1971 Chicago mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1971 Chicago mayoral election Chicago presidential no 1967 Chicago mayoral election 1967 1975 Chicago mayoral election 1975 April 6, 1971 68.9%Denvir Daniel Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn't Always This Way https://www.citylab.com/equity/2015/05/mayoral-election-voting-turnout/393737/ City Lab (The Atlantic) 11 December 2018 May 22, 2015 4.1 pp MAYOR DALEY IS ON THE REVIEWING STAND AT OPENING DAY PARADE FOR THE LAKE FRONT FESTIVAL. "KING NEPTUNE" IS AT THE... - NARA - 551935 (b).jpg Richard J. Daley Democratic Party (United States) 740,137 70.08% File:3x4.svg Richard Friedman Republican Party (United States) 315,969 29.92% Mayor Richard J. Daley Democratic Party (United States) Richard J. Daley Democratic Party (United States) The Chicago mayoral election of 1971, held on April 6, 1971, was a contest between incumbent Democrat Richard J. Daley and Republican Richard E. Friedman.Harper Dan Subject and Course Guides: Daley Family Collections: About Richard J. Daley https://researchguides.uic.edu/DaleyFamily/RJDbio 2022-11-06 researchguides.uic.edu en Daley won by a landslide 40% margin, and it was his fifth consecutive mayoral win, the longest serving mayor of Chicago until that time. Background This was the final Chicago mayoral election held before the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Nominations On their party's primary ballots on February 23, 1971, both candidates ran unopposed. John Kifner 1971-02-28 DALEY MAINTAINS COUNCIL CONTROL en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/28/archives/daley-maintains-council-control-but-independents-in-chicago-find.html 2022-11-06 0362-4331 45.72% of registered voters participated in the city's municipal primary elections.Franklin Tim Voter turnout of 80 percent dwarfs record https://www.newspapers.com/image/387728419 subscription Newspapers.com Chicago Tribune 3 April 2023 en February 23, 1983 Democratic primary May 2020 no In December 1970, Daley, then 68 years old, announced he would seek a fifth term after much speculation by the public.Cohen Adam Taylor Elizabeth American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley – His Battle for Chicago and the Nation 2001 Little, Brown 978-0-7595-2427-9 290–294 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=nGem2g467GAC en In a press conference announcing his reelection campaign, Daley remarked: "This election won't be won by speeches. It will have to be won by hard, hard work." He won the Democratic primary on February 23, 1971, with about 375,000 votes, his lowest tally since 1959, but a figure nine times that of Friedman's primary tally. Republican primary January 2019 no Richard Friedman, a 41-year-old independent Democrat running as a Republican, was an attorney and former executive director of the watchdog organization Better Government Association. Seth S. King 1971-04-07 Daley Wins Fifth Term in Chicago by a Big Majority en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/07/archives/daley-wins-fifth-term-in-chicago-by-a-big-majority-daley-elected-to.html 2022-11-06 0362-4331https://people.com/archive/two-crusaders-reporter-and-politician-give-chicago-a-lesson-in-marital-clout-vol-3-no-17/ Two Crusaders, Reporter and Politician, Give Chicago a Lesson in Marital Clout Friedman was endorsed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson. General election and results Daley was "lavishly endorsed" by many of the city's businessmen and civic leaders, including many who usually contribute to and vote for Republicans. The Republican Party had hoped that Friedman as a reformist would be able to build a coalition of Republicans and independents to mount a strong challenge to Daley, but he was nevertheless the "decided underdog". Chicago had not elected a Republican as mayor since William Hale Thompson won in 1927, before Friedman was born. Seth S. King 1971-03-28 Mayor Daley Heads for His Fourth Re-election en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/28/archives/mayor-daley-heads-for-his-fourth-reelection.html 2022-11-06 0362-4331 In the days ahead of voting on April 6, The New York Times described Chicago's public health facilities as "among the worst in the nation", with the infant mortality rate among the highest.New York Times, Mayor Daley Heads for His Fourth Re-election, March 28, 1971 In a sign of accelerating "white flight" to the suburbs, the city's white population had decreased by up to 50,000 each year prior. Daley's critics pointed to low-income housing policies that confined Black Chicagoans in two underserved, poor areas, and Friedman focused his campaign attack on Daley's low-income housing policy. One in eight city residents was on welfare at the time. But, as The New York Times noted, "unless a voter is black, poor, rebellious, or involved in some contretemps with a Democratic precinct leader, his dissatisfaction with Mr. Daley is likely to be minute." Daley's 740,137 votes more than doubled his opponent's 318,059, and Daley won in all but two of the city's 50 wards. Friedman carried the wards of Hyde Park and Armitage Street. The total votes were some 11,000 fewer than the previous mayoral race. Mayor of Chicago 1971 electionMayoral election results in Chicago https://www.newspapers.com/image/386930397 Newspapers.com Chicago Tribune 9 March 2021 en subscription 3 Apr 1979Board of Election Commissioners For the City of Chicago Mayoral Election Results Since 1900 General Elections Only http://66.107.4.19/ Chicago Board of Election Commissioners 26 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20040718031857/http://66.107.4.19/ July 18, 2004 18 July 2004 dead (General election) Democratic Party (United States) Richard J. Daley (incumbent) 740,137 70.08 Republican Party (United States) Richard E. Friedman 315,969 29.92 1,056,106 References collapsed Category:Mayoral elections in Chicago Chicago Chicago Category:1971 in Chicago Category:Richard J. Daley Chicago mayoral election