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5. A Landslide Victory

Despite the brewing scandal, Nixon was successfully re-elected in November of 1972. He received about 60 percent of the vote. During this time he continued to publicly deny his involvement in the scandal, claiming that if anything illegal had occurred, he was not aware of it. For a while, it seemed like things might work out for him.

What Was the Watergate Scandal?

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