Word: humphreyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HUMPHREY LEADING: District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York and Rhode Island. Total electoral votes...
George Wallace has been the only candidate able to pick up any states in the past month's campaigning-even though he has dropped somewhat in at least one poll. In Arkansas he has taken the lead from Humphrey, whose liberalism is anathema to rural Arkies, and might even manage to carry urban Pulaski County (Little Rock). South Carolina's Senator Strom Thurmond has been stumping the South for Nixon but strangely neglecting South Carolina. Wallace, as a result, has edged ahead. Thurmond's own supporters are so concerned that a Wallace victory would damage the Senator...
Largely because of Humphrey's organizational troubles, several usually Democratic states are now leaning toward Nixon. Pennsylvania still has a large undecided vote, but the steady decay of the Democratic party machine, a skillfully waged Republican campaign and racial disorders in urban schools are all hurting Humphrey. In Maryland, voters are impressed by Nixon's substantial lead and seem anxious to join his bandwagon. In Tennessee, Humphrey's campaign just never ignited. Nixon currently enjoys a slight edge in Missouri, but if Humphrey picks up any momentum at all in the final weeks, he might be able...
...long time Nixon publicly ignored Wallace, reasoning that any notice he gave him would only boost the Alabamian's prestige. Now he attacks Wallace directly, reminding his listeners that Wallace could put Humphrey into the White House by taking potential votes away from the Republicans...
...Nixon has won the overwhelming support of the nation's press. By the end of last week, 483 daily papers with a total circulation of 20.7 million had come out for him editorially; this week, LIFE endorses him. Humphrey, by contrast, has been endorsed by 93 newspapers with a circulation of 3.9 million...