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...Drinan who is one of the few people able to practice the New Politics successfully, ran an effective campaign, especially in the western cities which had been plagued by high unemployment rules. He was Framingham by 600 votes, Leominster by 1900 votes, and Fitchburg by more than 3000 votes. These three cities, along with Waltham, Newton and Brookline, provided Drinan with his 8000-vote margin of victory. Drinan, by once again attracting an army of volunteers, by making himself highly visible in the west, especially Fitchburg where he set up one of his campaign headquarters; and by employing...
...overcome three major handicaps. First, he was an unknown quantity to many people. The October 30 poll showed that one out of every four voters had no opinion of Linsky whatsoever. Second his stands on Vietnam, Israel abortion, women's rights, and other major issues were similar to Drinan's Thus, conservative Democrats whom Linsky hoped to attract, either staved with Drinan or voted for the Conservative candidate John I Collins Finally. Linsky campaigned as a Republican in the one state in the country which went to McGovern Stephen P. Crosby Linskys campaign manager commented after the election that there...
...Drinan, like most of his followers was pleased but not ecstatic about the victory In a telephone conversation with the Crimson three days after the election, he called the entire campaign "kind of an annoyance," "I mean, how can anyone dare to question my record? he asked jokingly. Obviously, most people didn...
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL students etched the latest returns on a huge, white bulletin board Robert F. Drinan-25,566 votes; Martin A. Kinsky-21,406: John I Collins-1743. A small roar went up from the 600 Drinan supporters who had gathered in the Tiara Room of the plush Sidney Hill Country Club in Newton. Their enthusiasm was short-lived. The middle-aged liberals from Brookline soon returned to the bar for more screwdrivers: the young volunteers from Wellesley, Harvard, Radcliffe, and Newton High School gathered in small circles and finished their Budweisers, while the members of the rock band...
There were several reasons for the calm mood prevalent among Drinan supporters. First, their candidate had been picked by the polls to win the Fourth Congressional District by a comfortable margin. The Becker Research Corporation, which conducts surveys for the Boston Globe, gave Drinan a 21-point lead as of September 23. One week later, the research group released the results of another poll which showed Drinan leading by ten points. Obviously Linsky, a 31-year-old liberal Republican who had served in the State House of Representatives for six years, was gaining, but Drinan's followers were convinced that...