1972: Chisholm/Mink vs. Nixon/Agnew
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« on: October 05, 2020, 10:35:41 AM »

New York's 12th District Representative Shirley Chisholm secures the Democratic Nomination. She decides to pick another minority congresswoman Hawaii's 2nd District Representative Patsy Mink. Would Nixon sweep all 50 states? Or do they do better then what George McGovern did? What are your thoughts on this?
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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2020, 10:21:43 PM »



President Richard Nixon (R-CA) / Vice President Spiro Agnew (R-MD) ✓
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) / Congresswoman Patsy Mink (D-HI)

Not only would they have racism and sexism going against them, they would also be running a very progressive campaign. Progressivism had clearly lost favor with the collapse of the New Deal Coalition in 1968. That was part of why McGovern failed. I don't even think Mink has a favorite son (daughter?) effect in Hawaii: her strong anti-war stance would hurt the ticket.
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