Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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As Ford made his plans in Vail, he was plainly braced by the mandate of his party at the G.O.P. Convention. Aides noted that right up to the showdown in Kansas City, the appointed President had been conducting a damage-limiting operation in the wake of Watergate. He saw his...
Hardly anybody noticed, but there was another presidential nominating convention last week. Arriving at Chicago's Conrad Hilton Hotel, about 700 American conservatives, many from the South and West, gathered to choose a ticket to take on Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in November.
The conservatives convened under the banner of the American Independent Party, a coalition of right-wing forces that claims roughly 1 million followers and has put forward national candidates since 1968. In that year Alabama's George Wallace led the A.I.P. to its greatest electoral success, garnering an impressive...
Nonetheless, followers of the two men made up the bulk of last week's convention. The groups did not see eye to eye on every issue. Reagan backers favored a more aggressive anti-Communist foreign policy, advocating a strong American reaction against incidents like the killing of two U.S...
Emerging triumphant from a dramatic but not too disorderly convention, President Ford has cut down Jimmy Carter's lead for the presidency. Ford now commands 40% of the vote and Carter 46%, with, 14% undecided. In June, just before the Democratic Convention, the President trailed his opponent 38%-47...