Democrats for Nixon
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| Nickname | Nixon Democrats |
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| Formation | 1972 |
| Founder | John Connally |
| Dissolved | 1972 |
| Type | Political organisation |
Key people | John Connally Beverly Briley C. Farris Bryant Thomas G. Dunn John F. Collins Mills Godwin David T. Kennedy |
| Affiliations | Richard Nixon 1972 presidential campaign |
Democrats for Nixon was a campaign to promote Democratic support for the then-incumbent Republican President of the United States Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election. The campaign was led by the former Democratic governor of Texas, John Connally. Connally, who was serving as the United States Secretary of the Treasury, announced that he would be supporting Nixon for re-election and would spend his time until the elections working on behalf of the incumbent.[1]
There were earlier "Democrats for Nixon" groups, such as those formed during his re-election campaign for Congress in 1948.[2]
His initial presidential campaign in 1960 had Democrats for Nixon groups in such states as Texas and Virginia, all part of an effort to reach disaffected conservative Democrats in the Southern United States.[3][4] However, these groups were significantly smaller and more localized. For instance, in Virginia, where the Byrd Organization opposed John F. Kennedy as the Democratic nominee.