Word: precinct
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ward 8, Precinct 3--a voting area of about 95 percent Harvard students that includes Eliot, Kirkland, Lowell, Quincy and Winthrop Houses--went for Dukakis by a margin of 417 votes to 97, roughly 80 percent for the Massachusetts governor...
...Another precinct of mostly Harvard students, Ward 6, Precinct 2, tallied more than 85 percent of its votes for the Massachusetts governor. That precinct, which includes Adams, Dunster, Leverett and Mather Houses, is composed of more than 60 percent Harvard undergraduates...
...district that includes the freshmen Yard dorms had a slightly lower margin of victory for Dukakis--just under 80 percent of Ward 8, Precinct 2 went for the Democratic candidate. The freshmen voters made up about 80 percent of the precinct...
...example. But the funds can be used for more general purposes such as conducting polls, organizing voter-registration drives or buying "Vote Republican" ads. The Democrats plan to use some of the $7 million of soft money they have raised in California, for instance, to deploy nearly 75,000 precinct workers to greet voters at the polls on Election Day. In the past, candidates had to dip into their own campaign funds to pay for polls or to get out the vote, but with the growth in soft money, politicians can devote their election resources to more vital expenses, including...
...Texas law, Bentsen can run for both the vice presidency and the Senate. He spends nearly a third of each day giving local interviews and another third raising money. Bentsen will rope in $8 million for his Senate race against a virtual unknown. That money can be used for precinct-level registration and get-out-the-vote efforts, which are what win in Texas. Democrats are telling voters to pull the lever twice for Bentsen on Nov. 8. But the Republicans have a subtler strategy. Get two Texans for the price of one, they whisper. Keep Bentsen as chairman...