Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After giving Humphrey a substantial margin in 1968, many of the ethnics rejected McGovern this year. Angered by his support of legalized abortion, his attitude toward drugs, his proposed "surrender" to Communist North Viet Nam and amnesty for draft dodgers, these lower-and middle-class Catholic voters deserted the Democratic national ticket in record numbers, contributing significantly to Nixon's margins in the industrial Northern states. The ethnic exodus from...
...Crimson played and last it first game of the season of October 5, as it was edge by the Babson college junior varsity. After it sole victory by a 3-2 margin over Uconn, it met the tufts freshmen and tied 1-1. Subsequently, the team lost three games in a row the first the shout out by the Brown junior varsity. The second a 1-1 tie with BU, and thirdly, a 3-1 loss to Southeastern Massachusetts...
...tough defense was the deciding factor in a 6-0 win of Eliot over Quincy in today's game. Eliot twice held Quincy on the one yard line to keep its narrow six point margin...
Channel 5's miscalculation was as close as Hicks and her Irish pols got to victory. Although the final tally showed Hicks a loser by only 2000 votes, the congresswoman suffered devastating defeats in the black wards, and secured only a modest 2500-vote margin in Ward 7--her home precinct...
...areas. Weekly mail drops spelled out Moakley's stand on the elderly, income maintenance, housing reform welfare, and other reformist issues. The strategy paid off on election night as the black wards "went overwhelmingly Joe--they saved us in the city," and the suburbs handed him a 3600 victory margin...