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...Gore is probably fine in Tampa, provided he gets a good turnout among blacks, Hispanics and working-class whites. Many of the Cuban and Italian graybeards who drink big, foamy cups of café con leche and talk politics every morning at the La Ideal Cafeteria and the West Tampa Sandwich Shop said they are going to stick with the Democratic ticket, even though Gore is like a bowl of black beans without the onions and spice. "I like Gore on Social Security and the environment," said Carlos Reyes, 55, who runs a medical billing company. But Reyes says people...
...media environment as data-hungry as this one, a strong Gore showing in Texas might help sway a late-deciding voter in Washington that Democratic is the way to go. The closeness of the House and Senate balance has also received only undercard status this year--a good Democrat turnout could dramatically change the balance in a way that is far less a waste of a vote...
...Unlike Yugoslavia, where the opposition had thrown its support behind a single candidate, two of the Ivory Coast's largest opposition parties had been banned from participating in the election, and their supporters had boycotted the poll. Opposition leaders say the turnout in Sunday's election was as low as 5 percent of the electorate. The popular opposition leader Alassane Ouattara is leading calls for a new poll. An attempt by former president Henri Konan Bédié to exclude Outtara from the last election had prompted General Gueï's coup, but the general had then held...
Organizers said they were ecstatic with the turnout, which included students from Tufts as well as Harvard, Regis, Boston University, Suffolk, Brandeis and Northeastern...
...Certainly Missouri Democrats are VIPs this November. If turnout is lackluster, the state's gubernatorial, Senate and presidential electoral votes might all go Republican - and Missouri is extraordinarily good at picking presidents. Will they go for Jean Carnahan, in a spasm of humanity (or partisanship)? All reports indicate she's an extremely classy lady; certainly aspiring Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle would love to see her on the Hill in January...