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David Mayhew

1973

Congress

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"Congressional Elections - The Case Of The Vanishing Marginals," At New England Psa Conference, David R. Mayhew Mar 1973

"Congressional Elections - The Case Of The Vanishing Marginals," At New England Psa Conference, David R. Mayhew

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"Congress: The Electoral Connection" - Original Draft, David R. Mayhew Dec 1972

"Congress: The Electoral Connection" - Original Draft, David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew

Back in the 1970s, how did we go about our writing? Here is an instance. In the summer of 1973, I wrote the original draft of Congress: The Electoral Connection in longhand on (mostly) yellow lined 8x14 legal-sized pads using a number two pencil. That was the way to go. No computers back then. I didn't use an electric typewriter or even a manual one. As for devising a figure (on page 64) and a table (page 92), I drew them by hand. Once I got it all done, I whipped it off to a professional typist. I kept a …