By what percentage did Richard Nixon win the United States presidential election of 1972 against George McGovern?

By what percentage did Richard Nixon win the United States presidential election of 1972 against George McGovern? Correct Answer 60%

In the United States presidential election of 1972, which was held on November 7, 1972, Republican President Richard Nixon was elected to a second term, defeating Democrat George McGovern in one of the largest landslides in U.S. history. In the general election, McGovern became, as establishment Democrats had feared he would, a Goldwater of the Left. Nixon captured more than 60 percent of the national vote to 37.5 percent for McGovern. And only Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., kept McGovern from a total wipeout in the electoral college, which Nixon won 520–17.