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So I made a list last night but after talking to a friend I edited it and have their stances. Keep in mind the south west, Texas, and Alaska arenโt in the Union. Who should win Democrat? Who should win Republican? Who should win the 1970 presidential election?
Republican: Shirley Chishilom (New York Representative): Wishes to improve lives of the inner city peoples; Desires increases for education, health care and other social services; Aims to end discrimination against women; Pro ending segregation
Nelson Rockefeller (Governor of New York): Supports Wall Street and "Big Businesses;" Has given 500 million dollars to charity; Pro strong business regulation; Wants State and Private Business cooperation; Pro national healthcare insurance; Technocratic; Pro strong labor unions
Oveta Culp Hobby (Former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Under Eisenhower): Strong advocate for medical advancements; Wants to restructure Social Security; Served in Women's Auxiliary Corps in the Great Eastern War; Supports Women's Rights; Supports strong government pull backs to decrease Huey Long's Social Programs
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (Massachusetts Senator): Pro Bipartisan; Globalist; Wants a strong NATO; Anti McCarthy; Served in the Great Eastern War
Spiro Agnew (Vice President to Nixon): Greek Orthodox son of immigrants; Supports ending Segregation; Wants State-Federal cooperation; Wants a strong Congress; Pro nuclear family; Strongly anti-Communist
Democrat:
Ronald Reagan (Governor of Illinois): Wants a laissez-faire economy; Strongly Anti-Communist; Supports broad tax cuts; Former actor; Wants to abolish the Department of Energy; Wants to sell off Federal Land; Opposed to abortion; Strong supporter of capital punishment; Anti Drugs
George Wallace (Governor of Alabama): Pro states rights to determine the rights of freed and enslaved individuals; Calls for a moderate stance on segregation; Wants low taxes; Supports nationwide industrial development; Desires trade schools to be more accessible for the average individual;
Margaret Chase Smith (Representative and Senator From Maine): Wants the US to use nukes on the Soviet Union; Anti McCarthy; Supports the Space Program and wants Federal funding for NASA
Lyndon B Johnson (Alabama Representative and Senator): Wants to "contain" Communism in all forms; Supports expanding government healthcare programs; Wants to end segregation; Supports a "War on Poverty to help impoverished Americans
Edmund Musckie (Governor of Maine and US Senator): Solid Catholic Values; Pro ending segregation; Anti Red Scare; Supports renewed Public Works Projects to improve the nation
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