Electoral sociability [ Politics & Society ]
… band of sixty musicians (who were paid so poorly in 1812 that they voted for the opposition!). 3 3 . O’Gorman, ‘Campaign Rituals and Ceremonies: The Social Meaning of Elections in England 1780-1860’, Past & Present, 135 (1992), p. 84, 102. … processions were echoed in other processions when candidates entered the constituency’(Frank O’Gorman, ‘Campaign Rituals’, p. 83-4). 16 . O’Gorman, ‘Campaign Rituals’, p. 111-112. 17 . An Exact Copy of the Poll taken at the Guild-Hall in the Borough of Leicester (1768), …
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