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Within the larger framework of Watergate and the economy, specific elections, as always, came down to a contest of personalities. This explains in part why an increasingly conservative voting public?as uncovered by TIME Soundings and other surveys???chose a more liberal Congress. With only rare exceptions, voters ignored traditional party or ideological categories. In Vermont, says former Governor Philip H. Hoff, "the ticket-splitting was just staggering." It helped elect Democrat Patrick J. Leahy to the Senate from traditionally Republican Vermont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '74: Democrats: Now the Morning After | 11/18/1974 | See Source »

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