Nixon never tried.
And frankly, there is nothing wrong with not constantly holding “rallies” for yourself, even when you ARE president, especially. That has never happened before. I thought it was unseemly when Uhbama kept going on TV shows while in office. We keep getting more unseemly.
Nixon did hold rallies, especially during his re-election campaign. A tried to attend one of his rallies at the airport in Ontario, Calif. in November, 1972, but was unable to get in because the stadium was full.
However, none of his rallies was on the scale of Trump’s. And when Nixon’s presidential motorcade rolled through town, he didn’t have massive crowds lining the streets for miles, waving flags and signs.