Slight drop in youth turnout
The major races in Pennsylvania have been decided, and while statewide turnout is down in comparison to the midterm election four years ago, the results at Penn reveal a more complex story.
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The major races in Pennsylvania have been decided, and while statewide turnout is down in comparison to the midterm election four years ago, the results at Penn reveal a more complex story.
RADNOR, Pa. — The races to replace Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter and Gov. Ed Rendell are over, and as results poured in Tuesday night, supporters of Democratic senatorial nominee U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak had one word to explain their feelings: disappointment.
RADNOR, Pa. — The races to replace Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter and Gov. Ed Rendell are over, and as results poured in Tuesday night, supporters of Democratic senatorial nominee U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak had one word to explain their feelings: disappointment.
RADNOR, Pa. — The race to replace Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter in the Senate is over.
Election Day is finally here, and the Democratic Party made one of its biggest final stands right on Penn’s campus.
Election Day is finally here, and the Democratic Party made one of its biggest final stands right on Penn’s campus.
The time for persuasion has ended. As the national media begins to count down the hours to Tuesday’s midterm elections, President Barack Obama has zeroed in on Democratic turnout in key states, including Pennsylvania.
The time for persuasion has ended. As the national media begins to count down the hours to Tuesday’s midterm elections, President Barack Obama has zeroed in on Democratic turnout in key states, including Pennsylvania.
With the final month of the 2010 midterm election season drawing to a close, many national political leaders have placed particular emphasis on one state with a number of close races — Pennsylvania.
Students that have grown weary of an election season dominated by witchcraft ads, Nazi costumes and allegations of a Communist takeover of America had an opportunity Tuesday afternoon to witness something different — a substantive political debate on economic policy.
Drawing from her various experiences as a canvasser throughout greater Philadelphia, Penn Democrats President and College junior Emma Ellman-Golan explained that “voters have the same concerns everywhere,” particularly regarding the state of the economy.
Referencing two recent decisions by the Supreme Court, Suzanne Anglewicz, a representative from the National Rifle Association, described the right to bear arms as an individual right. “Rights belong to people. Powers belong to government,” she said in Huntsman Hall on Thursday night.
Wrapping up the first debate between Republican Pat Toomey and Democrat Joe Sestak, George Stephanopoulos, the chief political correspondent for ABC News, remarked that the two candidates are “giving the voters of Pennsylvania a very clear choice.”
Looking to inspire voters to show up at the polls in about three weeks, President Barack Obama had a message for the large crowd gathered in the Germantown area of Philadelphia on Sunday: “Our job is not done.”
With clipboards and campaign literature in hand, Democrats on campus offered their time this weekend to canvass within the only open congressional district in Pennsylvania this November.
With less than five days remaining until the Oct. 4 voter registration deadline, student political leaders at Penn are making a final push to swell the voter rolls at polling locations across campus.
With the 2010 midterm elections just five weeks away, three of Pennsylvania’s statewide political candidates seized an opportunity to discuss their policies and ideologies on television Monday night.
Recognizing the potential for Republicans to take back power in the House of Representatives this November, Pennsylvania Democrats are using a variety of big-name fundraisers to stay financially competitive, including former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.
With the campaign season kicked into full gear, those students looking for clear answers from Pennsylvania’s politicians before Election Day now have an opportunity to ask their questions directly to the candidates.
With less than seven weeks until the 2010 midterm elections, President Barack Obama is working to fill the campaign coffers of a Democratic Senate candidate today for the first time this year.