Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many conservative and moderate Democrats were appalled when, after the national convention, Carter made bald appeals to some of the elements of the old coalition that seemed cool to his candidacy. His choice of Walter Mondale as a running mate was part of that plan. Norbert Dreiling, former Kansas Democratic...
In their final soundings, both Gallup and Harris termed the election too close to call. Each had given Carter a lead of 30 or so points immediately after the Democratic National Convention in July, and each had traced the steady-and inevitable-erosion of that lead. Yankelovich did not poll...
In Plains it's more than a matter of loyalty. A Carter victory guarantees a minor boom on Main Street. Contractor Abbett was already thinking about facilities for the Secret Service and Georgia troopers: "I hope I get my share of that work." Angie Stevens, manager of the Back...
A. In the preconvention campaign, we fell down in not realizing the importance of the convention states. We could have won and should have won some convention states and would have avoided the closeness of the race in Kansas City. But that was a mistake that nobody realized-I didn...
William Schneider, assistant professor of Government and an adviser to NBC Polls, likened the reemergence of the old-line Democratic coalition to the return of an aging vaudeville performer and the convention and election to acts on the old-time stage.