Word: populars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter led with 51 per cent of the popular vote to give him a 2 million vote edge over Ford. At press time, Carter had received 36,418,120 votes to Ford...
Eugene McCarthy, an independent candidate, garnered only 1 per cent of the popular vote with...
Ford's strong showing in the popular vote, however, indicates that the obituaries for the Republican party penned after the Kansas City convention were premature...
Barnstead admitted prior to the election that he didn't have much chance of beating the popular incumbent but in his concession speech last night he said it was important to "give the people a choice." O'Neill, now entering his thirteenth term in Congress, has not faced Republican oppostion since...
...Democratic Senator since 1934, but the retirement of Republican Senator Roman Hruska may have created an opportunity for the Democrats to break their lengthy losing streak. The party has selected Edward Zorinsky, mayor of Omaha, as its hope to do just that. Although Zorinsky has the backing of popular Democratic Governor J.J. Exon, the race is very much a toss-up at this point. Representative John Y. McCollister, the Republican candidate, has tried to paint Zorinsky as a liberal and tie him to the national party. But this is proving difficult because Zorinsky has campaigned as a conservative who opposes...