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...White House.” In a brief talk, Diaz discussed a number of issues facing Latin American voters, including the fact that “those who care the most about immigration” in the Hispanic community tend to be immigrants themselves, who are often unable to vote...
...Vice President Randall S. Sarafa ’09 echoed this idea, saying that any reform must include students representation on the Ad Board. Concern was also raised that resident deans voting alongside their superiors might be less willing to fight for a student’s cause. Resident deans serve as the primary voice for any student in their House who has to appear for the board, regardless of their point of view on the issue, and they still have a vote on any case they defend...
...theory holds that voters have a tendency to withhold their leanings from pollsters when they plan to vote for a white candidate instead of a black one. In 1982, Tom Bradley-the African-American mayor of Los Angeles-ran for governor of California. On the eve of the election, polls anointed him a prohibitive favorite. But on election day, Bradley lost to his white opponent, Republican George Deukmejian. Some experts chalked up the skewed polling to skin color...
With Election Day about almost two weeks away, Barack Obama's and John McCain's volunteers are going door-to-door, looking to secure each and every vote in key battleground states and insure a big turnout of their faithful. Their presidential campaigns are busy strategizing about where to focus their resources, which homes and voters they should be targeted. Well, a new study suggests there is one key indicator that they might be overlooking, and it has nothing to do with politics. As the candidates battle it out on the campaign trail and on the airwaves, they might want...
...political climate thus far makes it unlikely that the Obama campaign will directly acknowledge the legitimacy of Islam and the Muslim vote, at least not anytime before Nov. 5. Part of this has to do with the 13 percent of independent voters who believe that Obama is a Muslim; as long as the possibility exists that this perception will jeopardize his chance of winning undecided votes, Obama’s campaign will prioritize disabling the rumor mill over dismantling religious stereotypes...