George McGovern. But President Richard M. Nixon had other ideas. After the ratification of the 26th Amendment in 1971, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, Nixon invited 500 newly eligible ...

George S. McGovern, an icon of American liberalism who campaigned for the White House with moral fervor against President Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War but lost in a thundering landslide ...

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Sen. George McGovern, who lost the 1972 presidential bid to Richard Nixon yet inspired a new generation of voters, has died. He was 90. A family spokesman told the AP that McGovern died at 5:15 a ...

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Former Sen. George McGovern — the 1972 Democratic presidential anti-war candidate who lost to President Richard Nixon in a historic landslide election — has died. He was 90 years old.