Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...confidence in America, has risen by 10% since June, to 44%. Of those who feel positive about the nation, 49% favor Ford while 37% are for Carter. If confidence in the U.S. plummets, then Carter benefits. Of those with negative feelings about the present-day U.S., 53% support the Democrat, 33% Ford...
...strongest reason for supporting Carter is that it is time for a change-a feeling shared by 81% of Carter voters. The next most important reason (63%) is that the Democratic candidate is considered to be more interested in the little man; 61% think that he offers the promise of a fresh, new start; 55% believe he will be more effective in getting things done. Finally, only 22% cite the fact that he is a Democrat...
...Dooley as "a combination iv th' Chicago fire, St. Bartholomew's massacre, the battle iv th' Boyne, the life iv Jesse James and th' night iv th' big wind." Then T.R. formed a third party (Bull Moose) and ran in the election. By splitting the Republican vote, he enabled Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win. In 1920 a combination of war-weariness and opposition to Wilson's single-minded support of the League of Nations returned the Republicans to power...
Mathias often does sound like a Democrat. He regularly opposed Richard Nixon, and has frequently voted to override Gerald Ford's vetoes. Unlike the President, Mathias early favored financial aid to New York City. He seeks national health insurance and is far less restrained than the Administration about attacking unemployment. At the same time, he believes the Democrats have abused the federal role and in the process hamstrung the private sector. The Maryland Senator has little trouble defining his brand of moderate Republicanism-even though it involves a sizable reach back into history. His principles are the same...
Shorn like Samson of his power, Congressman Wayne Hays, 65, decided to head for the exits last week. "With a heavy heart," the Ohio Democrat announced his withdrawal from the race for a 15th term in the House. The Delilah in his downfall was, of course, Elizabeth Ray, 33, who disclosed last May that she had been kept on the Congressman's payroll as a clerk but had served mostly as his mistress. In June, Hays entered a hospital in Barnesville, Ohio, suffering from an overdose of drugs, and shortly thereafter he was stripped of his chairmanship...