“New Majority” and the White Ethnics – The Involvement of László Pásztor in Richard Nixon’s Reelection Campaign in 1972
Journal: Hungarian Cultural Studies
Year: 2025

The support of the “white ethnic” population was instrumental in Richard Nixon’s landslide presidential victory in 1972. Whereas traditionally, urban, working-class Catholics had been voting mostly for Democratic candidates, in 1972, the majority of them defected to the Republican Party. One of the most important ethnic organizers was the Hungarian 1956 émigré, László Pásztor. Pásztor was the director of the Heritage Groups (Nationalities) Division of the Republican National Congress, and his wo