Word: factors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from ten to 75 seats. Conceding that the loss of even 25 seats could stall the Great Society, Democratic leaders are nonetheless confident that most of their freshmen Congressmen, beneficiaries of circumstance in 1964, can now hold their own. Says one L.B.J. aide: "They're our great plus factor this election...
...unhappy about high food prices (see U.S. BUSINESS); businessmen and farmers are restive over tight money; many voters remain vaguely uneasy over the course of the Viet Nam war. Yet none of these attitudes by itself portends a great national shift of votes. While inflation is no doubt a factor in some contests, it has been defused, at least partially by the prevalence of high wages and prosperity...
...General Factor. Republicans, meanwhile, sense a widespread desire for new political leadership-a phenomenon one Congressman calls the "fresh-face syndrome." Besides strong gains in Congress, the G.O.P. is counting on capturing several key governorships-California, Minnesota, Arkansas -as a way of chemically rejuvenating their party. Richard Nixon calls the election "the most important of my lifetime," confidently predicts a G.O.P. gain of 40 House seats, three in the Senate, six governorships. To this, Vice President Hubert Humphrey replies: "I'll bet Nixon a 20-lb. Minnesota turkey against a dinner at any restaurant he chooses that his predictions...
Perhaps the most important factor in this year's elections is general rather than specific. The voters are prey to a variety of frustrations-about the state of the economy, the progress of civil rights, the course of the war in Viet Nam. While each of these issues can cut either way, depending on the particular contest, overall they may spell trouble for the party in power. On the Viet Nam issue, in fact, the voter who feels that the war effort has not been vigorous enough, as well as one who feels that the U.S. should stop bombing...
Richard Nixon, who stumped the state for Hatfield, also skirted the war as an issue, though elsewhere he has urged a bigger effort. The decisive factor may be that Hatfield is a familiar, popular figure throughout the state, whereas Bob Duncan until recently was little known outside his district. Lyndon Johnson plans to cut a swath through Oregon on Duncan's behalf three days before the election...