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Margaret Chase Smith's 1972 Election: The Fall Of An Institutional Giant, Allison Kobzowicz
Margaret Chase Smith's 1972 Election: The Fall Of An Institutional Giant, Allison Kobzowicz
Senior Honors Theses
Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress and was well-known by her constituents in Maine as a principled, integrous public servant. In 1972, after 24 years in the Senate, Margaret Chase Smith lost her first ever election to democratic challenger, William Hathaway. An examination of the primary source documents available at the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan, Maine, as well as local and national newspaper coverage, finds three main reasons that Smith suffered defeat: Smith was unwilling to let go of her traditional way of campaigning, she was berated by a press …
Patterns Of Voter Disengagement, Steven Alan Samson
Patterns Of Voter Disengagement, Steven Alan Samson
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