Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...political right is deeply entrenched in Wisconsin. It controls the state Republican party. A few days before the San Francisco Convention, the state GOP chairman declared that if Goldwater were not nominated, his organization would in effect ignore the national ticket. Support of the conservative cause, however, extends beyond the GOP. The John Birch Society, the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade and many local groups have faithful followings...
...Conservatism is at a crossroads." So goes the common thinking. If the Goldwater-Miller ticket is defeated, as appears likely, then, it is reasoned, "conservatism" will sink into political oblivion. Having been given the "choice" they so long clamored for and having had their choice soundly rejected, the conservatives will quietly disappear from sight...
Apparently Johnson's lead has not slipped much since June, for Romney is still clinging to a charmingly ambiguous position he formulated after the Republican convention: he "supports" (but does not "endorse") the Republican ticket "from top to bottom." He never, however, mentions the word "Goldwater" in public, nor will he say who will receive his vote for the Presidency of the United States. He undoubtedly expects Johnson to win, and he is concerned, as he is fond of saying, with state problems--especially that of getting himself re-elected...
Overshadowing the gubernatorial race is the huge majority that President Johnson is expected to win. If Johnson wins, for instance, 62 per cent of the vote, his margin will be something like 750,000 votes in the state, and the rest of the Democratic ticket, headed by Senator Philip Hart, is expected most voters will pull the straight party lever. An unprecendencd number of Michigan voters will have to take the trouble to split their tickets if George Romney is to be re-elected Governor...
...ticket book? A plump Briggs girl told the real advantage. "Harvard men simply adore the woman who can pay her own way," she said...