1970's Government and Politics | National Politics: Election 1970

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