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With 35 percent of the district's precincts counted last night, Kennedy trounced his Republican opponent, Clark C. Abt, by a 71 to 27 percent margin. (The late president John F. Kennedy '40, who won the same seat 40 years ago this week, garnered only 65 percent of the vote in his first victory...
...drivers and passengers be required to wear safety belts while traveling in motor vehicles on public roads? 28% YES 67% NO .Whom would you choose to be the next governor of Massachusetts? 57% Dukakis 6% Kariotis .Whom would you choose to be Cambridge's next Congressman? 49% Kennedy 16% Abt Five percent of the undergraduate population was polled in a telephone survey conducted between October 30 and November...
...incumbent in 1980 was Francis X. McCann, a traditional Democrat who had run unopposed for many seasons. In the primary election that year, he defeated Democrat Wendy Abt, whose Republican husband, Clark C. Abt, is now running for Congress against Joseph P. Kennedy II. Bachrach defeated the incumbent as an Independent in the general election...
Your news stories on the Eighth Congressional District, where Joseph Kennedy II is running against Clark Abt, report that Abt is a "Cambridge Businessman." He is much more than that. He has an engineering degree and a Ph.D. in political science from MIT. He bult a firm, Abt Associates, which is the largest and most successful social research firm in the nation. The firm, which is one of the largest employers of professorial persons in the city, has a commendable record in the employment of minorities, women and Blacks, in executive positions. Clark Abt, the author of half a dozen...
...agree with many of Abt's views--I am a Democrat who voted for James Roosevelt '68 in the primaries--but I respect his character and intelligence, and I know he is open to rational argument. I do not know Mr. Kennedy's views, for like any "modern" candidate, attuned to media and pollsters, he jumps erratically in response to the perceived shifts of the electorate. Since I think that a man like Clark Abt is a valuable person in politics, I shall vote for him. I should also say that for the past 15 years, I have been...