George McGovern

George McGovern was a Democratic Senator from South Dakota and a liberal. He ran for president in 1972, only to be defeated in a landslide by the evil Richard Nixon. Ironically the victory would end Nixon's political career, as the 1972 election was when the Watergate break-in occured. He ran on an anti-war platform, critizing the useless Vietnam War. He was painted as a radical anti-war extremist due to this common sense position, despite the fact that he had served during World War II,and unfortunately this sucede and Nixon beat him. While history proved him to be right about everything, he still holds this image as a radical. Sadly, he passed away in October of 2012.

If He Had Won

 * The Vietnam War would've ended earlier
 * The Watergate scandal never would have happened
 * A generation would not have lost all of its trust in the government
 * The United States government would not be nearly as conservative as it became following this election and Ronald Reagan's presidency