Word: voter
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...DIDN'T WORK because Duryea so successfully developed a schizophrenic image. With the conservative upstate vote relatively safe, if only by virtue of party orthodoxy, he has managed to do what no conservative Republican has been able to accomplish in 30 years--impress the city voters. Most of this success, granted, is traceable to Carey's singular inability to make a favorable personal impression on anyone outside the range of third cousin: with a Dukakis-like reputation for brusqueness and tactlessness, Carey simply doesn't score many points with the casual voter or party worker. Despite his impressive accomplishments--lobbying...
...those demonstrations, but ultimately more fruitful, may be the timeconsuming, door-to-door work of men like Willie Velasquez. A former activist with La Raza Unida (The United Race), a chicano social and political movement founded in the late '60s, Velasquez, 34, now heads the San Antonio-based Southwest Voter Registration Education Project. Says he: "Every immigrant group that's come to this country has gotten involved in the political process as a major part of their advancement. We keep giving the same message: political participation is indispensable to any minority group." Last year the project registered 160,000 Hispanic...
...elections have thus far attracted a low voter turnout. As of last night, only 25 per cent of the women in Lowell House had voted, Heather A. Pavlick '79, RUS Secretary, said yesterday...
...challenger to the more liberal Brooke has declared he will win in a close race, and observers generally agree the contest should be tight. The GOP primary is expected to draw a heavy voter turnout which many feel will benefit Brooke...
Incumbents Dukakis and Brooke, both facing formidable opponents, hope for a large voter turnout, but predicted bad weather is expected to reduce the crowds at the polls...