1972 ELECTION

10/23/1972: President Nixon during a  campaign stop in Westchester County, New York (Ollie Atkins/ National Archives)
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1976 ELECTION

ELECTION RESULTS:

REPUBLICANS:
RICHARD NIXON (PRESIDENT)
SPIRO AGNEW (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 520 (96.7%)
Popular Vote: (47,169,911) (60.7%)

DEMOCRATS:
GEORGE MCGOVERN (PRESIDENT)
SARGENT SHRIVER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 17 (3.2%)
Popular Vote: 29,170,383 (37.5%)

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES: 

RICHARD M. NIXON (PRESIDENT)
SPIRO T. AGNEW (VICE PRESIDENT)

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES:

GEORGE MCGOVERN (PRESIDENT)
SARGENT SHRIVER (VICE PRESIDENT)

RESOURCES:

The Living Room Candidate
Wikipedia

SPEECHES:

McGovern Convention, 7/13/1972 (Video, Transcript)
Agnew Convention, 8/23/1972 (Video, Transcript)
Nixon Convention, 8/23/1972 (Video, Transcript)
Eagleton Convention, 7/13/1972 (Video)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

FRONT PAGES (11/8/1972):
New York Times
Washington Post
Chicago Tribune
Baltimore Sun
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
San Francisco Chronicle
Daily Oklahoman
Knoxville New-Sentinel
Nashville Tennessean  

RESULTS/ ANALYSIS  (11/8/1972):
Washington Post
Entire NYT (11/8/1972)