Word: swing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...swing of the pendulum back toward the Democrats reverses a trend that began in earnest in 1978, when voters sent a message that they wanted lower taxes and less government. Republicans took over three additional Senate seats and twelve more House seats that year, riding a wave of discontent symbolized by the Proposition 13 tax revolt in California. The G.O.P. hoped that the 1980 Reagan victory, which brought them twelve more Senators and 33 Congressmen, signified a new conservative electoral coalition made up of traditional Republicans, blue-collar workers and those concerned with social issues such as abortion and school...
...strategy was also one of playing up the past. Reagan blamed the Democrats for getting the country into its current economic crisis. Said he on his final campaign swing: "We are clearing away the economic wreckage that was dumped in our laps...
...Mexican-American electorate, which has doubled since 1976, helped to swing the election. Clements made much of White's opposition to the 1965 Voting Rights Act extension, and referred to himself as un hombre de palabra (a man of his word). White countered with slogans like Ya basta . . . de los Republicanos (Enough of Republicans). Chicanos agreed: the Democrats took more than 85% of the Hispanic vote. Statewide turnout was unusually high (49%), and in some black neighborhoods in Houston, which were carried heavily by White, it approached...
...Spanish election was closely watched in other international capitals, particularly since it came in the wake of Socialist victories in France, Greece and Sweden and seemed to some observers to suggest a leftward swing in Western European politics. Most analysts, however, saw it as part of a mixed trend in which widespread economic problems tended to work against incumbent governments (see following story...
Last week--4-1. Season to date--24-14, 631, and still second on the chart. Except I forgot to tell you about my political predictions, which went rather well. I had Conte, Dukakis, Cuomo, Frank, the bottle bill (in a big way), and a 20-seat swing in the House, for the good guys, of course. That boosts my season up to a sparkling 31-14, .689. And, first