United States Presidential Election, 1972 (Papa Mac)

The United States presidential election of 1972 was the 47th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, defeated Democratic nominee Henry Jackson.

1969 had been the deadliest year in the Great War since 1948, as the Soviet Union officially destroyed and annexed the land that used to be Germany. The surge of anti-Soviet anger led to not just Nixon's reelection, but also the Democratic nomination of staunch anticommunist Henry Jackson.