George McGovern lost to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election in part due to his "demogrant" proposal to give $1,000, $5,600 in 2013 dollars, to every US citizen.
In my memory, the political ads against it were only exceeded in impact with the ones about his proposed gutting of our military (had toy soldiers, ships, etc. on maps with a hand sweeping away the percentage he proposed to cut; this did not do well in a period when Cold War was very hot).
In my memory, the political ads against it were only exceeded in impact with the ones about his proposed gutting of our military (had toy soldiers, ships, etc. on maps with a hand sweeping away the percentage he proposed to cut; this did not do well in a period when Cold War was very hot).