Word: blancos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Dubbed the voto en blanco, or "blank vote," the curious movement emerged on blogs and in YouTube videos when campaigns kicked off last month. Since then it has snowballed, with prominent intellectuals and several politicians themselves joining its ranks. Its simple message: the whole political system stinks, so just draw one big cross on the ballot sheet on July 5, when the country has to choose the federal Senate and 500-seat lower House, six governors and hundreds of state and municipal offices. "Voting for the least bad candidate is like buying the least rotten fruit," says Jose Antonio Crespo...
...Blanco said this disparity is due to students’ lack of awareness, the stigma associated with seeking medical help, and limited availability of treatment on campuses...
...Blanco and his colleagues collected their data by conducting face-to-face interviews with more than 44,000 18- to 24-year-old men and women...
...study was motivated by recent incidents of campus violence, Blanco said...
...were very concerned about incidents like Virginia Tech, and we knew that there hadn’t been any national studies done [on young adult mental health],” Blanco said...