Richard Milhous Nixon swept into his second term yesterday will the largest Presidential vote margin of the century.

Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, the Democratic candidate, carried only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia for a total of 17 electoral votes.

As of 2 a.m. Nixon had received 26,393,034 votes or 62 per cent while McGovern had won 15,597,300 votes, or 37 per cent.

Ticket splitting throughout the nation prevented the Nixon landslide from shaking the Democrat's control of Congress. As of 2 a.m. the Republicans appeared to have gained 15 seats in the House and one in the Senate.

The election results confirmed the predictions of the pollsters. The Republican standard bearer won about half the vote in traditionally Democratic cities like Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and he earned New York City.

Hawaii voted for a Republican President for the first time since receiving statehood in 1959 Southern states went heavily for Nixon. In some of them, he received over 35 per cent of the vote.

Only Massachusetts backed the tide. Return at 2 a.m. with about half the vote in indicated McGovern leading with 58 per cent of the vote to Nixon's 42 per cent.

The youth vote in the first election in which 18 year olds could vote seemed to have little effect. Nixon claimed a majority of the youth vote and the size of his voters seemed to corroborate his statement.

The outcome of the election became evident early. All three television net works announced a Nixon victory by 9.30 p.m. with NBC leading the pack with a projection at 8.30 p.m.

Speaking to his supporters three hours later in the South Dakota Democratic campaign headquarters. McGovern said

All of this effort. I am positive will bear from for years to come.

Taking credit for the acceleration of Vietnam negotiations. McGovern said. "There can be no question at all that we have pushed this country in the direction of peace, and I think each one of us loves the title of peacemaker more than say office in the land."

The south Dakota senator mentioned the role of the "loyal opposition" and remarked. "We do not rally to the support of policies that we deplore, but we do love this country and we will continue to beckon it to a higher standard."

Nixon responded 15 minutes later with a televised statement from the White House. "I know that after a campaign, if one loses, one can feel very low, and his supporters can feel very low, and his supporters can feel very low," said Nixon who lost a Presidential campaign in 1960 and the California gubernatorial campaign two years later.

The loser as well as the winner, however, must continue to "play the game of politics." Nixon continued.