Presidential Recordings Program . Miller Center of Public Affairs .  University of Virginia

 

Beating McGovern

On November 7, 1972, Richard M. Nixon won reelection in the biggest Republican presidential landslide of the Cold War, getting 60.7 percent of the vote compared to Democrat George McGovern's 37.5 percent. He won the electoral votes of every state except Massachusetts.

Date: 
11/08/1972
Time: 
01:16
Participants: 
Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger