Okwakubalulekile okhethweni lukamongameli wase-United States lwango-1972 eMissouri
Context:Ukhetho lukamongameli wase-United States lwango-1972 eMissouri lwenzeka ngoNovemba 7, 1972. Zonke izifundazwe ezingamashumi amahlanu nesiFunda saseColumbia zaba ingxenye yokhetho lukamongameli wase-United States lwango-1972. Abavoti bakhetha abavoti abangu - 12 ukuba babe amalungu eKomiti Yokhetho, ababevotela umongameli nomsizi wakhe.  IMissouri yanqotshwa abakhethiweyo beqembu lamaRepublican, uMongameli owayesebenza uRichard Nixon waseCalifornia kanye nomlingani wakhe owayengumongameli uSpiro Agnew waseMaryland. UNixon no-Agnew banqoba abakhethiweyo beqembu le-Democratic, uSenator George McGovern waseNingizimu Dakota kanye nomlingani wakhe wokugijimela i-US Ambassador uSargent Shriver waseMaryland.  Esifundazweni esinengxenye enkulu yeNingizimu enokulondolozeka, uMcGovern wayebhekwa ngabakhethi abaningi njengongqingili ongakwesobunxele ngenxa yokweseka kwakhe ukuhamba ngamabhasi namalungelo abantu, kanye nokuphikisana kwakhe neMpi YaseVietnam, ukusekela ukunikeza isihe kulabo abagwema ukubuthwa kanye nokusekela ukunikeza ama-dollar ayinkulungwane kumuntu ngamunye waseMelika njengesixazululo sobuphofu. Abaningi, ikakhulukazi abasebenza emkhankasweni wamaRiphabhuliki, nabo babekholelwa ukuthi uMcGovern wayezokwenza kube semthethweni ukukhipha isisu nezidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni uma ekhethwa - naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi umlingani wakhe uSargent Shriver wayephikisana ngokuqinile nokukhipha isisu. Lokhu kwesaba ukuvukela kukaMcGovern kwezenhlalo kwakubonakala kakhulu phakathi kwabamhlophe abampofu, ababebaningi engxenyeni eseningizimu yeMissouri.  UNixon wanqoba eMissouri ngamavoti angu-62.29% uma kuqhathaniswa namavoti kaMcGovern angu-37.71%, okuwumkhawulo wokunqoba ongu-24.58%. UNixon wanqoba zonke izifunda ngaphandle kwezimbili: iMonroe County neSt. Louis City, futhi waba yiRiphabhulikhi yokuqala eyake yathatha isifunda saseMississippi esiseningizimu kanye nesifunda saseMaries, owokuqala kusukela ngo-Abraham Lincoln ngo-1864 ukuthatha i- "Little Dixie" Howard kanye neRandolph Counties, futhi owokuqala kusukela ngo-Ulysses S. Grant ngo-1868 ukuthatha iLewis, Lincoln, Ralls kanye neRay Counties. Kusukela okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2020, lokhu kungukhetho lokugcina lapho iJackson County, equkethe iningi laseKansas City, kanye ne-Independence, idolobha lakubo likaMengameli owayengumDemokhrasi uHarry S. Truman (owafa emasontweni ayisikhombisa ngemuva kokhetho), bavotela ukhetho lukamongameli weRiphabhulikhi.
Umgqugquzeli wamaRepublican uRichard Nixon wanqoba ukhetho lukamongameli eMissouri ngomehluko omkhulu, cishe ngamaphesenti angu-25, kuhlanganise nokunqoba ezifundeni eziningi ezazingakaze zivotele umgqugquzeli womengameli wamaRepublican ngaphambili, noma ezazingavamile ukwenza kanjalo.