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Demo Convention An Execution of Democracy
Miami Beach report on the 1972 Democratic National Convention notes chaotic scenes and disciplined drive behind McGovern. It highlights Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie stepping aside, labor's potential shift, and the challenge of uniting diverse party currents to sustain a broad base in presidential politics.
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Robert E. Thompson
Miami Beach
New York
Percy Sutton
Shirley Chisholm
Texas
Ilinois
McGovern
Vietnam
Mrs. Chisholm
Carélla King
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Muskie
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers
Henry Jackson
Abel
Democratic Party
Organized Labor