YES NO 8 people found this helpful. â After the dot-com bubble burst and the real estate market crashed, trust in the American financial sector was at an all-time low, with many investors pulling out of the market.
Nixon wins presidential election. Eight years after being defeated by John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, Richard Nixon defeats Hubert H. Humphrey and is elected president. Two years after losing to Kennedy, Nixon ran for governor of California and lost in a bitter campaign against Edmund G. (âPatâ) Brown.
The United States Presidential Election of 1972 was held on November 7, and led to the victory of the Republican candidate, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic candidate, George McGovern, by a landslide. With a margin of 23.15%, this is the 4th largest margin of victory in U.S. Presidential election history.