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Richard Nixon: Elections
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Though Richard Nixon won re-election by a landslide in 1972, his second term was quickly consumed by the Watergate scandal. Evidence of political wrong-doing led closer and closer to Nixon and his two top aides. In April, 1973, Nixon decided to fire them. His calls from that time show a man determined to win, but destined to lose.
Richard M. Nixon was one of the two most successful national politicians in American history. He won four national elections, twice for the vice presidency and twice for the presidency. Only Franklin D. Roosevelt won as many national elections as Nixon. Nevertheless, despite a six-year term, save several achievements — particularly in foreign affairs — Nixon will always be remembered for the scandal that forced his resignation: Watergate.
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Nixon ran against John F. Kennedy in the presidential elections of 1960. Although poised, confident, and well spoken during the heated and televised presidential debates, Kenney possessed the youth and pizzazz that American audiences wanted and thereby won the presidential election by only 120,000 votes.
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Nixon lost the 1960 election narrowly. It is often argued by American historians that Nixon in fact lost primarily due to the invention of the televised debate. There were charges of vote fraud in Texas and Illinois, and Nixon supporters challenged the results in both states as well as nine others. All of these challenges failed. The Kennedy camp challenged Nixon's victory in Hawaii. That challenge succeeded, and after all the court battles and recounts were done, Kennedy had a greater number of electoral votes than he had held after Election Day.
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At home though, Nixon's second administration was a disaster and, within a few months of his election in 1972, the Watergate scandal began to erode his landslide victory. Accused of covering up the bugging of the Democratic National Committee offices during the 1972 campaign, and forced to give up tapes that indicated his guilt, Nixon was faced with almost certain impeachment in summer 1974. He resigned on 9th August.
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In 1952, at the age of 39, Nixon was selected by Dwight Eisenhower to be his running mate in Eisenhower's presidential campaign. They won a resounding victory. As vice president, Nixon frequently stood in for Eisenhower at home and on trips abroad. Nixon and Eisenhower easily won re-election in 1956.
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