Former Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern in 1972George McGovern, the former Democratic presidential candidate who lost in a landslide to GOP incumbent Richard Nixon in 1972, died a few days ago. He was 90 years old. McGovern was the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate from South Dakota who only won 17 electoral votes in 1972. He was a longtime Progressive who was the most liberal candidate to ever run for president at the time in the Democratic Party. He was a staunch opponent of the Vietnam War. As a candidate he called for tax reform and national health insurance. He was proud to call himself liberal even though many Democrats tried to shy away from that label. He was also a longtime U.S. Senator of South Dakota from 1963 to 1981. He lost the Senate race in 1980 to James Abdnor. 1980 was also the year that Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter for the presidency.
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