Word: wagnerism
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...York's Mayor Robert Wagner promised a million-vote margin for Kennedy in his city; and sure enough, Kennedy was coming close to that (Adlai got a mere 92,000 plurality in 1956). Philadelphia not only smashed Roosevelt's all-time record high of 1936, but suburban Upper Darby voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for the first time in history. Baltimore's decisive plurality for Kennedy gave him Maryland...
...Coliseum, where Kennedy arrived at 9:30 after canceling his parade, about a hundred young girls wearing Kennedy hats formed an alley for the Senator and lesser dignitaries like Mayor Wagner, Carmine DeSapio and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson...
...open convertible rode Jack Kennedy, grinning, waving, reaching out to touch one after another of the forest of hands; Wife Jackie sat beside him in white coat, hat. gloves and wide-eyed wonder at the crush ("It felt like the sides of the car were bending"). Even Mayor Robert Wagner, whose good Democratic organization had helped get out the crowds, recoiled like the sorcerer's apprentice at the milling million. Said Jackie, tugging at Jack's sleeve as he grabbed a microphone to make a speech: "Make it fast, Jack, make it fast-they're having...
Record registration in the city, driving the eligible voter total up to 3,622,196, has inspired local Democratic leaders like Mayor Wagner to predict a 1,000,000 plurality for Kennedy. With the latest Daily News poll indicating a two to one Kennedy plurality in the city, this estimate may not be excessive. Eisenhower came within 78,000 votes of capturing the city in the 1956 election...
...crime occurred in the midst of a widespread epidemic of juvenile delinquency. No one in the city was sure how to control it, and a confused series of remedies were proposed. Governor Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner suggested an extension of the states facilities for "delinquent youth work camps" while assuring the public that the police would never "coddle" youthful offenders...