South Dakota senator George McGovern s 1972 presidential bid was one of the most memorable campaigns in American political history. Despite McGovern s landslide loss to the incumbent Richard Nixon, McGovern s campaign attracted widespread grassroots support, and his campaign posters represent a landmark in the history of U.S. campaign memorabilia in terms of the sheer number and quality of posters produced in support of the candidate. Like Barack Obama s run for the presidency in 2008, McGovern s campaign stoked the imagination of the artistic community. World-famous artists including Andy...
South Dakota senator George McGovern s 1972 presidential bid was one of the most memorable campaigns in American political history. Despite McGovern s...