Democratic Primaries: The Election Of 1972

The presidential election of 1860 set the stage for the American Civil war. By 1860, the nation had been divided mostly up to that point regarding questions of states’ rights and slavery in the territories. Southerners were outraged over the plan by abolitionist, John Brown, to start a slave rebellion at Harper Ferry, Virginia. This event garnered headlines all over the nation in newspapers and magazines. On the other hand, the Northern Republic seemed equally anger by the Supreme Court decision in the case of Dred Scott v. Stanford, which declared free soil unconstitutional. The Northern Democrats, however, struggled to persuade the Americans that their policy of popular sovereignty still made since.

The 1964 American election between Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater has strong similarities with the 2016 election between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump. In both cases, the democrat candidates focused more on their counterpart’s rhetoric rather than uphold their own ideas in an attempt to persuade voters to support them. This essay will argue that the Democrat candidates of the 1964 and 2016 elections, in many instances, instead of focusing on their political proposals, focused on anti-intellectualism by emphasizing their opponent’s extremist right-winger rhetoric. This comparison shows the enduring trends of right-wing extremism, racial conflicts, and republican divisiveness. To prove this argument, this text will analyze Democrat campaign advertisements in both campaigns, Nelson A Rockefeller speech at the 1964 National Republican convention and Jeb Bush interview to NBC.

Wallace, in June 1964 decided to throw his hat in the ring for his first presidential election. He ran as a Democrat. His platform was that he opposed to the federal government gaining power over the states. He did carry one third of the votes in the primaries in Indiana, Maryland and Wisconsin; but eventually he withdrew from the election.

C. Support for #2: The Democratic convention nominated JFK as its candidate for President on July 13, 1960 and he turned to Johnson to be his Vice Presidential candidate. Despite the controversy of his Catholic faith Kennedy defeated his Republican opponent Richard Nixon on November 8, 1960 (Dallek).

Clinton and Obama are two of the names that come to mind when people think about the democratic party. However, Piven and Cloward are two names that people should be paying close attention to. Chuck Norris, who is a conservative commentator, is trying to get the word out about those people. Frances Pox Pixen and Richard Cloward are two people who came up with a plan to introduce permanent socialism to America.

he would be able to end the war. "We will be able to end the war by a simple

George Wallace’s 1968 candidacy, when he won 46 electoral college votes from 5 southern states, could have deadlocked the Electoral College

It was also the first time of the president and the vice president ran as the running mate and got elected. Cover of the Hard Cider and Log Cabin Almanac clearly shows the phrase “HARRISON AND TYLER” (Doc I). The slogan of their campaign was “Log Cabins and Hard Cider”, which are the common necessaries of frontier men and farmers. By this, Harrison and Tyler wanted to emphasize their folksy aspect, which eventually helped them to win the election. This is connected to David Crockett’s advice, which he urged candidates for office to kiss babies, make extravagant promises, and deliver patriotic, but rhetorically empty, speeches (Doc H). In the new world of the second party system, politicians understood that to win election to public office they had to appeal to the self-interests and emotion. Moreover, mass Americans increasingly started to read newspapers and express their thoughts. The number of different newspapers in the United States more than tripled between 1810 and 1835(Doc

The presidential election that took place in 1960 was an interesting one. Newcomer, John F. Kennedy verses the Vice President, Richard M. Nixon. It was experimental with its trail of televised debates. It also marked the second in which a catholic had run for president and more importantly the first in which a catholic attained victory.

Muskie also had some strong opponents for the democratic nomination for president. Hubert Humphrey who lost to Nixon in 1968 was seen as a possible contender, along with Alabama Governor George Wallace, and Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. Muskie’s campaign was crippled when he only won the New Hampshire primary with 47 percent of the vote compared to the 65 percent he was predicted to receive. Followed by bad publicity and his fourth place finish in Florida Muskie began to finish poorly in the remaining primaries. When McGovern won Massachusetts Muskie halted his campaign. Wallace was still considered a possible contender until an attempt to assassinate him left Wallace paralyzed and he thus withdrew from the campaign. Humphrey and McGovern were the remaining contenders. The California primary was one that left the Democratic Party divided. In debates between Humphrey and McGovern, Humphrey accused McGovern of being too liberal. Although McGovern won California, he won by a narrower margin than expected, which seemed to show that Humphrey’s attacks had taken their toll. McGovern won most of the remaining primaries and received the democratic nomination for president. Although McGovern received the nomination, a divided Democratic Party may have hurt his campaign early on.

"I will never sign a bill to mix the races." This was Strom Thurmond's only mention of race during his Gubernatorial campaign, but it was something that definitely needed to be mentioned if he expected to win. Strom Thurmond "dominated media coverage, emerging as the courageous crusader against the 'Barnwell Ring." Returning as a war hero, and with his strong record of public service he was able to defeat 10 other candidates.

I choose to invest my time and effort in social justice work because every human should be guaranteed the same rights and opportunities as it uplifts society. Especially since I lived a life where every door was open to me. I want that to be available to everyone else. When I work to try to improve my community there’s this excitement as you feel like you are changing the world even if it's in small increments. The prospect of starting a movement or changing people’s worldview is fascinating. The Bernie Sander’s movement in the democratic primary was where I developed this passion for politics and social justice as it was exciting to see him bring people into civic activity based on the issues that affect everyone. Plus, there’s this sense

In New Hampshire the campaign of front runner, Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine was ruined. False rumors were circulated to newspapers. The day before election s Muskie lashed out at the press. This damaged Muskie's even-tempered reputation and contributed to his failure to win the 1972 Democratic nomination for the president.

As a nominee for the Democratic party, you must begin to decide which issues will become the center of your campaign. We would like to respectfully ask you to consider making gender equality a major issue in your campaign. Though the women’s movement has made major strides, continuing this work will allow the women of America access to all the opportunities their male counterparts enjoy. In order to have these opportunities, we have identified three issues where women need support. First, Reproductive Rights allow women to make their own healthcare decisions in order to have choices about their bodies and when to have children. However, these rights are being threatened by ever increasing restrictions. We will propose a plan to increase funding and reduce barrier to allow all women who need care access to responsible, comprehensive health care. Next, our current policies surrounding childcare and family leave often make it difficult for women to balance the demands of having a career with being a caregiver in the home. Revising these policies and implementing new ones will allow women more flexibility and compassion as well as the ability to balance their career and home life during difficult times. Finally, allowing women access to education will help open doors to new careers while ensuring their economic equality with working men. Looking over these areas and considering changing existing policies or enacting new ones will allow women more opportunities to grow and

The primary aims to select engage in a deliberate process to select a small number potential candidates that wish to run for office. At the primary, the two individuals from the Democratic and Republican parties select the presidential nominee. On election day, citizens will ultimately cast their ballot to elect a new President. Primaries diverge into two subsections which are non- partisan and partisan primaries. Non-partisan primaries focus on combining all of the candidates on a ballot, without indicating their