Word: precinct
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ward 6, Precinct 4--Residents of Dunster House, Leverett House entries F and G, and Mather House vote at the recreation building in the Corporal Burns playground just off Banks...
...Ward 6, Precinct 3--Residents of Adams House, Apley Court, Claverly Hall, Divinity Hall, Eliot House, Hastings Hall, Kirkland House, Leverett House entries A-E, Lowell House, Quincy House, Winthrop House, and all freshman dorms vote at the firehouse near Memorial Hall. Use the Broadway St. entrance...
...reliable voters would show up and back their man. They did not want surprises. But Bush succeeded far beyond the hopes of his organization. Said one of his workers, who expected only half the number of Bush voters who actually turned out: "I was sitting in this precinct, and these people I never heard of came streaming in. And it was Bush, Bush, Bush...
...even some of the most cynical press-plane veterans expressed surprise at how friendly they found the home folks. In Ames (pop. 44,000), a West German television documentary crew was awarded the keys to the city. In Harlan, TIME Correspondent Madeleine Nash was quietly observing a precinct caucus when somebody announced her presence to the audience, which applauded warmly. Occasional requests for off-the-record or deep-background treatment notwithstanding, most Iowans seemed to be eager interview subjects. Says David Yepsen of the Des Moines Register: "People are civil here. If someone comes up and talks...
Four years ago, the Democratic primary turnout in student-dominated Ward 6 Precinct 3 was pushed by an influx of independents requested Democratic ballots to 103 per cent of the number of registered Democrats...