Word: contests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week Roper Research Associates completed a TIME-commissioned poll that gave Johnson 36%, McCarthy 30% and Kennedy 18%. The balance was scattered. The closing days of the contest could well produce different results. But, as of last week, Johnson could take little comfort in the prospects. Though he came out ahead, he trailed his rivals' combined total. On Election Day, it would be a mixed...
...primary, regardless of personal party preference. Even before Rockefeller's withdrawal statement 10% of those who told Roper interviewers that they intended to vote in the Democratic primary described themselves as Republicans. The G.O.P. crossover may now be larger because of Republicans who want to influence a real contest...
...exit certainly seemed motivated as much by personal hubris as political savvy. His poor showing in the New Hampshire primary earlier this month, where only 11% of the Republican voters wrote in his name, coupled with indications of a disastrous showing in Wisconsin's April 2 contest (a possible 14-1 loss), doubtless made Rocky aware that he was not striking sparks...
...poor-mouthed his chances too much, but I think he could have been nominated." Still, there were some sobering tactical realities behind Rockefeller's decision. Had he entered the May 28 Oregon primary, his name would almost certainly have had to be re-entered in the Nebraska contest two weeks earlier, and Nebraska is solidly Nixon country. Though Rockefeller preached party unity at every turn, he admitted only reluctantly that he would support Nixon if he were "the Republican nominee." Rocky still maintained that he was willing to "answer any tree and meaningful call," should the party demand...
...Wisconsin. One recent poll showed them with 40 per cent each, and a 16 per cent write-in for Sen. Robert F. Kennedy '48 (D-N.Y.). If enough Republicans vote in the Democratic primary--either from a dislike of Nixon or boredom with the GOP's non-contest--they can swing the Democratic race...