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...assets, the front runner came dangerously close to blowing his lead in the final lap. After smashing Favorite Son Lloyd Bentsen in Texas on May Day, he was shocked by six setbacks over the next five weeks. He lost Nebraska, Idaho and Oregon to Church; he dropped Maryland, Nevada and Rhode Island to Brown; he just barely edged Udall in Michigan...
Although it is conceivable that Reagan could carry North Carolina and Virginia?and possibly Mississippi and Texas ?against Carter, it is by no means certain. Should he also carry California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Indiana, South Dakota and Nebraska, in all of which he has strong but by no means unchallengeable strength, he would still be 117 electoral votes short of winning. He would be forced to make up some of that deficit in the electoral-vote-rich Northern and Midwestern industrial states, where his appeal seems weakest...
...Even his much larger than expected totals in Arkansas (63%), Kentucky (60%) and Tennessee (78%) -which amount to home turf for a Southerner-could not make up for the psychological impact of his defeats last week. He lost Idaho to the state's Democratic Senator, Frank Church, and Nevada to its favorite neighbor, California Governor Jerry Brown...
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA AT LAS VEGAS
Democrats: Until this week, when the campaign came to neighboring Oregon and Nevada, the primaries seemed far away and out of mind for most Californians. Suddenly, television screens are endlessly spewing political spots. They bounce off voters less interested in issues than itching for vigorous leadership. Governor Jerry Brown's popularity is enormous, his record respected, his organization overflowing with volunteers and endorsements. Triumph in Maryland immunized him against favorite sonstroke, certified his national bona fides and effectively ended the risk of being flattened by a Carter steamroller on his own turf. Says Brown: "This is an opportunity...