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Ostensibly, high-minded ideals like civic responsibility, the potential for reform, and the power of collaborative effort are responsible for the election??s outcome. If you listen closely enough you might even even hear people debating the issues in our dining halls. But, for College students at least, there seems to be little substance and even less permanence to this involvement...
...being tackled by candidates. Former Democratic Governor of New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen kicked off the event, reminding the debaters to “keep it civil.” Members from both sides relied heavily on impassioned political rhetoric to suggest just how much weight is resting on the election??s outcome. Grandiose statements like Krahel’s “America’s best days are ahead of us” attempted to shift the tone of the debate from a friendly undergraduate discussion to a rally for national political awareness...
...added that her group would work with campus leaders this year to move the UC closer to “gender parity.” ON THE BRIGHT SIDE Still, UC leaders cheered the competitiveness of this year’s races. Each house election??with the exception of the Dudley campaign—was contested, with three or more candidates on the ballot. Last year’s race saw 86 students running for four dozen spots and featured many non-competitive elections. The cause of the spike in the competition was twofold. First, the trimmed-down...
Kennedy Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies Alejandro Poire—a scholar of Mexican politics who is teaching an undergraduate course on the subject in the fall—said that this election??s emphasis on economic policy was not surprising because “every single poll taken shows that employment is what people care about...
...electoral vote maps on TV screens told them, and all the instant analysts agreed. In fact, the system of government has become dominated by conservatives, for a time at least; but to take 1980 as proof that the nation as well has shifted irrevocably right is to ignore the election??s simple numbers and its circumstances. Reagan’s sweeping electoral victory translates to a 51 percent to 41 percent popular vote lead in a pool of barely over half the eligible voting population. That is a powerful victory, but not a landslide. The Republican ascendancy...