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With 73 per cent of the vote counted, Kennedy, with 42 per cent, led Branigin, with 30, and McCarthy, with 28. Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, running uncontested in the Republican primary, had 392,098 votes at that time. No write-ins were permitted...
About 15 per cent of the Republicans voting in today's primary crossed over to vote for Branigin and McCarthy. Kennedy tried to discourage GOP crossovers. Branigin's Republican votes came primarily from lower and lower-middle class voters. McCarthy's crossover votes came from middle and upper-class voters in suburban and university communities...
Slavic voters in Lake County (Gary) divided their votes largely between Kennedy and Branigin. Kennedy was able to capture Lake County by putting together a coalition of whites and blacks based primarily on his personal charisma and a program for jobs which he developed during the Indiana campaign...
...Branigin piled up majories in many rural counties where his "Hoosierism" appeared to have succeeded. With 66 per cent of the votes tabulated, the Indiana governor had captured majorities in three of the state's 11 congressional districts. Kennedy took the other eight districts...
...Branigin operated his campaign through the powerful Indiana Democratic machine. McCarthy and Kennedy appeared to have circumvented that machine by their strong showings. They both brought in out-of-state students and campaign organizations to fill gaps in their Indiana campaign organizations...