Election Paper details Political consultants advise candidates about what political positions to take to win elections. In this paper, imagine that you are a political consultant in 1970 and that you are advising a incumbent Democratic senator running for reelection in a mid-term election in an industrial Northern stat with a large working class, ethic voters. how should a Democratic Senator run in that circumstances? Your memo must include specific quotes from the book Chain Reaction by Thomas and Marry Edsall A) Discuss post-1932 dominance of the New Deal Coalition and important Presidential elections. B) Discuss how various issues (welfare, busing, taxes, rights, feminism) have effected the Democratic Party. C) Suggest how the Senator might win reelection in this context. What positions should he/she take. For example, do your advice your candidate to oppose busing even if African-Americans in your state may support it.



