Word: ethnicity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...peril for the Democrats may be the losing of the West, which gave Ford about as many electoral votes (98) as Carter gained in the South (108). Moreover, the old Democratic coalition proved that it can no longer be counted on. Carter's share of the votes from ethnic groups such as the Irish, the Italians and the Eastern Europeans was reduced from most recent previous Democratic presidential campaigns. As Caddell acknowledged, Democrats will have to garner more moderate, middle-class votes in the industrial North in order to win in the future. In recognition of this trend, Carter...
...ratings, if not on the hearts and minds of television critics and the other amateur moral philosophers who keep outraged eyes on the tube. Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley, its vulgarly nostalgic sitcoms, so far this season rank first and second among regularly scheduled programs, while Baretta, the ethnic undercover cop, and The Bionic Woman are right up there near Charlie's Angels among the leading action-adventure shows...
...exploiting-the new role of women may have been inevitable. To a degree, programming follows the headlines. When television convinced itself that youth was in a prerevolutionary state during the late '60s, shows like Mod Squad tried to cash in on the excitement. When the blacks and other ethnic minorities asserted a claim on the nation's attention. Sanford and Son was sure to follow. Once the feminists started gaining attention, how could a producer fail to concoct something like Charlie's Angels...
...most confusing and hard-fought Democratic primary battles for a Congressional seat in Massachusetts history. He showed that, in Massachusetts at least, you don't have to enter a campaign with a large electoral base or ties to a powerful political machine or a large bloc of ethnic votes to win. In fact, if the Markey example is any indication, to win a primary you don't even have to spend more money than any of your opponents. But more than anything else, Markey showed the worthlessness of the rules that politicians talk about in Institute of Politics Seminars. That...
...more pertinent question is whether the press-in its cynicism, disdain and plague-on-both-your-houses impartiality-helped to trivialize the campaign and thus contributed to the public's turned-off mood. Looking back on many of the '"issues" that dominated the headlines-ethnic purity, the Playboy interview, Clarence Kelley's valances, the Eastern Europe gaffe, Ford's finances-it's hard to escape the feeling that the press coverage has a lot to answer for. In the pack mentality of campaign journalism, once some characteristic in a candidate is spotlighted-Carter...