Carter-era polling whiz Patrick Caddell dies

[mystery-ak]

Carter-era polling whiz Patrick Caddell dies
by David Mark
 | February 16, 2019 06:01 PM



Patrick Caddell, a pollster who in his mid-20s helped propel Jimmy Carter to the White House but who later backed Donald Trump for president, has died.

Caddell died at 68 of complications from a stroke, the New York Times reported.

Caddell earned national buzz advising the 1972 Democratic primary campaign of Sen. George McGovern. The campaign of McGovern, a left-wing populist from South Dakota, used new party rules to capture the nomination over more establishment rivals, though he lost in a landslide that fall to Republican president Richard Nixon.

Caddell, a Harvard senior during that campaign, then hooked on with the nascent White House effort of former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter. Little-known nationally, Carter followed Caddell's advice in campaigning heavily ahead of the Iowa caucuses and building up party support in states his rivals weren't targeting as heavily.

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[Wingnut]

RIP.  I forgive him for the Carter thing.  He was young and dumb.

[mrclose]

One of the last few, honest democrats.

[Sanguine]

He wasn't that old.

He seemed to be horrified by the dems over the last several years.

[mystery-ak]

One of the last few, honest democrats.

I really liked him..he told it like it was...

[austingirl]

One of the last few, honest democrats.

Yes, he was.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

agreed

[Emjay]

One of the last few, honest democrats.

Yep.  Pretty good guy.  One thing I'll always remember him for is when he talked about how much he regretted alienating his parents for two years over a fight about the Viet Nam War.  It was one thing that made me resolve not to fight with family members over politics and I'm so glad I never have.

[TomSea]

Rest In Peace... he was on fox quite often, he was a very good analyst. I don't know when that last time wasss.

[Bigun]

One of the last few, honest democrats.

And the last of them in my estimation.  Rest in peace Pat Caddell!

[Formerly Once-Ler]

It's nice we could all agree.  Even more nice that none of us felt the need to piss on his grave.

@AmbFrankCannon

[dfwgator]

RIP.  I forgive him for the Carter thing.  He was young and dumb.

So was I,  I would have voted for Carter in 1976, had I been old enough to vote.  I still had much to learn then.

[Mesaclone]

One of the few remaining "Pat Moynihan" style Democrats. Civil, classy, intellectually honest and genuinely out to support the Blue Collar folks...the exact people the Dems now consider "deplorable". The man told the truth as he saw it whether it fit his own narrative or not...and as someone mentioned above...had grown disgusted with the current trends from the Left.

Caddell was the kind of Dem you could disagree with but still have deep respect for...because you knew that he actually loved the country and wanted what was best for its people. Today's Dem leaders hate this country and more than half of its people, and believe the United States is the greatest evil on the planet. What a contrast.

[Wingnut]

So was I,  I would have voted for Carter in 1976, had I been old enough to vote.  I still had much to learn then.

It was the 1st Presidential Election I was old enough to vote in.  I pulled the lever for that smiling southern nutcutters good old boy bullshit act. 

I will never forgiven myself even tho  I was under duress at the time and I didn't have enough blood diverted to my big head to make a rational choice.