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what does "push a ticket"mean?

[Appropriately, they had assembled an hour earlier outside the Republic National Bank and driven to the field in long black air-conditioned limousines, and it was equally appropriate that the first man to bound through their reception line should be, not the President, but Governor Connally. The Governor was violating protocol, but this, after all, was his hand-picked team, just as he was their man. Kennedy couldn't carry Dallas. It was doubtful that he would even make a respectable showing here next November. The Democratic Governor, however, was a local hero. Archconservative Dallasites could find no socialistic tendencies in him. They knew he wasn't a traitor to their values, and they were prepared to push a Goldwater-Connally ticket in '64.]

1. what does "just as he was their man"mean? does it mean "that delegation actually think Connally their real leader?"

2.what does "push a Goldwater-connally ticket"

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mayllt
Feb 23, 2013
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mayllt,

1) he was their man = he represented their political interests. (In a sense he was their leader.)

2) ticket = a list of the candidates supported by a political party in an election

push a ticket = make a special effort to promote your ticket, to have it accepted by the party's voters

Goldwater-Connally ticket = potential candidates for President and Vice President in the next election

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Denis
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