What nickname did Nixon receive for his campaign tactics?

1 Answer
Jul 8, 2016

Nixon's nickname was "Tricky Dick"

Explanation:

The nickname "Tricky Dick" came from a newspaper suggestion to look at the Republican Record on the smear campaign he ran against Helen Douglas in their Senate Campaign in 1950. Nixon went has far as to link Douglas to Communism from Nixon's work on the House Un-American Commission.