# NIXON'S LONELY MIDTERM, 1970

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Podcast: [My History Can Beat Up Your Politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-history-can-beat-up-your-politics-159682)
Published: 2026-05-14T22:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Nixon's first presidential midterm election (the election in which the House and Senate would be up for election) would turn out to be his last, but no one knew it at the time. Nixon tried something Presidents hadn't tried and took off in Air Force One to boost GOP candidates and attack hippie "thugs" across the country. He hoped to reverse the midterm trend. He did not, and he blamed bad audio and unhelpful political science. He may have done better than he thought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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