PORTLAND OBSERVER
Volume XIV, Number 42
August 8. 1984
Section II
Politics ’84: Beyond the Convention
Convention delegates
== played maverick role
Polls show Mondale
lags behind in Oregon
by Catherine Siegner
The national Mondale for President Campaign is ap
parently undecided about which states should receive the
most money and effort during the next three months in
order to insure a Democratic victory in November But at
least two party members who have worked for Mondale
think Oregon will see a major push for the ticket.
Tom Higgins, a Mondalc delegate to the convention
last month and publisher of the weekly Business Journal,
said there's been no decision yet but that one is expected
in the next week or two.
" N o one knows yet; we haven't finished plans yet.”
Higgins said the Mondalc/Ferraro forces have completed
polling in all 50 states and will use those results to see
where to place the effort.
" I am half confident Washington and Oregon will be
on the lis t," he said. " It 's an uphill battle because the
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Hispanic vote gaining power
W ho’s party is it anyway?
The Black church and politics
Peace issue looms in election
Black agendas meld thanks to Jackson
Media swarms at Moscone Center
Ron Herndon mulls future of Rainbow
Minority planks polarized delegates
Black leaders issue six-point agenda
Full text of
Jesse Jackson's speech
G R A S S R O O T N E W S . N. W — This is how the 50
Oregon delegates voted on the platform:
OREGON DELEGATION PLATFORM VOTES
PLANK
End dual pnm enm
N o first usa of nuclear weapons
20% defensa cuts over 6 years
Alflrmotfvo Action
vts
NO
A B S T A IN
1
6
3
X
I Approvod by v o k » v o n o< itw on
tiro convention w ord q u o i m "
W M (M M O dl
24
32
24
13
21
Barbara Roberts, co-chair of the Mondalc campaign
in Oregon, said her delegation received mixed signals
from the South on the question of dual primaries. " In
the women's caucus, it was brought out that the dual
prim ary was the only way some women and Blacks
could win. We evaluated it carefully to protect places
where it has been effective."
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