Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Something more complicated was occurring than the presidential land- slide indicated. In one sense, America had clearly swung toward conservatism and Nixon may take the vote as an essentially conservative mandate. According to Political Analyst Daniel Yankelovich, commissioned by TIME to conduct in-depth surveys of the American voters' moods, some 40% of Americans now see themselves as "conservative," and they are divided about equally between the Democrats and Republicans. Last year at this time, only a quarter described themselves thus, while the rest saw themselves as either middle-of-the-roaders (about half) or liberals (about one-quarter...
Conflict. Some Democrats doubtless cast what politicians called "penance votes": having opted for a Republican President, they came back to their party for other offices. But most were in a selective mood; personalities and state-level disputes weighed at least as heavily as national politics. Thus in Kentucky, where voters could have voted a straight Republican ticket with the flick of a single voting-machine lever, not enough did. The result was that while Nixon was winning handily, Republican Senatorial Candidate Louie B. Nunn was losing a seat that had traditionally been Republican. Whatever patterns existed seemed in conflict with...
...David S. Broder, chief political correspondent for the Washington Post, based his often prescient columns on a thorough grasp of Washington realities and extensive travels through the country. Broder pinpointed a paradox in the voters' mood: "We're not notably consistent in any respect. We want to keep the Russians and Chinese in their places, but we want to end the draft. We want the benefits of mass production techniques, but we want relief from the drudgery of assembly-line jobs...
...reviews. Guinier said that he could not offer any suggestions on how to set up the review without this information. Without his input, Guinier argues, the Review Committee is illegitimate. But not enough professors believe Dunlop and Bok have deliberately subverted the program to sustain Guinier's position. The mood on campus has changed since 1969 when the department was set up under the threat of student militancy and should Guinier threaten the Faculty, they will probably not be concerned...
There were several reasons for the calm mood prevalent among Drinan supporters. First, their candidate had been picked by the polls to win the Fourth Congressional District by a comfortable margin. The Becker Research Corporation, which conducts surveys for the Boston Globe, gave Drinan a 21-point lead as of September 23. One week later, the research group released the results of another poll which showed Drinan leading by ten points. Obviously Linsky, a 31-year-old liberal Republican who had served in the State House of Representatives for six years, was gaining, but Drinan's followers were convinced that...