My first presidential election was 1972 as well, and I, too, voted for McGovern. I did so by absentee ballot, as I was in the Coast Guard at the time, and can still vividly remember the front page of the Cal Aggie (Univ. of California at Davis) newspaper that was mailed to me by an old friend, then the newspaper’s editor, which stated in a bold headline: “McGovern sweeps Massachusetts; victory in D.C. seems certain!”
My first presidential election was 1972 as well, and I, too, voted for McGovern. I did so by absentee ballot, as I was in the Coast Guard at the time, and can still vividly remember the front page of the Cal Aggie (Univ. of California at Davis) newspaper that was mailed to me by an old friend, then the newspaper’s editor, which stated in a bold headline: “McGovern sweeps Massachusetts; victory in D.C. seems certain!”