Word: mcgovernism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They weren't just theory. There's a realistic example that goes with all the exclusions -- like Walter Mondale and George McGovern as ministers' sons...
...endorse a candidate or remained undecided. Several that did endorse, including the New York Times and Dukakis' hometown Boston Globe, voiced uneasiness about both men. And in a striking setback for Dukakis, the liberal Washington Post, which had endorsed every Democratic candidate for President starting with George McGovern in 1972, withheld its support from both contenders...
...Kathy A. McGovern, another Widener employee,agreed that the University probably will file, "ifit follows its track record...
...Sunday news conference, Dukakis refused to add less popular liberals--George McGovern, Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale--to his list...
Still, the Republican Party has to go a long way to reach parity with the Democrats in the one state that can proudly say it voted for George McGovern in 1972. The most recent figures available from the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth show that 46.4 percent of registered voters in Massachusetts are Democrats, 40.1 percent are independents, and a mere 13.5 percent are registered Republicans...