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« on: January 02, 2015, 05:41:26 PM »

I've been amusing myself this winter break by perusing through a copy of the first Almanac of American Politics from 1972. Having started going through it alphabetically, the picture of Southern politics it offersn in the immediate aftermath of desegregation is especially interesting. I've been thinking of doing a serieson this state by state, summarizing the Almanac if anyone's interested. Feel free to inquire about any particular state, Congressional district, and/or politician.
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2015, 04:49:02 PM »

Does it have any commentary about ideological groups, coalitions etc? I'd be especially interested to hear it's take on the makeup of the Nixon/Humphery/Wallace coalitions in 1968.
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2015, 06:26:03 PM »

all of this
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2015, 10:45:45 PM »

It's such an awesome book.  I also own a copy, if you needed any help.  Smiley 
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2015, 09:05:09 AM »

It's a shame that there isn't really a British version.
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2015, 10:37:09 AM »

It's a shame that there isn't really a British version.

Actually, there is an "The Almanac of British Politics", by Waller and Criddle.  It's a bit more focused on constituency and less on candidate than the American version, but it's actually pretty similar.

I own the Sixth Edition (post-1997) and Eighth Edition (post-2005).  I bought at least one of them from walmart.com.

I'd love to see a Canadian or Australian version.  I know they did one Canadian version post-1992, but I don't think there was ever a follow-up.
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2015, 07:01:34 PM »

Any chance you could summarize the Kansas pols for us? This sounds awesome!
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« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2015, 04:23:58 PM »

Any chance you could summarize the Kansas pols for us? This sounds awesome!

Descriptions were a bit shorter then.

SENIOR SENATOR.  James Blackwood Pearson, Republican, "something of an apostate", having voted against the Haynsworth nomination to the Supreme Court and nearly voting against Carswell.
JUNIOR SENATOR.  Robert J Dole, Republican, "the spirited and self-appointed defender of the Nixon Administration."

Not surprisingly, there were no Humphrey or Wallace districts:
FIRST DISTRICT (Salina/Garden City/Hays, Nixon 59-32).  Keith G Sebelius, Republican, "another conservative" successor to Dole.
SECOND DISTRICT (Topeka/Leavenworth/Manhattan, Nixon 56-33).  William R Roy, Sr, Democrat, "a Topeka gynecologist and lawyer, [who] had been a registered Republican until he filed for the 1970 congressional election".
THIRD DISTRICT (Kansas City/Overland Park/Lawrence, Nixon 51-38).  Larry Winn, Jr, Republican, for whom no description was given.
FOURTH DISTRICT (Wichita/Hutchinson, Nixon 54-37).  Garner E Shriver, Republican, whose "seat on the House Appropriations Committee, to which only orthodox Republicans are usually appointed, attests to the Congressman's conservatism."
FIFTH DISTRICT (Pittsburg/Emporia/Coffeyville, Nixon 55-34).  Joe Skubitz, Republican, "a moderate-to-conservative Republican".

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