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...people expected the number to be even higher. “It wasn’t higher because conservative youth were not engaged,” Levine said. “Sixty six percent of these votes went to Obama.” Levin said that according to national exit polls, 16 percent of youth said they were contacted by the Obama campaign whereas only 4 percent said they were contacted by the McCain campaign. “A higher turn-out needs two candidates to engage the youth, not just one,” Levine said...
TIME: Still? Boehner: Yes, no question about it. When you look at all the exit polling, Americans don't want bigger government; they don't want higher taxes. And frankly, I think the Congress is still a center-right Congress. And I do think there will still be some opportunities over the next two years to work with some of the more moderate Democrat members when it comes to the issues of spending and taxes...
...Mormon Church is not the only group being singled out for criticism. African Americans, 70% of whom voted yes on Prop. 8, according to a CNN exit poll, have become a target. According to eyewitness reports published on the Internet, racial epithets have been used against African Americans at protests in California - with some even directed at blacks who are fighting to repeal Prop. 8. Said Evan Wolfson, executive director of nonprofit group Freedom to Marry: "In any fight, there will be people who say things they shouldn't say, but that shouldn't divert attention from what the vast...
...school department staff member said that “the school committee expedited having him exit before February” to prevent Fowler-Finn from having further power over decisions for the district, especially those regarding the renewal of school principal contracts...
...Former school committee member Glenn S. Koocher ’71, however, said that most contracts were renewed last year and that he does not think they factor in Fowler-Finn’s early exit. Koocher—who is executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees—added that the superintendent is legally entitled to his paid vacation time...