Means of Ascent (115 page)

Authors: Robert A. Caro

BOOK: Means of Ascent

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polling,
9.1
,
12.1
; Belden poll (public),
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
13.1
and
n.;
private,
9.2
,
9.3
,
10.1
,
11.4
,
12.2
,
13.2
; Stevenson’s lack of,
12.3

poll watchers,
11.1
,
13.1

press coverage of,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
11.5
and
n.
,
11.6
,
11.7
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
12.6
; of results,
13.1
,
14.1
,
15.1
,
15.2

primary results,
11.1
,
12.1

runoff primary results,
13.1
; “corrections”,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3
; disputed by Stevenson,
14.3
,
14.4
,
14.5
,
14.6
,
15.2
,
16.4
;
fraud,
see subentry above:
fraud, in runoff; predictions for,
11.1
; restraining order and injunction against recount,
14.7
,
14.8
,
14.9
,
15.3
,
15.4
,
15.5
,
15.6
,
16.5

Stevenson’s campaign,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
14.1
,
17.1
; advertisements,
12.4
; AFL endorsement,
11.4
,
12.5
,
12.6
; campaigning on his record,
10.1
,
11.5
,
11.6
,
11.7
,
12.7
,
12.8
; campaign style,
9.1
,
10.2
,
11.8
,
12.9
; and Cowboy Reunion,
11.9
; decision to run,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
; frontrunner,
9.2
,
9.3
,
10.3
,
10.4
,
10.5
,
11.10
,
11.11
,
12.10
,
12.11
,
13.1
; lack of central coordination,
12.12
; lack of polls,
12.13
; lack of specific stands or promises,
11.12
,
11.13
,
11.14
; LBJ’s attacks on opponent’s integrity,
11.15
,
11.16
,
11.17
,
11.18
,
11.19
,
12.14
,
12.15
,
12.16
,
12.17
,
12.18
; LBJ’s mimicry,
11.20
,
11.21
; LBJ’s money sources questioned,
12.19
,
12.20
; LBJ’s record in Congress questioned,
12.21
,
12.22
; lead of Stevenson eroded,
2.1
,
11.22
,
11.23
,
12.23
,
12.24
,
13.2
; leaves attacks by LBJ unanswered,
11.24
,
11.25
,
11.26
,
12.25
,
12.26
,
12.27
,
12.28
,
12.29
; loss of support among conservative businessmen,
12.30
,
12.31
,
12.32
,
12.33
; money problems,
12.34
,
12.35
,
12.36
,
12.37
; newspaper articles and advertising,
12.38
; overconfidence,
12.39
; radio use,
10.6
,
11.27
,
12.40
; runoff vote,
13.3
,
13.4
,
14.2
; speeches,
10.7
,
11.28
,
11.29
,
12.41
,
12.42
; and Taft-Hartley issue,
11.30
,
11.31
,
12.43
,
12.44
,
12.45
,
12.46
; Taft-Hartley statement to
Abilene Reporter-News
,
11.32
,
12.47
,
12.48
,
12.49
; Taft-Hartley statement to
Kerrville Times
,
12.50
; victor of first primary,
11.33
; Washington trip and press conference,
12.51
,
12.52
,
12.53

struggle for Peddy vote in runoff primary,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
13.1

vote canvass and certification process

whisper campaigns and rumormongering,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

Texas elections,
9.1
,
9.2
,
13.1
,
17.1

campaign financing and spending habits,
9.1
,
12.1
;
see also
campaign

financing; campaign spending

comparisons of late corrections,
14.1
,
14.2

comparisons of lopsidedness,
14.1
,
14.2

fraud in,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
11.1
,
13.1
,
14.1
; proven, in 1928,
9.4
; proven, in 1948,
14.2
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
16.1
,
16.2

frontier campaigning,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1

Hispanic (ethnic) vote in,
9.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
14.1

lack of secrecy

1928 congressional

1937 congressional,
1.1
,
3.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3

1938 gubernatorial

1940 gubernatorial,
8.1
,
9.1
,
9.2

1941 senatorial,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
4.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
; financing of,
1.3
,
6.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
11.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
; late corrections compared to 1948,
14.1
,
14.2
; LBJ “outstolen by O’Daniel”,
1.4
,
1.5
,
8.2
,
9.4
,
13.1
,
14.3
,
14.4
,
16.1
; LBJ’s promise to “fight in trenches”,
2.2
; lopsidedness compared to 1948,
14.5
,
14.6

1942 gubernatorial,
8.1
,
8.2

1942 senatorial,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1
,
8.1

1944 gubernatorial,
itr.1
,
8.1

1948 senatorial,
see
Texas election for U.S. Senator in 1948

poll tax,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1
,
16.1
; financing by bosses,
9.3
,
9.4
,
15.1
; receipts used fraudulently,
9.5
,
14.1
; as upper vote limit,
13.1
,
13.2
,
15.2