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Turnouts for primary races usually fall short of voter participation in general elections, but yesterday's showing surprised even seasoned pollsters like Bill Willard...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Even in Ivory Tower's Shadow, Turnout is Low | 9/16/1998 | See Source »

...Willard, the warden of the Gund polling station on the corner of Quincy and Cambridge Streets, has been affiliated with the Cambridge Election Committee since...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Even in Ivory Tower's Shadow, Turnout is Low | 9/16/1998 | See Source »

...after witnessing only 18 voters cast ballots-an average of three voters per hour since the station's 7 am opening-Willard was expressing dismay...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Even in Ivory Tower's Shadow, Turnout is Low | 9/16/1998 | See Source »

...Apathy seems to rule," Willard said. "It's like you have to beat the bushes to get people to come out [to the polls...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Even in Ivory Tower's Shadow, Turnout is Low | 9/16/1998 | See Source »

Bush has invested more than campaign time in black neighborhoods. In 1996, with T. Willard Fair, president of the Urban League of Greater Miami, he set up one of the state's first charter schools in Liberty City. The elementary school, entering its second year, is the centerpiece of Bush's sweeping education proposals for the state. "I think his experiences with Liberty City really shaped his thinking," says Beryl Roberts-Burke, head of the Florida Conference of Black State Legislators. Says Bush: "I would walk into the class, and a kid would come up to me and touch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kinder, Gentler--And In The Lead | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

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