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...serious shortcomings. Wilson resists attempts to examine the psychological causes of crime, relegating alienation and frustration to lesser, indirect roles. Also ignored are the presence of sub-cultures in which certain kinds of criminal behavior are more socially acceptable than in other communities. Housebreaking, a serious crime to the affluent, is nothing more than a weekend diversion for many blue-collar youths...
...very popular nationally; though he received 52% of the vote in the East, he lost the Midwest (49%) and the West (46.8%). It was also, for America, notes Pollster Daniel Yankelovich, an election that fractured to a marked degree along the fault line separating the haves and havenots. The affluent, the well-educated, the suburbanites largely went for Ford; the socially and economically disadvantaged for Carter. Thus Carter is in a position similar to that of John Kennedy in 1960 and of Richard Nixon in 1968-a winner by a whisker who must still create a national following and prove...
...groups to which the G.O.P. appeals-the affluent, the well-educated, the suburbanites and white-collar workers-are growing. But to recapture the White House, the Republicans will have to solve several problems. First, they must smooth over divisions between conservative true believers and the moderate wing. Second, they must broaden their appeal to win more votes from nonwhites, city folk and the young...
When you add to that crucial support from working class voters in the North and South who earn less than $10,000 a year--as well as more affluent members of big labor unions and liberals--the outlines of Carter's victory become clear...
...emotionally drained, skeptical, even resentful of the caliber of the two candidates and the often petty campaign. Such is the level of disillusionment that more than 70 million Americans may stay at home next week. That would surely boost Gerald Ford's election chances, since the more affluent and older voters, who tend to vote Republican, will probably turn out. Says the highly regarded Washington pollster Peter Hart: "It's the best thing Ford has going for him, and he knows it." Ford staffers do not disagree. They are purposely running negative television ads-like the ones that...