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The votes had been tabulated in Wards 1, 2 and 3, which includes some of the city's more conservative areas. In Ward 6, precinct 3, which includes voters in the River House and the Yard, the vote was better than 3-1 for an end to city deposits in...
Student groups and candidates went on the offensive, trying to pull in votes before students could forget about city politics. The Harvard-Radcliffe Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee(SASC) endorsed David Sullivan, who in turn toured most dorms here in search of voters. Some...
The CCC, roundly denounced by liberals as an attempt to confuse CCA voters, was just one cloud in the campaign. The Cambridge Homeowners and Taxpayers (CHT), another new group largely discredited as a political force by their candidate Frisoli's poor showing, mailed condo owneres a letter listing the tax...
Unchanging candidates tend to veil some changes in liberal politics. David Sullivan's overwhelming vote is a sign that the issue (rent control) and the candidate (well-financed and an energetic campaigner) may be as important as the backing of the traditional liberal-power-broker (the CCA).
Among the independents, personal fiefdoms continue, but with total votes down in almost every case, the barbarians are at the door. The effort among some independents to unite in the CCC was no real salve to their political wounds. And as Frisoli, who had the support of the old-line...