National Party Conventions, 1831-1972Congressional Quarterly, 1976 - 216 pages |
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... rules before 1972 , the Democratic Party throughout the bulk of its history operated with two critical and controversial rules never used by the Republicans : the unit rule and the two - thirds nominating rule . The unit rule enabled ...
... rules before 1972 , the Democratic Party throughout the bulk of its history operated with two critical and controversial rules never used by the Republicans : the unit rule and the two - thirds nominating rule . The unit rule enabled ...
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... rule - was settled in the rules committee . There , by a vote of 36 to 13 , the committee agreed to abrogate the rule , which had been a controversial part of Democratic conventions since 1832. To mollify the South , which was ...
... rule - was settled in the rules committee . There , by a vote of 36 to 13 , the committee agreed to abrogate the rule , which had been a controversial part of Democratic conventions since 1832. To mollify the South , which was ...
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... rules , obtaining abolition of a mandatory unit rule for the 1968 convention , and , by a vote of 1,351 to 1,209 , obtaining elimination of the unit rule at every level of party activity leading up to and including the 1972 convention ...
... rules , obtaining abolition of a mandatory unit rule for the 1968 convention , and , by a vote of 1,351 to 1,209 , obtaining elimination of the unit rule at every level of party activity leading up to and including the 1972 convention ...
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The National Nominating Convention | 7 |
Sources for Convention Ballots | 122 |
American Political Parties Since 1789 Chart | 176 |
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