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109. Eight words and a number: Their reporting had zero effect on the 1972 election

Watergate was not only NOT a huge issue in 1972, it wasn't an issue at all, as any historian would tell you. The Wapo was a regional paper before Watergate and if you would bother to read or watch All the President's Men, wire services weren't carrying the story nationwide and even top editorial members of its staff didn't buy the story. Those are facts.

Here's more facts from the Washington Post. An analysis of polls during that election showed there was little to no interest among voters in something that wasn't even known as "Watergate" until 1973:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/05/15/how-america-viewed-the-watergate-scandal-as-it-was-unfolding/?utm_term=.1207f323440e


Here's more on the subject from Virginia's highly respected Miller Center:
"During most of this outwardly triumphant year, however, a scandal of epic proportions was quietly growing within the administration." See, the scandal was "growing". It was not an issue and didn't become one until guilty pleas for the burglary started in 1973, followed by congressional investigations. To say it was important in 1972 is like saying the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. Funny, but not factually true.

Claiming that Watergate was an issue in 1972 is at best lack of knowledge on the subject. Trying to tie it in with what is happening now by claiming that it had an effect on Nixon's landslide win is disingenuous.