lection to Nixon: a popular votes of 31,785,148 to 31,274,503 and an electoral votes of 301 to 191. The second time he ran, he easily won against George McGovern, with a popular vote of 47,170,179 to 29,171,791 and an electoral vote of 301 to 17, this was the largest margin of victory ever in presidential election history.
             Nixon ended the military draft, when he was president, and the military became completely voluntary. Nixon appointed Gerald R. Ford to the Vice Presidency, after Spiro T. Agnew resigned, who later took over the Presidency because of Nixon's resignation.
             When people in the U.S. noticed what pollution was doing to the environment, Nixon set up the Environmental Protection Agency to deal with pollution problems in 1970. Nixon pushed the Antiballistic Missiles System through Congress, which narrowly passed, and Congress allowed the construction two (ABM's).
             Nixon had a very good foreign policy. He traveled to China and opened up trade again and he also removed some restrictions on Americans traveling to China. Nixon traveled to the Soviet Union and signed an agreement to limit nuclear weapon production. Later the Soviet Union became a major buyer of U.S. wheat.
             In March of 1969, Nixon set up a training camp for South Vietnamese forces so they could gradually take over the war and then in June of 1969, started withdrawal of U.S. troops. On January 27, 1973 the U.S. and other participants in the Vietnam War signed agreements to stop fighting and to begin the exchange of prisoners. Nixon told South Vietnam privately that he'd use "full forces" if North Vietnam broke their agreements. Fighting continued but no U.S. troops reentered the war. In 1973 Congress passed a Military War Powers Resolution bill that gave Congress power to stop the use of Military Power. Nixon vetoed the bill, but his veto was over rid.
             Nixon appointed Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. from Southern California to take t...