Dublin Core
Title
Young Republicans, 1968-1969, p. 7b.
Subject
The Activities of the Mary Washington College Young Republicans Club
Creator
MWC Young Republicans (1968-1969)
Source
Special Collections, Simpson Library, The University of Mary Washington
Publisher
History 428: Adventures in Digital History, 2014
Date
No date.
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Scrapbook
Identifier
MWC Young Republicans 1967-1968
Coverage
1968-1969
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Transcription
Item 1: YR help sponsor speaker for SGA Debate / We made sure Nixon had the biggest / poster again!
Item 2: Blood, sweat, toil, and tears… / all for the G.O.P.!
Article 1: Nixon wins in 45% turnout / Students pass bond issue and liquor by the drink / Results of the student and faculty mock election held last Wednesday show Nixon favored over Humphrey. / Out of 966 votes cast for presidential candidates, 542 voted for the Nixon-Agnew ticket, 387 for Humphrey-Muskey, and 37 for Wallace-LeMay. In the Eighth District Congressional contest William Scott received 583 votes to 300 for Democrat Andrew McCutcheon. / The other questions on the short, simple ballot concerned the liquor by the drink resolution and the bond issue, the two most controversial issues in the Virginia elections this year. On the Mary Washington campus, liquor by the drink passed 845 to 114. The bond issue received a favorable response of 821 votes, but with a surprising number of dissenters—91. / Approximately 45-50 per cent of the student body voted in ACL foyer during the eight hours the polling was conducted. About forty professors participated. / Ten write-ins appeared in the president-vice president section; two votes for Gregory-Spock, three for Rockefeller-Lindsay, McCarthy recived four, and one person advocated a McGovern-Muskie coalition.
Item 2: Blood, sweat, toil, and tears… / all for the G.O.P.!
Article 1: Nixon wins in 45% turnout / Students pass bond issue and liquor by the drink / Results of the student and faculty mock election held last Wednesday show Nixon favored over Humphrey. / Out of 966 votes cast for presidential candidates, 542 voted for the Nixon-Agnew ticket, 387 for Humphrey-Muskey, and 37 for Wallace-LeMay. In the Eighth District Congressional contest William Scott received 583 votes to 300 for Democrat Andrew McCutcheon. / The other questions on the short, simple ballot concerned the liquor by the drink resolution and the bond issue, the two most controversial issues in the Virginia elections this year. On the Mary Washington campus, liquor by the drink passed 845 to 114. The bond issue received a favorable response of 821 votes, but with a surprising number of dissenters—91. / Approximately 45-50 per cent of the student body voted in ACL foyer during the eight hours the polling was conducted. About forty professors participated. / Ten write-ins appeared in the president-vice president section; two votes for Gregory-Spock, three for Rockefeller-Lindsay, McCarthy recived four, and one person advocated a McGovern-Muskie coalition.