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Chapter Thirty-Five
"Polls closed in Idaho..."

James Buckley: 51.26%

John Connally: 48.74%

"...Kentucky..."

John Connally: 50.05%

James Buckley: 49.95%

"...and Nevada..."

James Buckley: 56.36%

John Connally: 43.64%

"a few days later, we've reached the last contests, beginning with California..."

James Buckley: 72.94%

John Connally: 27.06%

"...Mississippi..."

John Connally: 76.87%

James Buckley: 23.13%

"...Montana..."

James Buckley: 55.25%

John Connally: 43.75%

"...New Jersey..."

James Buckley: 80.69%

John Connally: 19.31%

"...New Mexico..."

James Buckley: 60.84%

John Connally: 39.16%

"...Ohio..."

James Buckley: 70.77%

John Connally: 29.23%

"...Rhode Island..."

James Buckley: 84.00%

John Connally: 16.00%

"...South Dakota..."

James Buckley: 50.97%

John Connally: 49.03%

"...West Virginia..."

John Connally: 73.06%

James Buckley: 26.94%

"...the Convention is all that is left before the election."

-Walter Cronkite (1980)

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