Word: sidestreet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...councillor wins and holds his "number one voters." As an incumbent, he spends most of his time trying to keep them happy. He answers their questions, attends their parties, makes sure their garbage is collected, sees to it that a signal light is installed at the corner or a sidestreet repaved. Consequently, by the time election time rolls around, a large percentage of Cambridge voters have, in effect, already pledged their "number one votes...