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University Daily Kansan, November 7, 1984
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Mondale claims historic victory in spite of loss
By United Press International
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Walter Mondale receives a hug from his daughter, Eleanor, after announcing his concession of the election to President Reagan. Mondale was joined last night by his wife, Joan, and their other two children on the platform in the Civic Center where he spoke to a cheering, weeping crowd of supporters.
ST. PAUL, Minn — Walter Mondale conceded defeat last night, saying the American people had honored Ronald Reagan in victory but declaring, "We didn't win, but we made history — and that fight has just begun."
Mondale, facing cheering, weeping supporters in his home state, said he had called Reagan "a few minutes and" congratulated him on his victory.
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"He has won, we are all Americans, he is our president, and we have won."
Mondale thanked his supporters, and said his wife, Joan, had "campaigned with class all across this nation, how lucky, how lucky I
Mondale and his family showed little emotion during the concession speech, smiling as they had throughout the campaign.
BUT MONDALE SEEMED mopped up as he left after his speech. He paused for a moment and took one last look at the crowd. His eyes were red, wet as he entered a holding room before leaving the arena.
Mondale, heading for defeat in one of the most powerful landslides in American presidential history, said he accepted the verdict of the people and "we rejoice in the freedom of a wonderful people."
He thanked running mate Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman on a
major party national ticket, and said to prolong applause, "We're very proud of Gerry, very proud of Gerry."
Mondale consoled his supporters.
i do not despair, this fight didn't end tonight, it begins tonight," he said. "
"FIVE BEEN AROUND for awail and I have noticed in the seeds of most every victory are to be found the seeds of defeat, and in every defect can be found the seeds of victory. Let us fight on, let us fight on!
"My loss泪水 does not in any way diminish the worth and importance of our struggle. The America we want to build is just as important tomorrow as it was yesterday. Let us continue to seek an America that is just and fair To Tomorrow. We will thank the poor, the unemployed, the elderly, the hand-capped, the helpless and the sad, and they need us more than ever tonight."
"Let us fight for jobs and fainess,
let us fight for these kids and make certain they have the best education that any generation ever had. Let us fight for the environment and protect our air, our water and our land."
CONTINUING THE THEMES he hammered without surrease in his losing campaign, Mondale said, "And while we keep America strong, let us use the strength to keep the peace, to protect our values, and to control these weapons before they destroy us all."
Mondale said he was confident that history will judge us honorably; so
tonight let us be determined to fight on."
"Good night and God bless you, and God bless America," he said, as supporters cheered and pumped American flags up and down.
Mondale watched the election returns in a 19th floor suite of the St Paul Radisson Hotel with his family and senior staff over cheeseburgers.
as quiet," said press secretary Maxine Isaacs. "It is not a very weepy scene at all, just quiet."
"I WOULD DESCRIBE the mood
She said Mondale had been working on his speech as he watched the returns and greeted visitors.
Mondale said, "I feel good" earlier in the evening, but the feeling in his camp was one of defeat. He went to a hotel ballroom to speak to more than
The meeting was closed to the press but one top Mondale aide said afterward. "It was a pretty emotional scene."
500 staff members who toiled for his 22 month campaign.
Mondale was joined by his wife and three grown children when he went to the hotel from his suburban North Oaks home.
Presidential race no clash of titans
By LAURENCE McQUILLAN United Press International
Walter Mondale spent much of his campaign in a futile search for an issue that would so arouse a
WASHINGTON — The presidential race, once forecast as a clash of political titans, turned out yesterday to be a mismatch between David and Goliath — with the giant winning because the underdog never found a slingshot that worked.
ANALYSIS
large enough segment of the nation that a second term for President Reagan would be unthinkable.
The Democratic challenger, however, couldn't pierce the presidential shield the public had put up to tolerate surrounding Regan.
for "these god-awful nuclear weapons," and to the arms race.
Both rivals are skilled politicians, and both surrounded themselves with campaign organizations that carried impressive credentials. On paper, it should have been a closer fight.
MONDALE TRIED RAISING the issue of "war and peace," just as his teammate President Carter was challenged when Reagan was the challenger.
"The world is a more dangerous place." Mondale repeatedly told anyone who would listen as he scurried the nation. He pointed to the fact that he was in touch with the administration's easing of restrictions on the sale of material
The argument was blunted, however, by the fact that after four years under the would-be "warmonger," the nation was at peace—with no crisis on the horizon threatening to alter that.
MONDALE TRIED to raise two domestic issues, both of which carried risk for him. One was raised taxes, which set off alarms in the hearts of voters, and the other was federal deficits, which left even diehards with glossy eyes.
When Mondale first said in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention that a tax hike was impossible to avoid, no matter who was president, he really had his opponent on the run.
For several weeks, Reagan and administration officials kept bumping into themselves as they insisted it wasn't so - while trying to leave a little wiggle room, just in case.
Once the Republican flock reassembled, however, they tossed back the taunt as proof Democrats would not want to tax and spend, and spend
Mondale also tried to make the federal deficits a major issue — a problem that was serious, but lacked the impact on the average person that unemployment and inflation had.
When "Fighting Fritz" finally got into the biggest battle of his life, he couldn't find the right weapons.
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WASHINGTON — President Reagan cut deeply into the broad coalition that once gave the Democrats an iron grip on the White House, leaving Walter Mondale with only small but well-defined groups of voters. 1984 election exit polling showed yesterday.
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The Democratic candidate led the Republican incumbent among the poor, blacks, Jews, the jobless.
Reagan sways new voter groups
Reagan even beat Mondale among women, older citizens and Roman Catholics, all groups the Democrats to fashion a winning combination.
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feminists and, narrowly, union fami-
lies. Reagan led in just about every other population, income,
ethnicity, television network exit polls showed.
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Mondale keeps defined sets
FARMERS, SUPPOSED TO be unhappy, went for Reagan Young people, considered natural liberals before this election, flocked to the 78-year-old conservative president Geraldine Ferraro's Italian-Scandinavian team to Reagan. Mendale Scandinavian Americans did as well.
Reagan's age and mental acuity, which seemed to be an issue at one point, didn't make a dent. Only 10 people in ABC's sample and they cared.
eman emphasized and Mondale tried to turn against him, cut for the incumbent. Those who said their biggest concern was a potential war went for Mondale, but those who wanted about prosperity referred to Rengel.
Both ABC and NBC reported that their exit poll showed voters gave Reagan high marks for leadership in the last four years.
The leadership issue, which Rea
NRC SAID 58 percent of the voters it asked about the leadership issue said they preferred Reagan, to 33 percent for Mondale.
With about 25 percent of its exit poll sample complied, ABC said Reagan outlasted Mondale 85 percent to reach the question of who was the stronger leader
However, on the issue of producing a strong economy, Reagan didn't do quite as well. NBC asked the question: Did Reagan help the economy? Fifty-three percent said ves. 34 percent said no.
ABC found that of the voters who said the question of government spending was important to them, 84 percent voted for Reagan.
Mondale also apparently lost a bloa of voters who were for Sen. Gary Hart in the spring race for the Democratic nomination. Mondale got only 71 percent of those who identified themselves as Hart supporters
ABCS POLLING SHOWED that Reagan received the support of as many as a quarter of the voters who identified themselves as Democrats, winning more than six of 10 independents, and all but a handful of Republicans.
Although there was a gender gap.
The polling indicated Mondale did make a surge in the late days of the campaign. He got nearly 70 percent of the voters who made up their minds during the final weekend.
Reagan still won over more women than Mondale. However, the women's vote for the president was 7 percent lower than the men's vote for Reagan, which approached a 2-to-1 margin.
the pre-election polls indicated,
young people went heavily for
Reagan. 6 to-4 in the 18-29 age
group. Mondale's best showing was,
as predicted, in the over 60 group,
but even in that group Reagan had a
lead of more than 15 percent.
NBC said its exit poll in Florida showed Reagan did just as well among older voters as he did with young voters.
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REAGAN RAN AHEAD about 6-to-4 in the key $20,000 to $30,000 income category. Mondale led only among the jobless and those earning less than $10,000.
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Mondale won union households narrowly, but lost farm families 7-to-3, white collar workers about 2-to-1 and the so-called "yuppies" by a slightly higher margin.
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Ferraro says candidacy aids women
By United Press International
She said Mondale "opened a door that will never be closed again" by choosing her as his running mate.
Speaking on a stage at the New York Hilton, Ferraro thanked Walter Mondale, who conceded defeat just minutes before, for forsaking "personal gain to promote the national good."
Ferraro met with her staff early in the evening to give them a pep talk. An adviser, Robert Barnett, said she told them, "There's absolutely nothing not to be of proud. No one should shed any tears."
NEW YORK — Geraldine Ferraro conceded defeat as the nation's first female vice president candidate last night but told cheering supporters her candidacy meant "American women will never again be second class citizens."
"My candidacy has said the days of American discrimination are ending. American women will never again be second class citizens...I think America can be the vanguard of change."
Senior adviser Anne Wexler said there was no evidence Ferraro hurt the ticket.
"Even though he did not win this race for the presidency, in 1984 he waged another battle, a battle for equal pay, and that battle for a better prize."
TO SHOUTS OF Gerry! Gerry! Gerry! Gerry!, she said, "We gave it our best and we made a difference. I ask you to be proud of what we have done. I am, and I thank you very, very much."
She waited for returns in a Manhattan hotel suite and joked with her family as they sat watching three television sets.
Ferraro, a New York Democrat,
had to give up her seat in the House
to run for vice president. It was won by
democrat Thomas Manton.
Earlier in the night, Ferraro told her staff "no tears should be shed" because they had waged a good fight in her campaign.
"I congratulate him (Reagan) and
"I vice President Bush. They ran an
exceptional campaign." Sasso said,
"We should be with them, with
which they ran their campaign."
State after state fell to the Republicans, giving Reagan Bush an overwhelming victory, but Ferraro was all smiles.
John Jr. 20, couldn't find a place to sit on the couch so Ferraro patted her knees and said, "Come sit here on Mommy's lap."
HER HUSBAND, JOINN Zaccaro,
whose business practices generated
considerable controversy, joined in
the horseplay. He began clapping
when a camera was aimed in his
head. "Geraldine farewell is the winner."
Her campaign manager, John Sasso, was much more somber.
"Nothing could be further from the truth," she said indigently Wexler said Ferraro might have made a difference in a closer race but "when the numbers are as broad as they are here. I don't think it makes any difference."
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