Nixon could have survived if the GOP didn’t bail on him like a bunch of little wusses. Watergate wasn’t bleep compared to Clinton/Obama scandals that went unpunished. The break in itself was practically nothing with the coverup being the source of the angst.
What actually happened couldn’t have worked out worse for Republicans, Nixon quit, GOP got handed it’s butt in 1974 midterm anyway, Ford put a liberal on the Supreme Court and then lost to a GD peanut farmer.
“Peanuthead”.
The show “Baskets” has relevancy here.