Sanders Gets Thumped Worse Than McGovern
Submitted by edg on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 11:28amIn modern times, the exemplar for losing leftwing Democrats in a presidential election is the 1972 matchup between Richard Nixon (R) and George McGovern (D). Tricky Dick stomped McGovern in the election that November. McGovern has been held up as a cautionary tale ever since to show why Democrats must be center-right in order to win.