gptkbp:RepublicanNominee	gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:RepublicanPrimaryChallenger	gptkb:Pete_McCloskey John Ashbrook
gptkbp:result	Richard Nixon re-elected
gptkbp:vicePresidentialNominee_(Democratic)	gptkb:Sargent_Shriver gptkb:Thomas_Eagleton
gptkbp:vicePresidentialNominee_(Republican)	gptkb:Spiro_Agnew
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_G._Schmitz
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7