Word: psephologists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Judgments such as Meany's may be euphoric. In all three cities, thousands of white Democrats crossed party lines to vote against Stokes and Hatcher while Mrs. Hicks got nearly half of Boston's white ballots. "The great mass of white voters in Gary and Cleveland," observed Psephologist Richard Scammon, "voted white, not Republican or Democratic." And CORE'S Floyd McKissick, in discussing Cleveland and Gary, pointed out: "A black man is still black and the parties do not support black candidates with the same vim, vigor and vitality that they do white candidates...
...shows 75% of the sample "dissatisfied" with Viet Nam developments-a 21% rise in a year-and a mere 13% "satisfied." California Psephologist Don Muchmore reports a similar trend...
...entirely alone. A poll conducted by Philadelphia Psephologist John Bucci in what he called the "barometer" state of Delaware showed last veck that Rockefeller leads Lyndon Johnson...
Long-Hair Appeal. Bobby, of necessity, is thus looking toward 1972-though he runs the risk of becoming passe by then. As Psephologist Scammon notes: "The life span of the presidential butterfly is not great." Meanwhile the New York Senator is aiming his appeal at a special constituency. Within five years, 26 million new voters will have come of age, and Kennedy is fond of quoting Goethe's dictum: "The destiny of any nation, at any given time, depends on the opinions of its young men under...
...Philadelphians doubt that Specter will win. Polls by Psephologist E. John Bucci, who predicted the gubernatorial victories of both William Scranton and Raymond Shafer, peg Specter as a 2-to-l favorite over any other candidate. Meanwhile, the Democrats, badly split after five years of lackluster leadership, face a furious primary dogfight...