Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...news. The party did not regain the majority control it lost in 1980, but the power has shifted a solid bit its way. The net gain of two seats will reduce the G.O.P. majority to 53 to 47. Moreover, the ideological tilt will be even greater than the simple partisan tally indicates, since the two lost Republican seats are going, in effect, to liberal Democrats. Because of the shift, the Senate is more likely to slip back under Democratic sway in 1986, when almost twice as many Republicans as Democrats will be running for reelection. The results also showed...
Despite his big lead, Reagan could not resist tossing some zingers at Mondale that particularly pleased his partisan crowds. A sample: "If my opponent's campaign were a Broadway show, it would be Promises, Promises." But Mondale had his own parting shots...
...here was blood sport and a chance to measure one candidate against another. After it was over, the three networks uselessly interviewed each candidate's handlers, who argued that their man had won. Then the network news stars gingerly examined their own reactions, being careful not to sound partisan...
Outside, he moved in a magic circle of surrealists, hardheaded Partisan Review editors and cafe philosophers who lived from hand to mouth, mostly mouth...
...during that realignment. From 1930 to 1936, the number of Democrats in the House increased steadily from 163 to 333. Nothing of that nature has occured in the 1980s. Rather, during the last three election cycles the nation has suffered a mild case of political schizophrenia, veering from one partisan orientation to another...