Word: voting
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...vote against Boone comes in the midst of an effort to revitalize the department through a restructuring of the deaprtment's appointments process which is expected to yield roughly six new senior-level appointments this year...
...reason for the disparity is that more voters still consider themselves Democrats than Republicans (41% vs. 31%). While Bush leads Dukakis by 10 points in the race for the White House, 44% of the voters say they will vote for Democratic congressional candidates, vs. 36% for Republicans...
...black townships, however, the government's repression-and-persuasion campaign to bring out a symbolic vote of support for segregated politics was defeated by an overwhelming boycott. Although only 26.3% of registered black voters had gone to the polls, Chris Heunis, the minister in charge of planning a new constitution, claimed that "the government's objectives were undoubtedly met." If so, the government had set decidedly modest objectives. Since only 1.5 million of the more than 20 million blacks living outside the four "independent homelands" are registered, the turnout translates into less than 2.0% of South Africa's blacks...
Maybe Bush is right, that the choice ultimately comes down to a question of values. What beliefs do the American people want to embrace in the last years of the century that brought the nation to greatness? The election of Bush would be a vote for stability, for conservative continuity and, yes, for upholding the limited-Government legacy of Ronald Reagan, while smoothing off some of its rough ideological edges. Dukakis offers more of a risk and potentially more of a reward. His selection would mark a return to more communal values, as the nation gave liberalism another chance...
...collective mind of the electorate into a pretzel. Before last week's debates, the Progressive Conservatives had looked like a good bet to win a majority in the House of Commons for a second consecutive term. A Gallup poll estimated that the Tories would claim roughly 40% of the vote -- enough to win 193 of the House's 295 seats -- with the New Democrats running at 29%, and Liberals at 28%. But Gallup also reported that 42% of Canadians oppose the free-trade agreement, 34% support it, and almost a quarter of the country is undecided. After the debate...