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Meanwhile other political activists took advantage of Harvard Square's usual Sunday crowds to hawk their positions on the various referenda on the Cambridge ballot...
...referendum would have our elected representatives censure Israel for its actions rather than using American influence to bring both sides of the conflict together in negotiations. Calling for a complete cut-off of American aid to Israel is a blackmail tactic not befitting of reasoned foreign policy. Referenda should be for constructive purposes, not for partisan manipulation. It would be more productive for us to call on Israel to change its methods and start pushing for peace, than to cut off all effective ties with...
That is idea number two here, and it helps explain the curious results on the Massachusetts referenda questions: pro-abortion, anti-seat belt law, and anti-write-in voter registration. Twenty years ago, an abortion was a badge of shame. Now most potential Democratic voters have probably had some exposure to the abortion dilemma in their own experience or that of their friends. Abortion as an option has virtually become a shared value and a solid majority of Massachusetts voters do not want to deny that choice to low-income people. But the only ideas that tie those results together...
However, The Crimson's random telephone poll revealed that a another third opposed divestment, whereas in the UC referendum taken in dining halls only about a sixth said they opposed it. This discrepancy says something about the two different polling methods. Clearly person-to-person methods, whether UC referenda or SASC petitions, misread campus opinion by discouraging divestment opponents from airing their point of view...
...Referenda Results...