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...both sides are already looking beyond congressional action to the impact of the 18-year-old vote on themselves and the country. It may be lighter than many expect. Though most politicians have assumed that lowering the voting age will cause a swing to the left, Political Demographer Richard Scammon predicts no such effect. Using as a guide the 35%-40% turnout of those under 21 in two of the states that already allow them to vote-Georgia and Kentucky-Scammon ran the youth vote back over the 1968 election. The results of his experiment should prove reassuring...
...their own, spends much of his time rebutting his own creed. The answer is that Moynihan is a very undoctrinaire liberal who wants to get things done -and is willing to pay a certain ideological price to do so. This attitude distinguishes him from what Political Analyst Richard Scammon has dubbed the "uptight liberal" who insists on purity of doctrine, forgets that politics is the business of solving problems, and eats soul food even though he does not like it. By this standard, Moynihan qualifies as a downright loose liberal. He is loose in ideology-perfectly willing to blend liberal...
...equation. Indeed, the political mood of 1969 defies traditional definition. Yet one thing is clear: millions of Americans are prepared to vote their fear and anger rather than their hope and compassion. The words "law and order" have become an irresistible incantation, and what Political Analyst Richard Scammon calls the "anti-dissent dissent" is, for the moment, the strongest political force in the country...
...political analyst Richard Scammon pointed out this evening that all three Democratic contenders ran about equal if one subtracts Kennedy's massive Negro vote. Thus, Scammon reasoned, Kennedy still must prove his ability to gather a majority of white voters before the Democratic party will award him the nomination...
Political scientist Richard Scammon and Congressman Donald W. Riegle (R--Mich.) will speak on the 1968 elections at 4 p.m. today in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room. The discussion, sponsored by the Institute of Politics, is open to all study group members...