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...came back for the elections and thought they could build on ethnic sentiments. It didn't work. They also thought that foreigners would prop them up and make them President. But that kind of politics doesn't work any more here. And they lost miserably. You know what the turnout was? 96%. Everybody turned out to vote. People were simply united in voting for what might bring peace. Maybe in 2010, it will different, because there will be different circumstances, because progress will have been made...
Some elements of commonly held views towards Asian Americans have basis in well-documented fact. For instance, it is true that Asian Americans historically have had lower voter registration and turnout rates, and so have not generally demonstrated widespread interest in formal American politics. This is not to say, however, that Asian Americans are inherently apathetic about legitimate processes of elections and the law. On the contrary, one 2005 study conducted at Indiana University blames low voting statistics on factors like immigrant status (clearly, non-citizens cannot vote) and length of residency in the United States (as a proxy...
...think it just elevated everyone’s games on both sides.” A rowdy crowd of mostly students packed the stadium for Saturday night’s season opener—the first night game in the Crimson’s 133-year history. The turnout at Saturday night’s 24-17 Crimson victory over Brown hit 18,898—an increase of 60 percent over the 11,134 in attendance at the 2005 home game against Brown. It was the largest attendance for a home game in more than a decade, excluding...
...part, Beijing cannot risk any embarrassing military action in the run-up to the Olympic games next August. And Taipei-based observers say that the referendum is less a declaration of independence than a political ploy by Chen to bolster his own legacy, as well as voter turnout in March for Chen's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). "The ruling party doesn't have much to campaign about," says Chao Chien-min, a political science professor at Taiwan's National Chengchi University. "The only thing they can do is portray the opposition as Beijing's collaborator." Chao says a similar strategy...
...Teddy did surprisingly well,” Robb said. “He beat me as the B skipper, which was a really good turnout...