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The George McGovern presidential campaign of 1972 began when United States Senator George McGovern from South Dakota launched his second candidacy for the Presidency of the United States in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to win the 1972 presidential election. ==Leading up to the announcement== McGovern had run a short presidential campaign in 1968, acting as a stand-in for the assassinated Robert F. Kennedy leading up to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. McGovern then spent the remainder of the general election campaign ensuring his own re-election to the Senate. But following the 1968 convention, he had planned on running for president again, a decision he solidified in January 1969.〔Anson, ''McGovern'', pp. 243–244.〕 He began hiring legislative aides who could double as campaign policy staff, press secretaries, and the like.〔 McGovern hired an agent to book speaking engagements, and beginning in early 1969 began doing an average of three appearances a week.〔 During 1969, McGovern headed the Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection, later often referred to as the "McGovern commission", which was chartered to redesign the Democratic nomination system after the messy and confused nomination struggle and convention of the 1968 election.〔White, ''The Making of the President 1972'', pp. 17–20.〕 Due to the influence of former Eugene McCarthy and Kennedy supporters on the staff, the commission significantly reduced the role of party officials and insiders in the nomination process, increased the role of caucuses and primaries, and mandated quotas for proportional black, women, and youth delegate representation.〔White, ''The Making of the President 1972'', pp. 24–33.〕 Senate Majority Whip Ted Kennedy, the younger brother of both assassinated Kennedys, had been the early favorite to win the 1972 nomination, but his hopes were derailed by his role in the July 1969 Chappaquiddick incident.〔White, ''The Making of the President 1972'', pp. 74–75.〕 McGovern's early efforts were beset by organizational problems and much activity without plan or result in polls.〔Anson, ''McGovern'', pp. 259–264.〕 McGovern began replacing most of the campaign staff. In March 1970, he met Gary Hart in Denver, and soon hired him to be his Western political affairs coordinator; a couple of months later, he became McGovern's national campaign director.〔 At a July 25, 1970, get-together at McGovern's farm in St. Michael's, Maryland, the McGovern campaign was restarted.〔 The favorite for the Democratic nomination by then was Ed Muskie,〔Frum, ''How We Got Here'', p. 298.〕〔 the 1968 vice-presidential nominee, who had especially benefited from a speech on the eve of the Congressional elections in November 1970 that made a calm but effective response to statements by President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew impugning the patriotism of Democrats.〔White, ''The Making of the President 1972'', p.76.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George McGovern presidential campaign, 1972」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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