Word: forded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More than Ford, Carter is open to new ideas, to taking a fresh look at old problems. The President-elect has often said that he holds a conservative respect for personal initiative and fiscal prudence, as well as a liberal dedication to helping those left behind in a competitive society. In an election characterized less by apathy than by indecision, that may well be what the voters are saying they want in a President...
...Ford, too, reached new heights of spirit and crowd appeal in the last days of the long campaign, though he had to nurse his ailing throat with everything from cough lozenges to hot chicken soup. As he pleaded with a large audience in Philadelphia to "confirm me with your votes now just as you confirmed me with your prayers in August of 1974," Ford visibly impressed his listeners. On election eve, the President flew back to Grand Rapids to vote. Perhaps it was the emotion welling up from the huge welcoming throng, perhaps it was the memories of his youth...
Given his own limitations, plus the heavy baggage that the Republicans have had to carry since Watergate, Jerry Ford could hardly have done better. He will turn over to Carter the leadership of a nation that is far, far stronger politically and economically than when Ford inherited a discredited presidency from Nixon. Carter begins not only with that advantage but also, as an outsider, he is free of many heavy ob- ligations to special groups. He is fettered only by the growing awareness of the limitations of Government, and he promises to make it more "efficient" and "compassionate...
...recalcitrant groups of the coalition. "What he apparently failed to consider," said Harris, "was that the elements of the old coalition, which constituted some 60% of the electorate during F.D.R.'s days, now make up only 43% of the voters. At the same time, the groups that Ford appealed to-college graduates, suburbanites, white-collar workers-have been growing in numbers...
Once the mainstay of the coalition, white Catholics this year gave Ford just over half their vote. Although Carter's religion and his abortion stand influenced some, busing and school desegregation, which have stirred anti-black sentiment in many Catholic urban neighborhoods, may be the biggest factor in the continuing drift toward the G.O.P. For example, despite Carter's determined efforts to woo Italian votes ("I think it's a shame that someone of Italian background has never been appointed to the Supreme Court"), more than 55% of the Italian vote went to Ford. In the 24th...