Twenty six per cent elect Reagan in USA

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Per cent 1960 1964 1960-1980 1968 1972 1976 1980 American Elections voter turn out vative Ronald accepted workers decline 'A REPUDIATION of liberalism by an in creasingly consersociety that was how Now! magazine described helped Most of the media has assessment Reagan's victory anywhere the world. But the theory of the nass 'landslide' swing to the cent, right is a myth In fact it was the lowest voter moul ol 10C blar conn LIC since the 1948 elec Reagan 1 a lower percentage of the votes than Wladyslaw Gomulka (top) and below addressing 240,000-strong crowd The Johnson He was elected in fac Cent of th electorate four Americans either voted else or didn't bother to vote at all land.

Was Reagan but against Carter groups that him the DESICCHC deserted of the black vote, OUT voted. share of the smaller share of the female WOll • mucr yote than expected only › per • Coll. Is armony surprising that these people deserted Carter. There are now 8.2m workers' were replaced by 'conferences inflation is run. ning at 12 pe cent When Carter defended hi: JODS creation programme in the televiser debate, was able 52 per cent youth Detroit were And Carter's attempt to present Reagan as the warmonger hardly squared with administration's Stodin into the l misto system.

It is clear that American dissatisfied than ever with the two-party HOUTI received a greater respon:

• their call for the form: tion of a i labour • party than ever betore their campaigning presidential and campaigns brought contact with hun. them Into dreds of thousands or peo 4080 IN undemocratic votin balloten 1976, although the ruled them off the two major states, California and Texas While their overal had recentl seen announced as we wer to press, they scored impressive totals. In Virginia major workers two SOOTSI Tact WIll Republican No less a revolutionary' I wor sallit Carter did in 1976 solve unemployment and in and increase impossible to do all three added. It won't bi long before Americans wan to dump Reagan too

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