U.S. presidential election, 1972

The U.S. presidential election of 1972 was waged on the issues of law and order and the Vietnam War. George Wallace, the popular segregationist governor of Alabama, ran a law and order campaign for the Democratic nomination, but saw his chances for nomination end when he was shot in May. The Democratic nomination was eventually won by George McGovern who ran an anti-war campaign against incumbent President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon won the election in a landslide, but the seeds of his eventual ouster were planted as people working for his campaign broke into the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate hotel.

Timeline

; May 15 : Governor and Presidential candidate George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at a Laurel, Md., political rally.

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May 15 - George C. Wallace - Alabama - Arthur H. Bremer - Laurel

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; June 17 : Watergate break-in, Washington, D.C.

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June 17 - Watergate - Washington, D.C.

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; July 10 – July 13 : United States Democratic Party convention and nomination of George McGovern.

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July 10 - July 13 - United States Democratic Party - George McGovern

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; August 21 – August 23 : United States Republican Party convention and nomination of Richard M. Nixon.

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August 21 - August 23 - United States Republican Party - Richard M. Nixon

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; November 7 : Richard M. Nixon defeats George McGovern.

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November 7 - Richard M. Nixon - George McGovern

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