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...concerned if these numbers are credible. From the zip codes on the registration forms, one can see that a large number of the new voters are likely black, and blacks turned out a miniscule 8 percent of their vote for George W. Bush while supporting Al Gore ’69 at a clip of 90 percent in 2000. While much has been made of the Joint Center for Political Study’s new survey that speculates that Bush has doubled his support in the black community through his faith-based initiatives and opposition to gay marriage, that particular...
...election to Kerry. Blacks make up a huge percentage of the central cities in the major swing states for the election: Milwaukee, Wis.; Detroit, Mich.; St. Louis and Kansas City, Miss.; and most importantly, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa. and Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio. If Kerry wins every state that Gore won in 2000 (and he is leading in polls in each) plus Ohio or Florida—he wins the election...
...long tended to be realists, acting only in response to hard-faced national interest, exercising prudence and caution, only reluctantly intervening in other countries' affairs. That's the kind of conservative Bush campaigned as in 2000, lambasting "nation building" in the debates and calling for fewer troops than Al Gore...
...journalists dispense with tradition and race to declare a winner before all the votes are counted, relying mainly on surveys of voters exiting the polls and partial tallies of ballots cast. The system worked pretty well until it blew up in 2000, when the networks called Florida for Al Gore, reversed themselves, and, well, you know the rest. So things will be different this time. Sure, the TV networks will be competing to declare America's next President. But restraint will prevail, the intense pressure to keep you from switching to a more exciting channel be damned...
...other side of the country, Reuben Marine-Larena ’02-’04, is a regional director for America Coming Together in New Mexico. Former Vice President Al Gore ’69 won the state by 366 votes in 2000, a margin smaller than Florida?...