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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark
You're right about what he did, but wrong about the spread. Nixon won 301 Electoral votes vs 191 against Humphrey in 1968, and 520 to 17 again McGovern in 1972. And yes, Vietnam would have been over in 68 if it weren't for Nixon.
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That's the Electoral College, not the popular vote. He barely won the popular vote (and probably because the majority of Baby Boomers could not vote yet in 1968).