McGovern
McGovern is a surname of Irish origin.
George McGovern was the Democratic presidential candidate who lost to Richard Nixon in a historic 1972 landslide, carrying only Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.
His name became shorthand for idealistic liberalism doomed to electoral failure: The party worried their candidate would be another McGovern.
Traditional male name
- senatorUpper chamber member
- DemocratBlue party supporter
- South DakotaNorthern plains state
- 1972Early seventies date
presidential · candidate · Nixon · antiwar · liberal · primary · nomination · campaign
Southeast Asian coastal nation
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- doveGentle cooing bird
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- withdrawalAct of taking away
opposition · dissent · activist · ceasefire · bombing · draft · moratorium · troops
Of the Emerald Isle
- familyRelated people together
- nameIdentifying word for someone
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
genealogy · Celtic · clan · origin · immigration · Ellis Island · diaspora
Subsidized grocery purchasing vouchers
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- nutritionBodily use of food
- WICMaternal nutrition program
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
committee · school lunch · Dole · bipartisan · SNAP · poverty · reform · welfare
George
Traditional male name
- senatorUpper chamber member
- DemocratBlue party supporter
- South DakotaNorthern plains state
1972 · presidential · candidate · Nixon · antiwar · liberal · primary · nomination · campaign · landslide
Vietnam
Southeast Asian coastal nation
withdrawal · opposition · dissent · activist · ceasefire · bombing · draft · moratorium · troops · doves
Irish
Of the Emerald Isle
ancestry · genealogy · Celtic · clan · origin · immigration · Ellis Island · diaspora
food stamps
Subsidized grocery purchasing vouchers
agriculture · committee · school lunch · Dole · bipartisan · SNAP · poverty · reform · welfare · bill
McGovernBarry Goldwater
Ronald Reagan · George Wallace · Nixon · Richard Nixon · Newt Gingrich
McGovernRonald Reagan
Nixon · Richard Nixon · Franklin Roosevelt · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Lyndon Johnson
McGovernBarry Goldwater
Richard Nixon · Henry Kissinger · hawk · pro-war · Lyndon Johnson
government, governor, governing, governed, governance, governess, governmental, governable, ungovernable