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Still, the bids for second and third place are potentially colorful, if the state's Independents, who form more than 40 per cent of its registered voters, paint the background. Under Massachusetts's unusual system, an Independents may pick either party's ballot when he casts his primary vote, and Independents may find the Republican race more exciting, especially if Kennedy does well in New Hampshire and looks like a shoo-in in his home state...
Kennedy not only has to win, he has to beat the percentages to leave New England with any self-respect, especially if Carter beats him by more than a 10-per-cent spread in New Hampshire. With Georgia and Florida only a week later, it will be almost impossible to soften the direct comparisons of Carter's and Kennedy's support on their own playing fields. But chief Kennedy pollster Gary R. Orren, former associate professor but the result of steady organizational work." Kennedy and Brown campus organizations began earlier than Carter's and have picked up support from previously...
...Granted that a strong showing in the Granite State reaps huge rewards for a campaign: publicity, money, volunteers, and the aura of success. But in terms of delegates to the national conventions, New Hampshire is not worth much. At stake are 19 Democratic delegates--one-half of 1 per cent of the total--and 22 Republican delegates--slightly more than 1 per cent of the total. By comparison, Minnesota, which holds caucuses on the same day as the New Hampshire primary, contributes 75 Democratic and 34 Republican delegates...
...other Illinois congressman in the race, Rep. Phillip M. Crane, is not looking much past his home state either. The conservative will be happy if he can break into the double figures in New Hampshire--10 or 11 per cent--and remain with the pack in Massachusetts with 15 to 18 per cent, Gregory F. Cronin, Crane's Massachusetts state coordinator, says. Such expectations are not "overly optimistic," Cronin says, but admits that anything less than double figures will make it "tough to continue...
Larry Powers, press secretary for the Brown campaign, says his candidate must garner more than the 13 per cent he picked up in the Maine caucuses February 10. Otherwise "we will have to immediately reassess the whole campaign." But he does not think a reassessment of the Brown campaign would necessarily portend its demise. Says Powers: "Brown has said that whatever the New Hampshire results are, he still wants to campaign...