Word: balloters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...statement a valid X ray of the body politic in 1968? Or merely a vote-getting ploy? Are these disparate elements capable of ballot-box cohesion? It would seem unlikely. Nixon himself concedes only "differences of emphasis, not of fundamentals; differences in the speed of change, not so much in the direction of change." Yet the pace of progress is itself a key issue. Black militants-and black moderates, for that matter-have been increasingly dissatisfied with gradualism. It was the demand for "Freedom now.'" that motivated black militance in the first place, while many of the whites Nixon...
President Johnson, who bowed out of the race too late to have his name removed from the Oregon ballot, had 17,759 votes or 13 per cent, and Vice-President Humphrey, who entered too late to have his name added, had 9,722 write-ins or 7 per cent...
...fact that he won 51% of the vote, against 31% for Senator Eugene McCarthy, was only part of his triumph. The combined loyalist vote in conservative, rural Nebraska?8% write-ins for Vice President Hubert Humphrey and 6% for Johnson, who remained on the ballot despite his non-candidacy?showed the extent of disaffection with the Administration, which Bobby did his share to provoke. And Kennedy's support was so broad in a state with only a 2% Negro population that it crushed the argument that his appeal is restricted to city dwellers, the black and the poor...
...forthcoming primaries, and the "unauthorized" Nebraska write-in campaign on his behalf clearly bombed. Humphrey visited Nebraska four days before the primary, seemingly inviting votes. Now he plans to stay out of Oregon, California and South Dakota until those primaries are over. McCarthy, who is on the ballot against Kennedy in the three remaining contests, vows to fight it out, spurning the New Yorker's offer to join forces...
...possibility of a coalition with Humphrey: "It all depends on the progress of the peace talks, on Humphrey's positions, and on the progress of the campaign." Just how many delegates McCarthy would actually be able to transfer, however, is uncertain. If he fares poorly on the first ballot in Chicago, his control over those bound to him either by loyalty or law could disintegrate completely...