Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hart beats Mondale, it will be a major upset. The main reason: Texas' arcane caucus system. To qualify, voters must first cast ballots in the congressional and local primaries during the day, then return to the polls in the evening to choose presidential candidates. It is a system that favors organizations with the proven ability to turn out party regulars. In other words, the Mondale machine...
...influential backer may be San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, Texas' numero uno Hispanic leader. Cisneros says that Mondale's "personal relationships" within the state's Mexican-American community, many dating back almost two decades, "engender a deep-seated loyalty that is hard to counter in a caucus environment." Because of rigorous voter-registration efforts, there may soon be almost 1 million Hispanics on the rolls, twice as many as in 1976. They will make up about a fifth of the voter turnout, and Mondale could win as many as three out of four. Jackson is expected...
...eight competitors and had raced through the field to overtake the superbly organized front runner. Then Hart faltered. Mondale, almost sidelined by a string of upsets beginning in New Hampshire, last week capped a spectacular comeback with a big win in Pennsylvania. Although Hart leads in state primary and caucus victories, 15 to 14, the former Vice President now holds almost a 2-to-1 lead in delegates (see chart). While he claims that he relishes the role of a feisty underdog, Mondale is the clear leader once again...
Similar bills have been introduced for 11 consecutive years, but this is "the first time the New Right showed up," said Benjamin H. Schatz '81, a second-year Harvard Law School student who heads the Massachusetts Gay Political Caucus' lobbying effort...
...wake of the bust, the Faculty split into two organized factions, a liberal caucus and a conservative caucus, which Maier calls "embryonic political parties." Meetings became more frequent, larger, and more heated; "It was really tense," recalls History Department Chairman John Womack...