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Kessel: Partying Like It’s 1972

November 12, 2019

Leading up to the 1972 election, President Richard Nixon’s approval rate hovered from 49 to 62 percent. How, then, did he go on to win 49 states in one of the largest electoral landslides in this...

George McGovern, Northwestern alum and former U.S. senator, dead at 90

October 21, 2012

George McGovern, former three-term U.S. senator, 1972 Democratic presidential nominee and notable Northwestern alumnus, died Sunday morning at the age of 90. A statement from his family confirmed his...

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Kessel: Partying Like It’s 1972

George McGovern, Northwestern alum and former U.S. senator, dead at 90

The Daily Northwestern

The Daily Northwestern