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...final standings in the nation's first presidential primary of. 1964 were: Lodge, 33,007 votes; Goldwater, 20,-692; Rockefeller, 19,504; Richard Nixon, also a write-in candidate, 15,587; Maine's Senator Margaret Chase Smith, 2,120; and hapless Harold Stassen, 1,373. Almost all of New Hampshire's top Republicans were running as delegates for either Rockefeller or Gold-water-among them Senator Norris Cotton, former Governor Hugh Gregg, former Congressman Perkins Bass, and Doloris Bridges, widow of the late Senator Styles Bridges. All were beaten. Instead, New Hampshire's delegation...
...light which helped boost Lodge to the front of the stage is a Newsweek pool of New Hampshire Republicans which shows him to be the "most popular candidate by far." While pollster Lou Harris notes that Lodge will suffer in tomorrow's primary because he is a write-in candidate, the ambassador's undeniable popularity and an unconfirmed report that he is an official candidate for the nomination have boosted speculation about the seriousness of his challenge...
...Barry Goldwater figured that he had at least a 4-to-l lead in New Hampshire over New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller. But ever since, they have watched that margin melt away. First came the attrition caused by President Kennedy's assassination. Then more avowed and write-in candidates got into the race. Then Barry dispersed slapdash political ideas in a lackluster campaign. Now, with the presidential primary coming up next week, Senator Norris Cotton, who is Goldwater's New Hampshire manager, admitted that "anything above 40% of the vote will be a victory...
...Vote. One major worry to both Goldwater and Rockefeller in New Hampshire was a hyped-up write-in campaign for Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to South Viet Nam. In Sai gon, Lodge dodged questions about it by claiming that his diplomatic position did not allow him to discuss politics. But he refused to call off the campaign. His eager New Hampshire workers were busily buying television time for a five-minute Lodge campaign film that was made in 1960-and narrated by Dwight Eisenhower. Besides that, Lodge people planned to mail out 94,000 sample ballots this week, showing...
...write-in campaign for Richard Nixon-headed by New Hampshire's former Governor Wesley Powell-rolled along too. Maine's Senator Margaret Chase Smith, pleased by a warm reception two weeks ago, said she hoped to return to campaign shortly before the election on March 10. And longtime loser Harold Stassen of Philadelphia managed to add a little something to the campaign by running newspaper ads claiming that "in our forest of presidential timber, Harold Stassen is the tallest tree...