Word: discontentment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The swing of the pendulum back toward the Democrats reverses a trend that began in earnest in 1978, when voters sent a message that they wanted lower taxes and less government. Republicans took over three additional Senate seats and twelve more House seats that year, riding a wave of discontent...
A study of individual House races shows that discontent over Reagan's handling of the economy played a major role in most Democratic gains in the industrial Midwest, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Texas. One Pennsylvania showdown featured Eugene Atkinson, who crossed the aisle last year to become a Republican convert...
NO LAUGHING MATTER. President Reagan came to Peoria last week bearing gifts: a significant reduction in federal loan rates for farmers and an extension of credits to spur agricultural exports. The occasion was an all-star rally for 13-term incumbent Republican Congressman Robert Michel, 59. In the 18th Congressional...
But the workers' decision at Chrysler has reminded would be re-industrializes that the success of their labor-management scheme may ultimately depend on their credibility with the workers who will be asked to shoulder much of the cost for "retooling" American industry. Enen the most disciplined union will have...
Fälldin's defeat underscored a trend of voter discontent that has affected governments of all ideological shades in Western Europe. Even Palme had to admit last week that his party won mainly Because "the Swedish people wanted a change." If Palme's nostrums do not improve...