Political Career
Atwater rose during the 1970s and the 1980 election in the South Carolina Republican party, active in the campaigns of Governor Carroll Campbell and Senator Strom Thurmond. During his years in South Carolina, Atwater became well known for managing hard-edged campaigns based on emotional wedge issues.
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