Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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Campaigns - vote gatherinl Bush. Reagan. Baker. Kennedy. Carter. And the list and on. Throughout the new year, posters and handouts been distributed around the university as the primaries lead up to the general election in November dent organizations - the Young Democrats Club and lege Republicans, in particular- have organized supporting the various candidates for President of the States. At the beginning of March, representatives of five conten- ders for the 1980 GOP presidential nomination spoke in the Republican Presidential Forum sponsored by the College Re- publicans and the Lee County Republican Party. At the open- ing of the forum, Carter was blasted concerning his handling of the economy, the energy crisis, and the Middle East prob- lem, along with other situations involving the U.S. First, former California Governor Ronald Reagan was spoken about to the audience by former gubernatorial candidate Guy Hunt. Hunt said Reagan had straightened out the most corrupt welfare system in the country . . . Among others representatives present at the forum were John former Governor of Texas, whom was said to be a advocate of coaland nuclear power as alternate fuel. Also, Neil,Bush, son of former Ambassador Bush, spokein regard to his father saying: George going to be the best President this country has ever Representative Phil Crane of illinois, another the presidency, was cited as being strongly against ment regulation of business and control of general. To conclude the program, a spokesman for Howard Baker of Tennessee stressed his experience in Con- gress and his national reputation as a master of consensus politics. However, after a poor showing in the Massachusetts primary, Baker announced he was withdrawing from the can- didacy. R 1 Campaigns will continue up until the general elections in November. We will continue to see candidates take stands against each other through debates and other campaign ap- pearances. The start of election year began with the primary held in New Hampshire where Reagan led with a 2 to 1 victory over his biggest threat- George Bush - who was to win and he also left the other five competitors far Baker, thirdg Anderson, fourthg Crane and Connally less than 2M of the, votes and Dole less than We of However, at the sametime, he only had a 31 to 30 Bush in a strawlvote taken in Minnesota. ln another held soonfaiter thefNew Hampshire primary, John surprised everyone with his Republican victory in 24 lsrudam 'life . visits 3 r 2 ttf F' if . :f l ,,.,. , ,,,,

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George Bush garnered sup- port around Auburn. Neil Bush campaigns for his father on Auburn's campus. Political propaganda abounds on campus. ,gn Noe ERFURMA , . THE woEB50N P - M I Y. barbara v i-EMR A ' 'THE Tmmt gsigggeggucn D AN ERSO On the other hand, we continue to see tremendous debate between Democrat candidates, Senator Kennedy of Mas- sachusetts and President Jimmy Carter. After Kennedy's loss in the New Hampshire primary by 11 points, he saw that he must reverse his schedule. His campaign in New Hampshire had tried to counter the Chappaquiddick incident with televi- sion advertisements stressing his devotion to his family. How- ever, he is now approaching the inflation problem plaguing the United States. ln contrast to Kennedy's active personal in- volvement in his campaign, Carter has spent most of his time dealing with the lranian crisis and Afghanistan incident. Whatever the outcome of the elections brings in November, students at Auburn have had the opportunity to be exposed to a number of the candidates- mainly through representatives of the candidates speaking on campus. Through this kind of exposure, along with the many posters seen around campus, students can make better choices in their vote tor President of the United States. lEditor's note: As of March 9, 1980, John Connally withdrew from the presidential race.l student life 125