It wasn't the atomic bombs which caused Japan to surrender. It was the Soviet Union. Revisionists argue that it was the ending of the non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Japan that was the real trigger for a Japanese surrender and it was enough without the dropping of atomic bombs to bring it about.evisionists argue that it was the ending of the non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Japan that was the real trigger for a Japanese surrender and it was enough without the dropping of atomic bombs to bring it about.
Report Abuse. 1  Was Nixon Republican. 2  RE: 3  Richard Nixon was a republican. 4  Confused. Crook.  Lets see.....he was a lying scumbag...... 1  republican. he was not confused. he was very paranoid.
After losing the election in 1960 to JFK, Richard Nixon was elected President in 1968. His campaign in the election was against Democrat, Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace an â¦ Independent. He won with a total of 301 electoral votes, beating Humphrey's 191 votes and Wallace's 46 votes.ichard Nixon was elected to the Presidency in 1968, beating Hubert Humphrey. He served his full term and was re-elected in 1972 beating Edmund Muskie. Although his second term wasn't supposed to end until January 20th 1976, he resigned August 9th, 1974 to avoid impeachment over the Watergate Scandal.