Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...students registering for classes this fall found they could also register to vote in Cambridge--even if they hadn't paid their term bills. Many went ahead and registered. After all, "students will sign anything. They just won't take the time to vote," as conservative councilor Walter Sullivan once pointed...
Student groups and candidates went on the offensive, trying to pull in votes before students could forget about city politics. The Harvard-Radcliffe Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee(SASC) endorsed David Sullivan, who in turn toured most dorms here in search of voters. Some of the students Sullivan met were informed, a few well enough to argue the Ec 10 line against rent control. Some were amazed to learn that they could even vote--like the Mather House resident who insisted he wasn't on the list. "I registered as a freshman...
...because Sullivan made the only strong overtures to students, he won their votes overwhelmingly. In Ward 6, percinct 3, the tenant's-rights activist picked up 197 votes, 150 more than his nearest competitor...
Because of the four-year student turnover, candidates must recruit the Harvard voter for every election. Sullivan's impressive vote total proves the campaigning is worth it, though. Two years from now, halls and entryways should be littered with literature and bustling with candidates, courting student voters for the first time ever. The increase in campaigning will also make the Harvard voter more sophisticated; chances are no one will be able to engineer a win the size of Sullivan's in future elections. "Politicians will have to start paying attention to the demands of students." David Sullivan said...
Liberals, especially Sullivan, who led the CCA ticket and became the first progressive councilor ever to top the first-ballot quota necessary for election, also benefitted from a strong tenant vote...