Word: gop
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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McGovern won his only state in the cradle of liberty taking Massachusetts's 14 electoral votes with 58 per cent of the popular vote. Popular GOP Senator Edward Brooke swamped opponent John Droney as expected with 57 per cent of the vote...
...Eagleton's home state of Missouri vented its rice against McGovern, giving its 12 electoral votes to the President. Nixon carried the state with 59 per cent of the vote, pulling GOP gubernatorial hopeful Christopher Bond along with him with 56 per cent...
Nixon won Montana as expected, but failed to bring down antiwar Democrat Senator Lee Metcalf, who beat Republican Henry Hibbard with 54 per cent of the tally. The GOP's Edward Smith appeared to have won the gubernatorial mansion...
...state of Nebraska gave its five electoral votes to Richard Nixon and returned veteran GOP Senator Carl Curtis to the Senate despite a stiff challenge from 72-year-old Democrats Terry Carpenter...
Nixon won New Hampshire's four electoral votes handily, and Democratic Senator Thomas Mclntyre turned back a stiff challenge by the GOP's Wesley Powel. Three Men--Democrat Roger Crowley, Republican Meldrim Thomson and independent Malcolm McLane--were locked in a tight race for the governorship...