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The second-guessing that inevitably follows an election has been more subdued this year, with the press doing most of it and most pros remaining silent. The professional politicians generally agree on two points: Cuba, an issue that gave hope of major congressional gains for the Republican Party, ended up as a wet blanket that smothered all other issues and caused the voters to stand pat. Voter apathy, usually more of a handicap to the Democrats than to the GOP in off-year elections, was dispelled by both the Cuban crisis and massive get-out-the-vote campaigns conducted by COPE, the AFL-CIO’s political arm.

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The second-guessing that inevitably follows an election has been more subdued this year, with the press doing most of it and most pros remaining silent. The professional politicians generally agree on two points: Cuba, an issue that gave hope of major congressional gains for the Republican Party, ended up as a wet blanket that smothered all other issues and caused the voters to stand pat. Voter apathy, usually more of a handicap to the Democrats than to the GOP in off-year elections, was dispelled by both the Cuban crisis and massive get-out-the-vote campaigns conducted by COPE, the AFL-CIO’s political arm.

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