Word: voters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cleansing period in American politics, a period of overreaction. The voter is looking for the fresh, the young, the untried, in the urgent hope that what is new is what is better...
Despite disturbing signs of voter apathy, the 1974 elections could bring significant changes in the U.S. political landscape. Republicans cannot seem to escape the obloquy of Watergate and a mismanaged economy. In governorships, the Democrats now hold a 32-to-18 edge, hope to increase it to 38-to-12. In the Senate, the Democrats hope to improve their current majority of 58-to-42 by three or four seats. In the House, with all 435 seats at issue, the Democrats look to improve their present 248-to-187 standing by anywhere from 30 to 50 seats. With the balloting...
...Voter Apathy. The biggest prize on the West Coast is the Governor's mansion in Sacramento, Calif. The Democrats hope to capture it with a candidate whose family used to live there...
...they look to November, professionals in both parties, but especially the Republicans, are worried that voter apathy will cut into their totals in unpredictable ways. There is a sense of disillusionment over Watergate and helplessness over inflation. During a radio talk show in Maine, someone called in recently to ask: "Why do we need a Governor at all? What can any of these men do for us?" Other callers immediately seized upon the same idea. With Watergate in the near past and the prospect of inflation stretching into the distant future, more than a few politicians are having trouble convincing...
...conferees did agree, however, to place upper limits on both private donations and candidate expenditures in Senate and House campaigns. Candidates for the Senate could spend $100,000 in primary elections or 80? per voter in their state, whichever amount is greater; they could spend $150,000 in general elections or 12? per voter. In New York, for example, the 12? would allow about $1.5 million (in his successful 1970 campaign, New York Senator James Buckley spent $1.1 million in the general election). The same limitations would apply to House candidates in the six-states that have only one Congressman...