Word: democraticizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The volatile electorate fooled pollsters in a number of states. Pat Caddell, who handled Jimmy Carter's polling in 1976, assured New Hampshire Democratic Senator Thomas Mclntyre that he was leading Gordon Humphrey by 59.5% to 30%, with no signs of movement toward the Republican. Humphrey won, 51% to...
The Senate, however, will have nearly a majority, 48 of 100 members, serving their first terms with less than four years of service there. All in all, 61 will be Senators elected in the 1970s, 70 will never have served under a Democratic President other than Jimmy Carter, only 18...
Democratic Governors Jerry Brown of California and Dick Lamm of Colorado were reelected, as were Republicans Robert Ray of Iowa and James Thompson of Illinois.
A few of TIME'S young leaders left office. Two Democrats retired: Senator James Abourezk of South Dakota and Representative Barbara Jordan of Texas. Democratic Governors Jerry Apodaca of New Mexico and Reubin Askew of Florida were ineligible to run for second terms. Democratic Governor Richard Kneip of South...
After getting many complaints from constituents about relatives being kept against their will by a California cult that had decamped to the jungles of Guyana, Democratic Congressman Leo Ryan decided to see for himself. Last week, he flew to the small Latin American country and set out for the commune...