Speaking of historical stuff, it's important to note that anyone who thinks the 1972 election is somehow more relevant to 2020 than the 2016 election is a moron
The amount that has changed in terms of the racial demographics of this country, the extreme increase in wealth inequality after the past 50 years of neoliberal consensus, the fact that Nixon was actually a POPULAR incumbent, the fact that Nixon won over 50% of under-30 voters, the Thomas Eagleton debacle, the way the Democrats and the labor movement basically fucked McGovern over in order to win down-ballot, etc.
Which is to say, boomers are just taking the experiences of their youth and universalizing it, and the media is egging them on in order to push this bullshit 'electability' canard