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...yes” ballots by a 12 percentage point margin. But in Cambridge, where voters’ liberal leanings apparently apply to libations as well, 58 percent supported the measure. The rejection of the initiative represents a significant reversal of voter opinion in recent months—a June poll by Suffolk University’s Political Research Center found that voters supported the initiative by a margin of two to one. Many Harvard Square shops that already have liquor licenses—including C’Est Bon, Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe, and the University Wine Shop?...
...Bush’s approval ratings are consistently low, and according to Newsweek over half of adults now believe the country is on the wrong track. But instead of letting dissatisfaction give way to apathy, youth are realizing that simply ignoring politics is not the answer. Indeed, a new poll of youth nationwide by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) survey group found that 71 percent of young people ages 18 to 24 disagreed with the statement that “politics is not relevant to my life right now,” regardless of how upset they...
...Such anecdotal evidence on the political fervor generated on college campuses is supported by the new IOP poll. For the first time, the poll included non-college youth, and their inclusion revealed that students in a campus environment are significantly more likely to be politically engaged than their non-college peers. This is neither a Harvard phenomenon nor a fluke of the Vietnam era. College campuses as a whole serve as catalysts for political involvement and are likely to remain that way. Because students are constantly surrounded by thousands of motivated young individuals, many of whom have an active interest...
Going into the last weekend’s season finale, Harvard was ranked 17th by Adidas/NSCAA National Poll and had an outside chance of gaining a first-round bye. Although the Crimson wasn’t awarded a bye, the team was not disappointed...
...while the Dems scramble to mobilize urban voters in St. Louis and Kansas City. Democrats have to hope that two ballot initiatives - one for increasing the minimum wage, and another supporting stem cell research - will make up for the admitted advantage Republicans hold in targeting likely voters. Virtually every poll for the last six months has put the race in a dead heat, and in 2002, Talent won by all of 21,000 votes, so the final push will likely be the determining factor...