Word: lindsay
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...Lindsay told the assembled scribes that he had no doubt that he could win re-election in Gotham. Actually, his low standing in the polls and his lack of favor among the city's reform and regular Democratic leaders caused him to pass up a bid for a third term...
After his disastrous and abortive race for the Democratic presidential nomination last spring, Lindsay came back to New York and tried to forge an alliance with the five democratic county leaders. Hoping to get the party chieftains in his corner, the mayor began funneling patronage to the regular Democratic organization. However, the leaders, notably Meade Esposito of Brooklyn and Matt Troy of Queens, balked at backing the Mayor because of his unpopularity with the voters...
...weeks ago, Lindsay went out and tested the water in the boroughs by going in front of various civic groups on quasi-political missions. From all reports, the soundings were not too good...
...city's reform Democrats, who provided much of the support for Lindsay's successful campaign for re-election in 1969, have come to view the Mayor as an anathema. Besides the fact that his popularity has hit an all-time low with the people, the reformers feel that "Long John" sold them out after 1969 when he failed to join and support their faction of the party...
...Thus Lindsay's decision was based on the practical realization that there was no way he could win re-election. The only people who were willing to support the Mayor was the Liberal Party, which had backed him four years ago. However, the only way Lindsay could win on their slate would be to build strong popular support, something he seems incapable of doing now. A poll commissioned by City Comptroller Abraham Beame shows Lindsay with only 12 per cent of the vote, in a hypothetical race with Beame and Republican State Senator John Marchi...