Law and Order.
President Nixon set the theme for Republican candidates campaigning in the congressional elections of 1970: law and order. After the civil disruptions following May's invasion of Cambodia, law and order was a topic of intense interest to many voters. Extending the themes he had used in speeches earlier in the year, Nixon used the stump as an opportunity to
| House | 91st Congress |
92nd Congress |
Gain/ Loss |
| Democrats | 243 | 255 | +12 |
| Republicans | 192 | 180 | −12 |
Source: American Decades: 1970-1979, ©1995 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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