WilliamA Close Election Schneider, in National Journal (Oct. 29,
1983), 1730 M St. N.W., Washington, D.C.
In 1984 20036.
The presidential election season is upon us again, and given the fates of recent incumbents-Gerald Ford lost to Jimmy Carter, who lost to Ronald Reagan-it would be premature to bet on a Reagan victory.
Indeed, reports Schneider, an American Enterprise Institute political scientist, the race now looks like a toss-up. The much-heralded "new Republican majority" that...