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These turnout percentages will be lowest in the Latino community. Ironically, this demographic group stands the most to gain by participation in politics. Voter participation could empower the government to address these chronic problems in the Latino community--the highest unemployment rate, lowest per capita income, highest infant mortality rate and lowest high school graduation rate...
Could the same upsurge in voter participation happen in Massachusetts, where the Latino community recently became the largest minority group in the state? If we were faced with a similarly divisive ballot initiative--say, for example, on bilingual education--would we see the same results, as in California...
...stressed the importance of efforts to get the Democratic voter base out to the polls this year. Without a Senate race and with the Eighth District uncompetitive, people have less incentive to come out to the polls...
Wolf also stressed the need to get Swift said voter dissatisfaction at themudslinging was also a big factor in the undecidedvoter block. Last Monday's acrimonious debate atFaneuil Hall did not impress voters.lot of people don't want to vote because of themud-slinging," said Ruth Horowitz, a Harshbargersupporter...
While some prominent groups like the AFL-CIO are husbanding their resources this year for voter-mobilization drives, the political parties are getting in on the issue-ad bonanza. It's a doozy for Republicans. The National Republican Congressional Committee, which funds House races, figures to spend $28 million on issue ads in more than 30 states, a blitz dubbed Operation Breakout. That compares with $13 million in 1996. Democrats will spend $7 million, up $1 million from two years ago. The G.O.P. is expected to lay out $10 million on Senate races before the campaign is over. "The anticipation...