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The Night the Roof Fell in. Watching the Returns
Wakefield, Dan | November 17, 1956 issue

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Of the many questions left unanswered by the recent U.S. Presidential campaign, one of the most perplexing is how to distinguish between two parties. What is the difference between a Republican and a Democrat? In New York City, a heavily Democratic street crowd was told by Senator-elect Jacob Koppel Javits, then candidate Javits, that he should be supported because he was less like a Republican. His election, he argued would therefore "strengthen the two-party system." The campaign platforms of both major parties largely incorporated each other, with only the stubs of a few stray planks sticking out slightly in different directions.

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UNITED States -- Politics & government; JAVITS, Jacob Koppel; POLITICIANS; LEGISLATORS -- United States; POLITICS, Practical; UNITED States
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