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1972 Democratic Presidential
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Question 979:
George McGovern
overwhelmingly lost the 1972 presidential election because
(A) he only won one state
(Massachusetts) plus the District of Columbia
(B) his first vice-presidential
running mate had received electric-shock treatment for depression
(C) he endorsed income
redistribution and other unsound economic policies
(D) the Nixon campaign was able
to contain leaks of information about the Watergate burglary
(E) all of the above
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