By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:07:22 +0000

Ford won almost every county in the state. He lost seven. Four of those were in New York City. The problem wasn’t so much that he lost the New York City counties, it was the margin he lost by. He was crushed even in generally pro-Republican Queens. If Ford had managed to get 40% of the vote in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, he would have won the election. The election came down to less than 200,000 people living in New York City and the surrounding suburbs. Did pardoning Nixon hurt? Absolutely. He may have lost the election anyway but the “Drop Dead” headline certainly didn’t help.

By: Elbog

Elbog — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:58:59 +0000

So you think New York would have voted for him, had he bailed out the city? I think not.
He lost the election because he pardoned Nixon.

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