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Events on Tuesday 7 November 1972 1
1972Nixon re-elected in landslideIncumbent wins 49 of 50 states over McGovernRichard Nixon defeated Democratic challenger George McGovern in one of the largest landslides in U.S. presidential history, winning the electoral college 520 to 17. The victory came just months after the Watergate break-in, whose implications were not yet widely understood by voters.