Word: antitaxers
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...antitax sentiment a purely conservative trend. If voters had a choice between two candidates who expressed the same views on taxes, but one was generally perceived as a moderate and the other as a conservative, voters surveyed would tend to choose the moderate by a 47%-to-43% margin. But people do not intend to vote solely on the tax issue: only a third of those surveyed said they would switch away from an otherwise preferred candidate if he took a stand against a tax cut, less than the percentage of voters who said they would abandon a preferred candidate...
...with less than a month left, a whopping 40% of the voters surveyed, including 62% of the independents, say they are still undecided. Perhaps the uncertainty stems from the voters' skepticism about the current gale of antitax rhetoric: two-thirds think the candidates' tax-slashing promises are just "a lot of talk...
...bill, moreover, contains few of the reforms that the President had originally proposed last December. Missing, for example, are cuts in deductions allowed for medical costs and for business entertainment, such as club dues, first-class travel and the much maligned three-martini lunch. Tuned finely to the antitax and more conservative mood of the electorate, Congress was mainly interested in axing federal levies and encouraging investment. Although the congressional bill falls short of the Administration's original goals, it seemed certain that Carter would sign...
Carter's assault on the bill, in which he was opposed by all Democratic congressional leaders, was part of a presidential campaign to exploit the anti-inflationary, antitax, anti-Government-spending mood of the voters. Fiscal conservatism appears to be part of Carter's philosophy; although it appeals to many middle-class voters, it also threatens to alienate traditional Democratic supporters: blacks, labor leaders and the poor, who advocate such costly social programs as national health insurance and greater aid to the cities. Trying to keep such groups in line, Vice President Walter Mondale went to Minnesota, Missouri...
...that Brooke's chances for a third term were slipping away, thousands of Democratic blacks and white liberals took the unusual step of changing their party registration to vote in the Republican primary. So too did large numbers of blue-collar workers, who were attracted by Nelson's antibusing, antitax positions. In the end, as many as 30,000 non-Republicans voted hi the G.O.P. primary...