Minority vote moves center stage
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With nomination contests in lily-white Iowa and New Hampshire settled, minority voting power now moves into the spotlight.
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There are times in the life of a minority government when the biggest hurdle on the horizon is not a vote it stands to lose but rather one it can&#39;t avoid winning.
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With exactly a week until the American presidential election, the number of states that are considered marginal appears to be growing.
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This presidential election has been described by many as one in which morality mattered most to voters. But that perception may be driven at least partially by how pollsters asked voters about their priority issues.
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A bill to renew the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for 25 years moved toward passage Thursday, propelled by a Republican push to improve the party's credibility with minorities.
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Although Democrats hold a solid majority in Palm Beach County, Fla., it is so big that even a small shift among its 700,000 voters could make a difference in November.
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What's up with this bipartisanship fad? Last week it was the Senate majority and minority leaders, Sens. Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), all playing nice at the McConnell Center in Louisville. Now we learn that Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) has been cozying up with the very people...
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As polls suggest gains for President Bush among black voters, Democrats are trying to solidify their bloc.
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Thirty-four seats are up for grabs. In early returns, Republicans were well-positioned to retain their majority. However, with nine seats in close races, Democrats held on to hope of regaining control.
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While Democrats placed their emphasis on the state's urban centers, the Republicans racked up votes in suburban and rural areas.
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Voters in 44 states went to the polls Tuesday to choose roughly four-fifths of the nation&#39;s state legislators, with Republicans and Democrats nearly evenly divided and perhaps a dozen states
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Minorities now make up a majority of residents in Orange County, California's quintessential swath of suburbia, according to census data released Thursday.
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In the last few years, political races from Congress to county sheriff have begun to hinge on the American Indian vote.
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The total vote percentages tell the big picture story of who won and lost Iowa's precinct caucuses on Thursday. But underlying demographic and regional results in Iowa paint a fuller picture of where the candidates stood in this first official voting event of the 2008 presidential nomination contest -- and where they may be headed as the campaign moves on to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary and beyond.
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Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across the state have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state.
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A Feb. 5 vote brings candidates to the state, as intended. But fundraising still trumps issues.
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Who's on the ballot, and who are the front-runners