1972 United States presidential campaign

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1972_United_States_presidential_campaign
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 7, 1972
gptkbp:debatedBy No televised presidential debates
gptkbp:DemocraticConventionLocation gptkb:Miami_Beach,_Florida
gptkbp:DemocraticNominee gptkb:George_McGovern
gptkbp:DemocraticVicePresidentialNominee gptkb:Sargent_Shriver
gptkbp:electionCycle 1972
gptkbp:followedBy 1976 United States presidential campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1972 United States presidential campaign
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:losses gptkb:George_McGovern
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:John_G._Schmitz
gptkb:George_McGovern
gptkbp:McGovernElectoralVotes 17
gptkbp:McGovernPopularVotePercentage 37.5%
gptkbp:NixonElectoralVotes 520
gptkbp:NixonPopularVotePercentage 60.7%
gptkbp:notableEndorsement Labor unions (for McGovern)
Southern states (for Nixon)
gptkbp:notableEvent Watergate break-in
Eagleton affair
gptkbp:notableRunningMateChange Thomas Eagleton replaced by Sargent Shriver
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:John_G._Schmitz
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Watergate_scandal
gptkb:economic_policy
civil rights
women's rights
law and order
abortion
desegregation
busing
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:John_G._Schmitz
gptkb:George_McGovern
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:American_Independent_Party
gptkbp:precededBy 1968 United States presidential campaign
gptkbp:RepublicanConventionLocation gptkb:Miami_Beach,_Florida
gptkbp:RepublicanNominee gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:RepublicanVicePresidentialNominee gptkb:Spiro_Agnew
gptkbp:result landslide victory for Nixon
gptkbp:slogan gptkb:Come_Home,_America
gptkb:Now_More_Than_Ever
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:Spiro_Agnew
gptkb:Sargent_Shriver
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Come_Home,_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7