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...with Israeli television reporting that the hawkish Likud leader romped home by margin of 59.5 percent to 40.5 percent. But those figures hide the fact that a massive stay-at-home by those who had propelled Barak into the top job less than two years ago created the lowest turnout in Israeli history...
...keen to exploit as he gears up for a spring election. Like the New Democrats, New Labourites are worried that their co-opting of many conservative themes has offered their constituency very little enticement. Sure, Blair has an easy lead in the polls, but that could vanish if turnout is low, since the Tory base is as angry as Labour's is indifferent. So just as Al Gore ran hard to his left in last year's presidential campaign, so Blair is desperate to galvanize working-class supporters. A good bashing of the aristocracy is just what the pollster ordered...
...been tussling with his former protege, Al Sharpton, who annoyed Jackson by launching a boycott of Burger King, which has long been one of Jackson's corporate allies. Not until last year's presidential campaign, when Jackson worked his heart out to help produce the huge black turnout that nearly put Al Gore in the White House, did he regain some of his old magic...
...With neither candidate appearing to inspire voters, can we assume the turnout will...
...Israel traditionally has pretty good voter turnout, but this time it will probably be lower. It's unlikely that many Israeli-Arabs will vote. And while the rabbi who guides the Sephardic ultra-orthodox Shas party has urged supporters to vote for Sharon, it's not clear whether many of the Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox rabbis plan to urge their followers to vote...