tinman64
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« on: September 17, 2015, 12:20:03 PM » |
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Mondale won the nomination in '84 in much the same way as Nixon did in '68. As former Vice Presidents, they called in their markers. People owed them favors.
Both had spent the intervening years campaigning heavily for candidates for governor, senator, etc. Both raised a lot of money for their respective parties. By doing this, they retained the loyalties of key groups in their parties (especially Mondale with unions). By '68, Nixon was owed for his campaign help (especially in the '66 midterms) and so was Mondale in '84.
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