On January 18, 1971 George McGovern announced his candidacy for president. His campaign was probably the most left-leaning campaign under the flag of one of the two main parties ever (until Bernie Sanders's 2016 campaign, anyhow.) McGovern promised to withdraw all US forces from Vietnam within sixty days of his inauguration and give amnesty to all draft resisters. He ultimately won the Democratic nomination, despite the best efforts of the centrist/conservative wing of the party.
Here is the text of his announcement:
http://www.4president.org/speeches/mcgovern1972announcement.htm
Unfortunately, he would lose the election to Richard Nixon in November 1972.
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