Word: voting
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...felt that Carter had to be removed from the White House," George Biddle '84, said yesterday, adding, "Most people are afraid to vote for Reagan because of his defense policy, but I can't excuse Carter for the way he has reduced the prestige of our country in the eyes of foreign countries...
John Finney '82, like many student voters interviewed yesterday, changed his mind in the booth. "I had told all my friends to vote their conscience, and I was set to vote for Anderson, but in there I realized that the only really effective choice must be to vote for Carter in order to help keep Reagan out--I was forced to choose the lesser of two evils," he said...
Terming his immediate reaction to the Reagan sweep "absolute horror," Stanley H. Hoffmann, professor of Government, said he believes the nation registered a "protest vote" against the present economic situation. Hoffman, who called himself a "reluctant Carter supporter," said, "I'm afraid on foreign affairs--it could be a very costly experiment...
...said he intensified the B-School Reagan Committee effort after the B-School's Political Forum found Reagan second in popularity among students. The poll said 31 per cent of the students supported Rep. John B. Anderson (R-Ill.), 30 per cent supported Reagan and 23 percent planned to vote for President Carter...
With 88 per cent of the vote tallied at 4 a.m., Reagan had 37,760,000 votes, or 51 per cent of the total, with Carter at 42 per cent and independent candidate Rep. John B. Anderson (R-I11.) at 6 per cent...