Podgy the Bear
mollybecky
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« on: September 23, 2022, 07:51:46 AM » |
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He had three elections in which he was the beneficiary of Democratic splits and lousy candidates:
1980--instead of giving its support to Elizabeth Holtzman (the Democratic nominee), the Liberal Party of New York gave its endorsement to Jacob Javits (who had lost the Republican nomination race to D'Amato). Javits received 11% of the vote, and D'Amato won the race by 1 point. BTW, the Liberal Party supported John Anderson, and that was enough to tip NY electoral votes to Ronald Reagan.
1986--D'Amato had the benefit to run against Mark Green, one of the most impractical and clueless politicians out there (he never won a political race).
1992--the Democrats split in the primary with four high profile candidates with significant egos. Robert Abrams barely won the nomination against Geraldine Ferraro--and she provided minimal support during the campaign. Even though Bill Clinton won NY by over 1 million votes, D'Amato pulled his race out by 80,000.
Finally, in 1998, the Democrats got their act together with Chuck Schumer, and D'Amato was appropriately drubbed--losing by 11 points.
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