Nixon was DS, but had his own agenda. His 49-state blow-out against McGovern would have given him a mandate to do whatever he thought was right. Watergate put an end to that, but I also just noticed something. Just two days after Nixon's second inauguration, the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade by a 7-2 margin. SEVEN to TWO on a huge overreach that most of the country, especially Nixon's voters, did not support.
Was Roe V. Wade just a giant DS thumb in Nixon's eye?
If you read the history of Roe v Wade, the initial decision was going to be 5-4, and then CJ Burger and another justice joined the majority in order to provide input and to make a historic decision seem to have greater support. Burger was a terrible CJ, but the Senate was in Dem control in those days, and they wouldn’t allow conservatives on the court. Nixon tried to get one, he got shot down.