Word: midterms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Democracy '76, when DSOC concentrated on shaping a progressive party platform while Jimmy Carter garnered the nomination. The result, DA literature says, was "one of the most socially important documents of our time." In 1978, the coalition, by then named the Democratic Agenda, surprised Carter forces at the Democratic midterm conference in Memphis with a strong push for delegate selection reforms and resolutions aimed at holding the president to previous commitments on tax reform, health insurance, social services, and other campaign promises. If nothing else, DA embarassed Carter...
Part of the reason is that at midterm, time is running thin for many of Carter's hopes. All the appeals have been made to lesser authorities, and he has allowed himself to be the final judge...
When his ratings in the polls were low earlier this year, Jimmy Carter looked at the scheduled Democratic midterm convention with considerable apprehension. He had reluctantly agreed in the heat of the 1976 election battle to organize last week's gathering as a gesture to win support from liberals. Carter had never been much of a party man, and during the campaign had made a point of stressing his independence from the Democratic organization. During his first year in office, he remained an outsider and commanded little respect within party ranks...
...weakness of the Republicans surprises a number of political analysts who cite the historical pattern of midterm gains by the party that does not control the White House. Actually, however, the big off-year gains by the opposition party have generally been made during the incumbent President's second term, not during his first. Moreover, the Democrats have a number of important factors working in their favor...
...Americans generally vote for the party rather than for the candidate in midterm elections. This trend helps the Democrats because 45% of the registered voters identify themselves as members of the Democratic Party; only 22% are registered as Republicans (up from 19% four years...