Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from being disillusioned with politics because of Watergate, 70% of those polled felt that voting in the next election was very important, and only 12% believed that their ballot would not make much difference. Incumbents of both parties are likely to be hurt by a throw-all-the-rascals-out reaction. Fully 52% of all the respondents polled agreed strongly or partly with the notion that all present congressional officeholders up for re-election in November should be bounced...
Gaullist Mantle. Chaban's major campaign tactic has been to wrap himself in the Gaullist mantle. In the halls in which he speaks, his photo is flanked by those of Charles de Gaulle and Georges Pompidou. As the symbol that will appear beside his name on the ballot, he has chosen De Gaulle's emblem, the cross of Lorraine-a reminder of Chaban's key role during the Resistance. After attending a Chaban rally outside Paris, TIME Correspondent George Taber noted: "Over the auditorium hung an aura of nostalgia and past triumphs. The audience was made...
Although Chaban and Giscard at first agreed not to attack each other, Chaban last week warned his fellow Gaullists that Giscard will not be able to beat Mitterrand in the runoff. Chaban exhorted: "I say that I can defeat Mitterrand. You cannot joke on the May 5 ballot. Vote wisely! Vote Chaban-Delmas, who can keep us from the peril of Mitterrand...
...Traditionally, many bourgeois vote left or at least threaten to do so as a protest. However, they quickly return to the center or right if it appears that a leftist has a chance of winning. Thus Mitterrand's best opportunity for a victory will come on the first ballot, while Chaban and Giscard fight among themselves for Gaullist support; in a runoff, he would face a unified Gaullist front...
...tenants mobilized to get a referendum on control placed on the Cambridge ballot. They failed when the courts declared the referendum unconstitutional. They mobilized successfully in 1970, when Cambridge became the first city in Massachusetts to make use of the enabling legislation passed by the legislature permitting cities to institute controls...