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...have made two joint appearances. Later, Dukakis even ventured into a Harlem church for a rare appearance on his own before a black audience. But the Dukakis-Jackson chill has affected Jackson's core constituency. A recent poll by the nonprofit Joint Center for Political Studies indicates that black turnout will drop substantially from 1984, and that black support for Bush appears to be almost 16%, nearly twice the percentage that Ronald Reagan received. In closely contested states like Illinois and Michigan, Dukakis needs nearly every black vote...
...order for Michael Dukakis to win, he'd need the support of upwards of 90 percent of that vote with significant turnout. The reaching out to Black voters was never manifested to the extent that it was necessary," said Bolling...
Despite the promising number of volunteers, organizers are worried that the turnout will not be high enough, DeLancey said. "We are afraid that the [Harvard] student turnout will not be what we need because the event takes place during parents' weekend and right before midterms," she said...
...Arthur Schlesinger Jr. remarks, "Television has replaced the political party." It controls agenda and voter turnout at the polls, two key traditional functions of the party. In the election of 1880, the political parties were so good at motivating voters that 80% of them voted, despite two weak candidates -- Garfield and Hancock -- and no strong issues...
...State President P.W. Botha of South Africa, a big turnout in black townships for the Oct. 26 elections would signal that blacks have accepted his offer of power sharing as an alternative to revolution. So in an effort to get out the black vote, Botha's government has swollen registration lists, declared it illegal to call for a boycott, and banned major black organizations that have opposed the polling...