The American Presidential Election of 1972
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The 47th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1972, Richard Nixon is on top of the world. What could go wrong?
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The 47th Presidential election in American history took place on November 7, 1972. It was the first one in which Americans aged 18 to 20 could vote in, thanks to the recent passage of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution.
Richard Nixon acted like a madman. Well, he pretended to, making the Soviet Union and North Vietnam think he was unpredictable and crazy so that they would be more afraid of the United States. Really though, Nixon just wanted the Vietnam War over, but he found it difficult to just bring all the troops home at once. In some ways, he made the conflict worse after he continued to bomb Cambodia. Still, each year, more and more American troops came back home.
Nixon seemed to contradict himself with foreign policy. On one hand, he wanted more involvement abroad to prevent the spread of Communism, including having the C.I.A. continue to secretly take out Communist leaders in foreign countries. On the other hand, Nixon advocated a policy called detente, which is a fancy word for easing relations between two countries. Nixon visited Communist China, for example, which was an important step in improving relations with them.
Going into the election, Nixon had an approval rating of over 60 percent, but he did have two opponents trying to get renominated by the Republicans. Pete McCloskey, a Representative from California, ran against him because he thought all the troops from Vietnam should have been brought home a long time ago. Nixon’s other opponent was John Ashbrook, a Representative from Ohio, who criticized Nixon for being too liberal and too much of a big government-guy. Ashbrook was also against detente.
But McCloskey and Ashbrook never had much of a chance. Nixon was easily renominated, with Spiro Agnew again as his running mate.
15 people declared themselves as candidates for the Democratic Party. One of them, Shirley Chisholm, a Representative from New York, became the first African American to run for a major party nomination. Another, Patsy Mink, a Representative from Hawaii, was the first Asian American candidate to run for President for a major party.
The guy who was the favorite for the nomination originally was Senate Majority Whip Ted Kennedy, the youngest brother of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. But he said he wouldn’t be a candidate.
Hubert Humphrey went ahead and gave it another go, but did not campaign aggressively. It’s almost like he didn’t want to go through it all again. Edmund Muskie, Humphrey’s running mate in 1968, was the frontrunner for awhile until a successful smear campaign shook him up, to a point where it looked like he was crying, and there’s no crying in baseball, I mean politics, even if they were just snowflakes, and this hurt his chances, believe it or not.
Then there was George Wallace, who was back with the Democratic Party after leaving them in 1968 with his fairly successful third party run. Wallace, surprisingly, did well in the primaries again, but his campaign was cut short after he was shot multiple times by a kid named Arthur Bremer, who, believe it or not, was released from prison back in 2007 for good behavior and is still alive. Wallace survived, but he was paralyzed from the waist down and would be in tremendous pain for the rest of his life.
So that just leaves George McGovern, a Senator from South Dakota who had a big grassroots campaign. McGovern stood out as the leading anti-war candidate, who also thought all the troops from Vietnam should have been brought home a long time ago. Although the Democratic Party establishment again wanted Hubert Humphrey as their guy, the grassroots movement to get McGovern as the nominee overcame them. McGovern became the nominee, and, what became known as the McGovern Commission, or the principle that the most primary votes should actually determine who the nominee was, has been the norm ever since. Some of the Democratic Party establishment didn’t like McGovern, though, and refused to support him.
The Democrats nominated Thomas Eagleton, a Senator from Missouri, as his running mate. As it turns out, Eagleton, had health concerns, and was pressured to drop out of the race. After Eagleton dropped out, McGovern had a hard time finding his replacement. He asked six different people to be his running mate, and they all turned him down. That’s a little embarrassing.
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DC didnt vote for Nixon
Could we see this type of result in 2020.
The map has DC the wrong color!
@Ilirian Kaliqani he has to wait until the electors are actually counted in January
Would be good to do a new series that compares the change in composition of congress during each of these elections. Perhaps limited to 1900 to present
I am surprised how Nixon didn't grab this chance to make his slogan
"McGovern can't govern" lol😂😂😂😂
He didn't need a slogan in '72. He also didn't need to do all the other crazy stuff that he did, but we all know that now.
Hot damn,even Hawaii was red
And in 84, during Reagan's total landslide victory that year as well. Seeing Minnesota red is very weird too, which hasn't happened since. That despite even if it's been close a handful of times (including in 2016) though.
@@freakyfornash If any candidate has a chance to flip MN red, its Trump. Its was very close in 2016 and he flipped states similar to it in WI, MI, and PA.
@@freakyfornash Incumbent presidents tend to perform well in Hawaii, regardless of party affiliation. George W. Bush improved from 37 percent in 2000 to a much more respectable 45 percent in 2004.
@@mam162 2004 was to date the sole election when Hawaii didn't back the winning incumbent candidate. But Bush II did at least put up a respectable performance for a Republican there that year. That being with getting over 40% of the vote, while holding the Democratic/Kerry's victory to single digits too. But you can count that the same will happen this year if Trump wins re-election. There's virtually no way he will (along with any other Republican anytime soon) possibly get Hawaii, regardless of who the Democratic nominee will be this time around.
@@freakyfornash Hawaii was actually close enough in 2004 that the Bush campaign sent Dick Cheney to campaign there. But I agree that Trump's not even going to put up a respectable performance this year. He's WAY too repulsive to the state's culture.
I am really curious to know what would have happened if Barry Goldwater and George McGovern had faced each other in an election
Everyone would vote for Gary Johnson
Well, I read commentary by a serious political writer that today's Republican Party is based on Goldwater's ideals, and today's Democratic Party is based on McGovern's.
Darrel Jones we on the right aren’t racist or war fans, we voted for trump to end ISIS(which he destroyed 89% of it statistically) and we want a secure country, we don’t agree with gold water
Interestingly, by the early 1990s, George McGovern was crusading for less government regulation, while Barry Goldwater was calling for equal rights for gays.
@Tyrannosaurus Debt However, if blacks were not violently prevented from voting in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, Goldwater might not have won them from LBJ.
In 1974 when Nixon resigned due to his corruption, there was a common Massachusetts bumper sticker that read “Don’t blame me I’m from Massachusetts” which references the fact that MA was the only state to vote against Nixon.
Did McGovern lose his home state?
@@johnjones3813 Yes, McGovern was from South Dakota and he lost that state in 1972.
@@justinc.5591 Although the margin wasn't quite as lobsided. I think he only lost SD by 5 points.
I miss the days of clever bumper stickers. Nowadays they're mostly just lazy insults or blatant "F--- (candidate's name)"
The last time Minnesota voted Republican.
Right I should have clarified that. Minnesota has had Republican Governors and senators since then.
Minnesota will likely vote Republican in 2020, if the trends continue.
Trump almost got it in 2016, and think there's a good chance he'll win it in 2020 as well.
That would be something if he did. I think Bush had a chance there but he threw it away when he did so crummy in the debates.
Jeb Bush you mean? I remember seeing that Rubio actually led the polls in that state against Hillary, but who knows if that was really true? That considering she actually led him in the state of Kansas according to the same poll, which would obviously have a hell of a much more difficult time flipping parties than Minnesota would! (L.O.L.!)
There’s an interesting story about how Shirley Chisholm went to visit Wallace after he was shot, which ultimately led to him abandoning many of his segregationist views later in life.
Holy crap...I didn't know about that.
Post-1972 Wallace was a pretty cool dude. In his next term as governor afterwards, he would completely reverse his position on segregation, publicly apologize for his stance, and would appoint a cabinet that featured the most black people in the state's history up to that point.
@@Tytoalba777 and earlier when he was a judge he was very lenient toward African Americans and in his first run for governor in 1958 he wanted to drive out the kkk and had the backing of the naacp
This implies that he ever had any real views on anything
That is the kind of story Redditors jerk off to, but I seriously doubt Wallace met a black lady and went “Wahhhduuuh! I didnt know bwak pweeple could be nice?!?” And changed his views 180 degrees.
Paraphrasing McGovern, he opened the doors of the Democratic party and 20 million people walked out.
Did he change his name to Bernie Sanders recently? 😅
@@strychnyne3530 Actually it's now Joe Biden.
Jack Cuthbert McGovern chaned democratic party from Jefferson Jackson voters coalition into a modern democratic party of urban liberals and minorities!
POWERFUL STRONG oh no, minorities, VOTING?!
@@strychnyne3530 Looking at the results of the 2020 election, Joe Biden is a better fit lol
The Democratic primary was probably the most diverse one ever (ideologically). To have Wallace and Chisholm run for the same nomination is wild.
2:11 Patsy Mink was the first Asian-American to run for the *Democrats*. Hiram Fong (then-Senator from Hawaii) was the first Asian-American to run for either major party back in 1964.
Oh goodness. You got me on that one. I think I originally had that in my notes and somehow messed it up. Thanks for the correction. I will add an annotation.
can't schlong the fong!
wasnt edward brooke the first african american to run for nominations
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 He got one delegate's vote in 1968 but I don't think he was actually running.
Imagine if there was no watergate, Nixon would probably be one of the most popular presidents in the United States.
That tainted his presidential legacy forever. Now he's known as some cheating crook, but he did some amazing policies when in office. Plus he had the highest voter turnouts in the electoral and popular votes. Had he not resigned we would have been better off with the Middle East and Asia,too. He was surely the better Republican president at the time.
Way better than LBJ( A Dem), that's for sure.
@@richieboostajr.35 Yep definitely
Nixon would of probably never been reelected, Watergate was literally him spying on the DNC in fear he was gonna get voted out of office, it just didnt come out until the following year that it happened to the public
The economy crashed in Nixon’s second term.
@@richieboostajr.35
LBJ was better
and committing war crimes in Cambodia and Bangladesh is apparently "amazing policy"
Fun fact this election was the first time in which Joe Biden ran for the senate
"My name is Joe Biden and I'm running for the United States Senate!" Yes you are, Joe.
@@joshuabell7761 The Senate elections that year were good for the Dems despite being made irrelevant in the Presidential election
It’s a shame he didn’t lose then
The map at 5:22 is incorrect, DC went for McGovern, in fact, it never went Republican!
Rami O Bomb he get 20% of vote there tho
McGovern won DC. The only area in the US to never vote republican. I don't know what is up with this map.
It was a terrible mistake to allow DC to vote.
@@keldonmcfarland2969 Well, they're still American citizens..
@@Ramiobomb
Puerto Ricans are also US citizens. They can't vote either.
DC is the most unAmerican city, ironically enough.
This election is the last time in which a candidate got over 60% of the popular vote.
Wow that really blew my brains our lincoln
Wait if Mcgovern won the district of Columbia why is it colored in red?
Gary Sheldon Jr Mr.Beat didn’t make the map
its a wikipedia map, blame them
@@xshxr wtf?
@@xshxr he didn’t say anything bad about it, he was just talking about their map, which DID have a mistake on it
Eagleton didn't have "health" concerns. It was found that, at the time of his nomination, he was seeing a psychiatrist. In those days, that was considered taboo. (You're welcome.)
It's funny that we now know many presidents were famously mentally unbalanced, but if even today a candidate admitted to seeing a shrink it's very likely political suicide no-go zone. It's natural, in politics opponents go after any vulnerability and tear people apart even for something trivial like saying yeaah in a funny way can spell the end of a career. No mercy
6:01 until the 2016 election.
Yea
When Hawaii and CA r red, that’s when u know it’s gonna be a landslide
California was lean red at the time. The real major liberal states were places like West Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia, Minnesota, NY.
@@MoonlightXYZ its a strech to say it was red . It was more of a swing state .
@@harshbansal7982 no, it was red. From the time of Eisenhower until Clinton, it had on voted Democrat in 1964, although that wasn't too far along in 1972, so I would say it leans red
@@harshbansal7982
1988 R +4
1984 R+16
1980 R+17
1976 R+4
1972 R+14
The last time California was red on the map was in 1988 for HW Bush. Many small towns and rural areas around CA are majority Republican. It's really the big cities such as Los Angeles(the last time it was red was in '84 for Reagan), San Francisco, Orange, etc... that vote Democratic, not to mention many illegal votes and 'dead' votes. You can see what electing those politicians have done to those cities; homelessness, tents on sidewalks with street trash, feces on the sidewalks, drugs, crime, etc... Same with Boston,NYC,Minneapolis,Detroit,Atlanta
I am not a crook.
Captain Sum Ting Wong
"I've earned everything I've got."
He was trying to protect America from commie dems
@@Isaac-pz9bu No he was a great President. Look at his accomplishments. And he ended Vietnam
@@Isaac-pz9bu I never said you did....i said no he was a great President.....meaning, no, you're not weird
4:10 you dropped the ball of the Eagleton. It wasn't health concerns, they piled on him because he took shock therapy for depression
Replacing Eagleton was a mistake: that just made McGovern look weak.
Nope, that's what I was referring to but I didn't want to say it.
@@iammrbeat IOW you missed the most important point of the story
I read that he had Bipolar 1. I guess America viewed mental illness very harshly in the 70s
@@Blaqjaqshellaq McGovern biggest mistake was running
Love the series! Already looking forward to your analysis of the 2020 election
First election where 18 to 20 year olds could vote.
“Too ‘liberal’ and too much of a ‘big government guy’”
**confused screaming**
He had alot of liberal positions of the Rockerfeller wing of the Republican Party hence why alot of Democrats voted for him that year. He was in favor of affirmative action but was tough on drugs...he was really walking a fine line.
Currently reading Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, this video complements it very well putting faces to all the names!
George McGovern seems like a pretty interesting fella. Despite the near zero percent chance: I would really like to see what had happened if McGovern won.
@5:50
Nixon is the only presidential candidate to lose an Electoral College Vote as both a losing candidate (1960) and a winning candidate in 68 & 72.
@Ice Cube Nixon led in the national popular vote in 1960 as well (i.e. by not distributing the "uncommitted vote" of AL to Kennedy) ~
When you say buddy, I feel like you really mean it and you consider me a friend. Thanks buddy 🥺😂
4:48 If Goldwater and McGovern both lost terribly by being too radical, how do you think a Goldwater vs McGovern election would have gone down?
I think McGovern would have sneaked through. His policies would have been popular any other year.
I guess it would have been a tight competition with Goldwater sweeping the south and McGovern holding the New England. The main battle would have been there in the Midwest. But it depends in which year the competition between em' would have happened, if it was 1980s then Goldwater would have a better chance of winning and if it was mid 1970s then McGovern would have a better chance of winning. Barry Goldwater a Conservative Libertarian, he was a maverick as he supported LGBTQ rights, Abortion, etc despite being a Republican whereas George McGovern was a Left Libertarian.
I think McGoven just chose the wrong year to run. No Democrat had a shot at beating Nixon that year. He would have had a better chance in 76.
As a kid we had a bunch of Shakey's Pizza mugs with caricatures of a lot of the 1972 Candidates. We used them until 1982 or so.
My grandmother grew up in Nixon’s home district, and always hated him (mostly for the whole Joseph McCarthy association). She had the whole family campaign for McGovern and remained smug about it to her death
Bet she felt vindicated after Watergate, "Told you assholes I was right."
Bo ho she hated the truth then McCarthy was right soviet docs confirmed what he said the only wrong ones are people who spread misinformation on him
Garenteed minimum income? McGovern sounds a bit like Yang
ya got that flipped
Richard Nixon also wanted minimum income but his conservative advisors told him not to support it.
@@12KevinPower Man, I imagine if Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan were around today, Nixon would be WAY more popular than Reagan.
@@Odinsday Reagan benefitted from Nixon’s demise.
Mr. Beat you are my FAVORITE RUclipsr!
0:06 Wait a second! There was music in this episode. It was faint but sounded like the soundtrack to Reservoir Dogs, specifically track 6, Joe Tex - I Gotcha. great song
It's interesting to see the rise and fall of certain politicians by just looking at when they tried running for president. For example: Hubert Humphrey ran in 1960, 1968, and 1972, so we can say that he was only popular from 1960 to 1972, and then quickly faded into obscurity. It's a fun exercise. ;)
The faithless elector would actually give that vote to Tonie Nathan. Hospers running mate. Which makes Tonie Nathan the first Woman to receive an electoral vote.
hey Julan fancy seeing you here, I just made the same point as well. He went out of his way to mention other women but ignored Tonie.
@@PinkFlameofLiberty Yes!! I love parading this fact all the time haha! 🗽
Great series
Nice series!
+SevenFoot Pelican Thanks for watching :D
Is it just me or does John Hospers look like Mr. Beat?
Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson was an important figure in modern day Neo-Conservatism; he ran as a Democrat this election. He is one of the fathers of the modern Conservatism moment, the old style 1940's and 1950's Democrats who were fed up with the Democrats electing candidates such as Jimmy Carter. He was a very interesting guy, and I recommend everyone look him up and read about him!
Henry Jackson was a hawkish cold warrior, a pro-Isreal senator and a war-monger. Many of his advisors became Neoconservatives during Ronald Reagan administration.
Jackson never considered himself a conservative ("a liberal but not a damn fool"...).
@@powerfulstrong5673 Ronald Reagan Was A Great President And A Great Leader!!!!!!!!!
@@sebastianguevara3615 Ronald Reagan was a charismatic President But also an overestimated President!
Carter did not run until 1976, so how could Jackson, or anyone else, be fed up with him in 1972?
Thomas Eagleton has a courthouse named after him in St. Louis. He was forced off the 72 ticket because he had psychiatric hospitalizations for depression. He became a Washington University professor in St. Louis.
An honorable post-political career, if ever there was one....
2:23 you can only fit so much into these summaries but oh boy is this a bit of an understatement about Teddy 😂
Probably should have mentioned that Shriver was well known to the public, and should be recognized in history, as the founder/ first director of the Peace Corps. He certainly was not unknown to the public at that time.
I met Thomas Eagleton back in Missouri during his campaign. He seemed like a very charismatic person to me. Too bad he dropped out.
Great job
Mr. Beat: This was the last time any candidate other than a Democrat or Republican won an electoral vote.
2016 Election: *hold my beer*
it is wild that George Wallace still had a lot of of potential power O_O
i like Mink :D
I agree. He did reform his views, though. He became a born-again Christian in the late '70s and changed his mind about segregation.
Wow, you really glossed over the whole Thomas Eagleton fiasco. That was a huge, scandalous story with high drama, and historic implications. Many believe it was a key, contributing factor in the eventual outcome of the race.
“Health concerns” is that dumbass
A minor factor, methinks. Two more critical factors were the divisive nominating process, and his acceptance speech that was given at around 3 am Eastern/ 2 am Central time!
Oh, there were a lot of factors. Eagleton, letting all the hippies into the convention, shunning blue collar Democrats, the unions, and the party regulars, saying he would go crawling on his hands and knees to Hanoi to obtain peace. He later said that he opened the doors of the Democratic Party and 20 million people walked out.
This also marked the first time since 1944 that the state of
Mississippi was on the winning side of the presidential election.
He really didn't need to do Watergate lmao
He probably didn't authorize Watergate. He employed political spies, but failed to control their actions.
Turns out, he didn't need them. Had he faced Kennedy, he would have won.
You put a flawed picture of the electoral map. The District of Columbia is colored red, when it should be blue since the District of Columbia was won by McGovern, winning 78% of the Capital’s vote. I also think McGovern was a candidate before his time. I would have voted for him back then if I was alive. -Louisville, KY.
Read "Fear And Loathing: On The Campaign Trail '72" by Hunter S. Thompson.
I tried to follow along but I couldn't finish it cause Thompson's writing style is not for me lol
Fun fact, Ashbrook is from my hometown (not anymore), Johnstown, Ohio.
Thanks!
You bet!
there are only ten completed elections remaining; there are only 42 days until the 2016 election (then we begin the 2020 cycle, yay!). At an average of about 4 days between videos, I think Mr. Beat's got this timed out pretty well.
It's kind of down to the wire, honestly! All I have to do is sleep less and I will get them done. :)
McGovern's policies reflected FDR's long term policies the most retrospectively. It is quite puzzling that the same voters who rejoiced for Roosevelt opposed such an obvious choice, especially when considering the war and the impacts of Nixon's admin.
FDR's democratic party was a big tent. McGovern open the doors of democratic party to New comers But let traditional Democrats walk out!
FDR didn't want to legalize Marijuana, though.
@@thecupheadfan1837 this is true but of couse weed wasnt the cultural phenomon it became over the mid 1960's. By the time of Nixons reelection, the discussion was totally differnt. Weed was relativley unknow to most society. By the late 60-early 70's, opinions changed.
Thanks
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I was wondering if you can make videos about the lesser known people who ran for president like about their lives and stuff some of the people you mentioned in this playlist I type in their name on the RUclips search and nothing comes up
I'm not very good at worrying about people by reading about their lives but I am a lot better at watching videos about them because of my dyslexia I'm using a speech to text app to write this comment hopefully it makes sense
5:57 or was he; what really is a philosopher 🤔🤔🤔
I would have used "21st Century Schizoid Man" for the background music
3:02 well done Arthur!
Hey mr beat, not sure if you’re too into US labor history, but “Staying Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class” by Jefferson Cowie totally changed my understanding of this election, and of the political climate of the decade in general. It talks a lot about the music and pop culture of the time as well, and is just such an engaging read- I think you’d enjoy it!
Democratic Party went from being party of the working class to being party of the big pharma, big corporations, billionaires and woke celebrities starting with Clinton era and completing this position by the end of Obama's 2nd term.All these Hollywood celebs and old rich people who used to vote for Reagan, Bush etc. are now voting for Biden.I wonder why? 🤔
6:01 this one aged terribly after the 2016 election
3:22 How can call yourself McGovern and people get over it ? That's like Donald Trump eating at McDonald's
Wow ! No televised debates that year.
None in 1968 or four years before (neither Nixon nor Johnson would debate his opponent(s), since each was running well ahead for all or much of the general campaign, and each was a lackluster debater).
1:39 john ashbrook looks like pierre trudeau about to sneeze
Do one about Trinidad and Tobago vs Jamaica
2:10 what about Hiram Fong?
Love the song
Thank you Arthur Reemer
If It wasn't for his paranoia, nixon would've been remembered as one of Americas greatest modern presidents
Who's here after Mr. Beat revealed that he would've voted for McGovern.
I like how he background music he uses are from the year that the election took place.
Wasn't Republican U.S. Senator Hiram Fong from Hawaii the first Asian-American to run for a major Party nomination, winning votes from Hawaii and Alaska in 1964?
Joe Tex background vocals is disruptive here although I adore pop music
Do you edit on imovie?
Joe Tex: I gotcha has entered the presidential race, wow!🇺🇸😂🤭 Make it funky!🎵🎵 Oh. My. Goodness.🙂
Rufus Thomas was hanging around there somewhere I know. 😂😂🤦🏾♀️
Hunter Thompson on suicide wa- oh wait
One of the rare occasions when someone says "communist China" and it's actually an accurate description and not some right-wing Facebook commenter trying to make them seem scary.
It is still communist ("red") China. The world media collectively had chosen to de-emphasize the former when de facto ruler Deng Xiaopeng began partially de-regulating the Stalinist-style economic structure to the West after Mao died in the 1970s.
‘Don’t blame me, I’m from Massachusetts’
Even in a NEWHART episode, McGovern didn't come off so well. NEWART "So, what was it like to run for President of the United States?" McGOVERN "Well, I thought it would be interesting. But also, a lot of hard work." NEWHART "So, you're saying it was interesting. But also, a lot of hard work." McGOVERN "That about sums it up."
5:04 So did Nixon. It was called "Nixon's Family Assistance Plan" (1969) and he even got it passed in the house but not the senate.
Show's you that UBI is not a partisan issue. #yang2024
Fun fact: Hospers is the first openly gay man to win an electoral vote.
What song did you use?
6:15
Cung kiem chang hoc chang biet giuong mua toc do anh sang
Nixon surely did destroy me
Imagine losing 49 states except Massachusetts and DC
Why is DC coloured in red on that map?
Jeremy Clarkson Nixon received over 20% in DC which is pretty rare, thats why I guess
McGovern still won it though
James Richard Jeremy Clarkson-Hammond-May it used to be red for Dems and vice versa
But the rest of the map is clearly red for Nixon/Republican though. It's amazing that DC didn't come even close to being red that year, along with 84 when the Republicans won all but one state with Reagan as the nominee. Saddam Hussein could've ran as the Democratic nominee, and even he's win it (and by a wide margin too!) (L.O.L.!)
@@cecilroberts4895 Yeah, but the Nixon states are red.
The democratic convention that year was a train wreck . McGovern gave his acceptance speech at 3:00 in the morning
I come here 80% for the intro lmao
“U.S. Representative”
“Senator”
House Representative
January 20, 1973 - August 9, 1974
I’m McGovern’s great grandson!!!
Are you serious?!
Jackson Bradds yep
Cool
Did you meet him? Was he cool?
@@qw000pz i was 6 when he died in 2012,but people who knew him described him as a super nice guy with a strange sense of humor that was always super fun and different from what "old people humor" was in his time. my dad tells stories if visiting germany with him and the german word for an auto exist is "ausfarten" so he, as a middle aged experienced political figure, would have to contain his laughter. some might see this as immaturity but i think he was just a great guy super ahead of his time who loved simple things in life and deeply valued his family and friends. he was a decorated bomber pilot in ww2 and his ribbons are in my possession. politically he was really ahead of his time but whether or not you agreed with his political ideals, he was known to work great with democrats and republicans alike, he was a real people's person. he was also super good friends with fidel castro. i have a gift that castro gave to him here at home, a super nice hand carved box which fidel gave to george with some high quality cuban cigars to sneak out from the blockade. everyone ive heard talk about him has said great things regardless of their political ideology.
2:42 - “there’s no crying in politics!!!!”
Love how it mentions kennedy but not chappaquidick?
6:03 - Well, until 2016 that is.
No, from 1972 to 2016 we had faithless electors in 76, 88, and 04.
@@MoonlightXYZ Sheey
You’re both wrong, he wasn’t talking about faithless electors. He was saying it was the last time a candidate who wasn’t a dem or republican had won an electoral vote. That has yet to happen against as all the faithless electors since have been either republican or Democrat
@@jeriswani6062 No, in 2016, I am pretty sure there was one or two faithless electors that voted for someone other than a Democrat and republican
Lunick Hossain, the faithless electors voted for people who didn’t run and the third parties who actually had candidates run didn’t get anything
6:01 queue 2016 baby, a lot of third party electoral votes were cast...
Also the first woman to receive an electoral vote was from the libertarian party. Ronnie Smith was the running mate.
Who is Ronnie Smith? The Libertarian ticket was Hospers and Nathan.
Someone please tell me what the background song is!! It goes so hard and I need to jam to it in my car.
6:15
That was my first election. I turned 21 in 1970 and the age to vote was decreased, to 18, the next year. I was a Democrat. McGovern was hapless and hopeless. I voted for him anyway, along with his Mom, wife and some of his kids.
After Watergate, someone did a poll and determined that if everyone who said they voted for McGovern (then) had actually voted for him during the election, he would have won easily.
This started me down a 30 year path of voting for president, for (mostly) Democrat bozos who lost. But I also voted for a few incumbent bozos, like Ford & Bush41, who failed to get re-elected. The first guy I voted in was probably Bill Clinton for his second term in 1996.
I remember thinking I was sort of a Polling Bell Weather: Ask ME who I planned to vote for and the other guy would almost surely win.
From 1972 to 2003 I missed two elections. The first was 1974, I moved from Brooklyn to Staten Island and never got properly re-registered. The second was 2003 or 2004. I moved in 2003 to a new election district and never got properly re-registered.
I have voted in every election since 2004. In 50 years, 1972 to 2022 I missed voting three times The most recent was I worked for the NYC Board of Elections and did not fill out my absentee ballot correctly and it wasn't counted. (I got a letter saying it wasn't counted.) These days, with early voting, I do that to make sure my vote is counted. (I am a Republican in a voting district hat votes about 75% Democrat, so it doesn't count very much.)
Please vote trump for 2024. Your country needs you
So, who you planning to vote for next?
Everyone forgot that Nixon did better that Reagan, both at popular and electoral votes.
Electoral vote wise no. Reagan got 525 and Nixon got 520.
Anyone know the song in the background?
I guess you could say mcgovern blew his chance to **mcgovern** the country.