Principled win in divided times: New York’s election of Sen. Jim Buckley was key in America’s Reagan-era rebirth

Fifty years ago, the nation’s political atmosphere was as charged as it is today. Protests turned to violence. Financially insecure working-class folks felt threatened by racial riots and rising crime. A controversial “law and order” president, Richard Nixon, appealed to the “Silent Majority” to oppose radical leftists. The political race that epitomized the nation’s mood...

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