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This time last year, Jackie Hung was working 24/7. As the organizer of Hong Kong's second July 1 pro-democracy march, Hung was swamped by daily meetings with political groups, NGOs, and the authorities to discuss turnout and crowd control. She'd dash from the printers, where she would vet T shirts, to subway stations to distribute pamphlets. Food was an afterthought-takeaway noodles or a steamed pork bun on the run. Hung's hours paid off. The rallies on July 1 in 2003 and '04 both drew a mix of half a million marchers-workers, professionals, businesspeople...
This time last year, Jackie Hung was working 24/7. As the organizer of Hong Kong's second July 1 pro-democracy march, Hung was swamped by daily meetings with political groups, NGOs, and the authorities to discuss turnout and crowd control. She'd dash from the printers, where she would vet T shirts, to subway stations to distribute pamphlets. Food was an afterthought?takeaway noodles or a steamed pork bun on the run. Hung's hours paid off. The rallies on July 1 in 2003 and '04 both drew a mix of half a million marchers?workers, professionals, businesspeople...
...bodies controlled by the conservatives trump the power of the presidency. The Supreme Leader is also concerned to maintain a modicum of popular consent for Iran's institutions. Reformers had threatened to boycott the election, which could damage the state's legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens - voter turnout in the tightly controlled elections has consistently been above 50 percent since the 1979 revolution...
...Penn’s “Analysis of Voting Patterns” about 2004: neither party’s core is a big enough group to win 50 million votes in a presidential election. And, in any case, Democrats have enjoyed extraordinary “base” turnout for 20 years. Successful candidates marry mobilization with persuasion—and, like Bush last year, are able to win because they have done both...
...Turnout for the election was 23%, very low by Taiwan standards. Confused by the details of the amendments, many voters seem to have made their choices based on the parties' mainland policies. The recent trips to Beijing by leaders of Taiwan may have made headlines all over the world. But judging by the results, Taiwan's public isn't yet ready to jump onto the détente bandwagon...