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...percent of all Americans. The House is a much more representative body than the Senate, with over 25 black members; but the obvious reason for this (which also explains why the Senate is a better gauge of the country's sentiment), is that it takes an entire state to elect a senator and only a district to elect a Congressperson. Accordingly, the majority of black people in Congress come from predominantly black districts. The dearth of black people in the Senate does not necessarily demonstrate racism on the part of voters; it could also indicate an underrepresentation of blacks...
...presentations will be followed by discussions among the legislators-elect...
...follow politics. At the "Rock the Vote" orientation meeting at H.Y.P.E. '96, we learned the dreadful statistic that fewer citizens under the age of 21 vote than do those over the age of 80. We college students will be entering a "real world" shaped by the politicians we elect this year. As an 18-year-old, I will have the privilege to vote for the first time on November 5. I couldn't be more pumped. And at Harvard, we all have unique and significant opportunities to get involved in politics. Last June I left a small school where politics...
...received applause after adding, "We will elect a Libertarian president...
Political reality will be the strongest force keeping the Democrats from moving too far left. The midterm elections of a President's second term usually hand a big loss to the President's party. But in addition to this cautionary precedent, the Democrats know that if they do regain power, it will be by a margin so thin that they won't pass anything without the support of their moderates--and probably a few Republicans. "We're going to have to run the place the way Sam Rayburn ran it," says Michigan's John Dingell, one of the few House...