Answer: President Nixon <u>D. easily won reelection in 1972.</u>
Explanation: The 47th US presidential election was held on November 1972. The main candidates were Richard Nixon, who was running for a second term in office, and George McGovern, who had been Senator from South Dakota from 1963 to 1981. <u>Nixon</u>, who represented the Republican Party, <u>was easily reelected as he got 60.7% of the votes, while McGovern</u>, who stood for the Democratic Party, <u>only got 37.5%</u>. In that way, it is estimated that Nixon got 18 million more votes than the Democratic candidate.