Word: underdogs
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...know what else to do," he said. "What you see is what you get." In Florida, standing in a grove of winter-ravaged oranges, Mondale conceded that Senator Edward Kennedy had refused to endorse him; at that moment, the once invincible candidate seemed an authentic underdog. Hart, meanwhile, was using the words "future" and "new" over and over again. The candidate of youth was often asked how a year had been lopped off his age in the mid-1960s. "If I had wanted to appear younger," he insisted, "I would have done it by more than a year...
...voters. Only 15% of the state's work force belong to unions; fewer than 1% of the residents are black. Independents can vote in the primary. Voters almost pride themselves on knocking off front runners. In short, New Hampshire could hardly be better suited for an anti-Establishment underdog, or worse for an overwhelming favorite with the backing of party bosses, Big Labor and minorities...
Building inspectors soon arrived in droves, finding code violations on almost every shelf. Choi, no chump, halted his renovation plans, complied with each building ordinance and applied to the city landmarks preservation commission for permission to keep his new awning. Then the underdog syndrome took over. While Choi started getting fan letters, Bernstein got 60 obscene phone calls. A writer from Gourmet magazine called her a snob. Customers like a little cause célèbre with then-caviar. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after...
...demand that society look long and hard at the possible implications for modern democracy. Do TV projections discourage voters favorable to the losing candidate from going to the polls? Do they also scare away voters favorable to the apparent winner by making them feel overconfident? Do voters for an underdog turn out early, and in large numbers, precisely because they share Wirth's and Connolly's opinion and hope to push their candidate to victory in spite of expectations...
Experts agree that both underdog and bandwagon effects tend to be stronger in primaries than in general elections. "Most of the evidence suggests that the polls in general elections have a very limited bandwagon or underdog effect," says Gary R. Orren, a Kennedy School professor. In a general election, partisanship provides a broad base of support that "outweighs" any potential effect the polls might have, Orren adds...