Word: electioneered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The major parties' loss of influence and inability to present creative policies have invited challenge. Party discipline is wanting in Congress and party loyalty is wanting among voters. In the last presidential election, close to half of all voting-age Americans shunned the polls. The Citizens Party may be able...
THIS EFFORT IS NOT pure and traditional socialism. We're trying to find a point somewhere beyond the New Deal--an American transition," says Don Rose, a Citizens Party organizer and the political strategist behind Chicago Democrat Jane Byrne's mayoral upset. The party filed a statement with the Federal...
Even if their presidential hopes are infinitesimal, Citizens Party activists can play an important part in the campaign by focusing attention on liberal programs that might otherwise be ignored. The historic role of third parties like the Populists and the Progressives has been to influence the platforms of the major...
For the voter, it is tempting to go into hibernation from now until election day. Campaign promises, after all, have never been an accurate way to predict presidential performance. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for a balanced budget. In 1964, Lyndon Johnson won election as the candidate of peace. In...
Nearly half of the students said the crisis would have a significant impact on Carter's chances in the presidential election. Thirty-eight per cent felt the situation would have little effect, while 11 per cent remained undecided.