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...racing proved to be the most controversial of the three—it passed 56 to 44, the smallest margin of the initiatives...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Initiatives Provoke Ire, Joy | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...Kameron A. Collins ’09 had tried to call his great-grandmother in North Carolina—a battleground state where Obama was leading by a razor-thin margin at press time. The 90-something-year-old sent in an absentee ballot for Obama to avoid long lines at the polls, Collins said...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett and Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Historic Night Ends in Tears of Jubilation | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...ballot question on the income tax was decided by the largest margin, with 70 percent voting to keep the income tax and 30 percent voting to abolish...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Initiatives Provoke Ire, Joy | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...when it comes to marriage equality. “He’s not been as loud a champion as marriage equality as he should be,” McCarthy said of Obama, who has said that gay marriage should remain a state issue. McCarthy said that the narrow margin by which Proposition 8 was approved also reflected progress. “We’re within two percentage points of marriage equality,” he said. “We’re talking about a country moving in the right direction toward equality...

Author: By Charles A. Lacalle | Title: Students Criticize, Laud California Gay Marriage Ban | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...reason is that Obama inspired unprecedented numbers of African Americans to vote. Polls show that black voters are more likely to attend church than whites and less likely to be comfortable with equality for gay people. According to CNN, African Americans voted against marriage equality by a wide margin, 69% to 31%. High turnout of African Americans in Florida probably help explain that state's lopsided vote to ban same-sex weddings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Gay Marriage Was Defeated in California | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

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