Word: caucuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nomination in August. He has won 88 delegates in primaries, can count on getting about 150 in the New York (April 6) and Pennsylvania (April 27) primaries, which Reagan is in effect skipping as unwinnable, and seems likely to pick up about 100 in such non-primary caucus states as Iowa, Oklahoma and Washington...
...started out for the presidency, a feat not accomplished from the House since James Garfield did it in 1880. Udall began campaigning around the country, mainly in the Northern primary states like New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York and Wisconsin. He badly flubbed his organizing of Iowa, the first caucus state, and virtually ignored the South. Still, his early start, unflagging drive and shrewd campaigning attracted a good volunteer organization, the backing of Democratic intellectuals like Harvard Professor John Kenneth Galbraith, and many of the old McGovern-McCarthy liberal legions...
...Harris survey taken in January, the first primary provided sharp injections of added confidence. Carter's solid if unspectacular 30% of the Democratic vote, in a field of five major candidates, lent new weight to his dogged optimism. After three impressive showings in the first five nonprimary, caucus states (he placed first in Iowa, Maine and Oklahoma), his is the only campaign that holds real possibilities of breaking far ahead of the pack...
...Carter has begun to score some caucus and primary victories, his opponents' amusement has turned to concern and then to hostility. To make up for lost time, they are turning more heat on him. So along with all the love from his ardent supporters, there is a wave of hate from some of his opponents. An aide to Morris Udall vows never to support Carter; he would rather vote for Ford. "Carter's so damn slick," he says. "What monopoly does he have on goodness? To me, he's dangerous." Says Alan Baron, George McGovern's press secretary: "By saying...
...Joanie Caucus is whose favorite Trudeau character? Ms. Caucus is a menopausal potato, clearly modeled on Sarah Moore...