Word: voting
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...state's economic prosperity. It is oversimplistic to attribute too much influence to a single TV ad in a media-glutted statewide campaign. But the abortion issue was framed in a way that allowed Wilder to make inroads among racially tolerant, upscale voters who might be tempted to vote Republican on economic grounds. In affluent northern Virginia, Wilder ran a crucial two percentage points ahead of his 1985 showing. "Abortion is the symbolic issue for a tremendous life-style change," says Goldman. "And so is voting for Doug Wilder...
CREDIT: [TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: CBS News/New York Times exit poll}]CAPTION: The vote by race...
Hussein's change of policy posed a dilemma for Jordanians of Palestinian origin. Most of them wanted to vote, but by doing so some feared they might be adding fuel to the argument of right-wing Israelis that Jordan, rather than the West Bank, should be viewed as the true Palestinian homeland...
...county, whose population is roughly half white, half black, the vote last week was 2,821 for Douglas Wilder and 2,732 for Marshall Coleman. The mood after election day was strangely subdued. The election was too close. Blacks declined to celebrate. They seemed to fear that a recount might take the victory away...
...phenomenon is not new: seven years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley seemed to be leading in California's gubernatorial election -- until the ballots were counted and he lost by less than a point. Some whites were reluctant to admit to pollsters that they planned to vote against a black...