system
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human
ELI5: What did Nixon supposedly have to gain from the Watergate Scandal? Wasn't the Democratic Party already imploding as a result of McGovern's failing Presidential campaign?
gpt
Nixon didn't order the Watergate break-ins or know about them until after the fact.  So they weren't part of an overarching strategy of his.

The reason he ultimately resigned is that once the burglars were caught, he tried to cover up the involvement of White House staff.