Word: mcgoverns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Connally does bring in the money, however, and fund-raising, McGovern's weak point, is the main function of Texas Democrats for Nixon. State campaign officials estimate that they have raised about $75,000 in small donations so far, but admit that most of the larger contributions are sent directly to Washington...
Connally's own brother, Golfrey, a 53 year-old economics professor at San Antonio College, is a McGovern supporter. "I have taken a policy of not commenting on my brother's activities and philosophy, the younger Connally said in an interview last week. Golfrey Connally, who has made several speeches and has conducted a number of teach ins on behalf of McGovern, attributes the development of his liberal point of view to an economics course he took at the University of Texas and a long illness "which gave me a chance to do a lot of studying...
...Republicans are also making a bid for the basically conservative blue-collar vote. Although the Texas AFL-CIO has come out for McGovern, Nixon is slightly ahead among union members. "I won't give you the figures because we are still trailing, but we are within striking distance," said a Texas labor source who asked to remain unidentified. "McGovern has shown a vast improvement among the inactive, non-leader membership, however," the source said. "We have found that this group runs very close to the rest of the country (in it's voting patterns...
...McGovern's best reception has been in the state's metropolitan areas. He has drawn large crowds at his appearances in Houston, the state's biggest city, and McGovern canvassers report dramatic success in San Antonio, a rapidly growing central Texas city with a large chicano population since McGovern's visit there. "Houston will probably go for him, it's becoming the liberal city," predicted Molly Ivins, editor of the Texas Observer, one of the state's few liberal newspapers. "The press down here is incredibly backward, though," Ivins added. "They're not just against McGovern, they've taken...
...McGovern will need the cities even more dearly than the rural areas if he is to carry Texas. The state's urban centers contain the largest number of "non-Texans," migrants from other parts of the country, and it is there that McGovern must establish himself strongly. However, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio all have large suburban populations, and it is the suburbanites of the south who have so admired Nixon for his stand on busing. Whether the black and chicano minorities from the cross-town sections of Texas cities can offset their power remains to be seen...