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For years, GOP candidates running for Congress, governor or president would sign conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist’s pledge against tax increases, but those days may be coming to an end.
Florida was considered an imperative state to win, but it wasn’t until four full days aftebuy cialisr the election that the state finally announced its results. President Barack Obama carried 50 percent of the popular vote, while Republican candidate Mitt Romney took 49.1 percent. Obama’s margin of victory over Romney in the electoral college was large, with 332 to 206 electoral votes, respectively. It's important to probe Florida’s hold up, because there appears to be some structural issues within the voting system, said Jason Husser, assistant director of the Elon University Poll. Florida is also difficult to call as quickly as other states, such as California, because the results were so close, he said. “My sense is that Florida was the one surprise in the typical averages from polls,” he said. This year, pre-election polls were extremely accurate in predicting the ultimate results. Before Election Day, polls suggested Romney would be up just 0.7 percent in Florida, a number Husser said he considered meaningless. “At that level, surveys aren’t an indicator,” he said. This is the narrowest presidential victory in the last three presidential elections in Florida. In 2008, Obama beat out Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., by 2.5 percent in the Sunshine State, and in 2004, there was a 5 percent difference between incumbent President George W. Bush and challenger Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.. This year, Obama won by slightly less than 74,000 votes, which is comparable to half the population of Alamance County. Florida’s voting practices and regulations have been under a great amount of scrutiny, especially since the 2000 presidential election, when Bush defeated his opponent, Al Gore, by less than 600 votes, and allegations of miscounts caused weeks of tension and recounting before the United States Supreme Court finally called an end to it. “I find it somewhat humorous since we messed up a couple years ago,” said junior Hunt Cable, a Florida citizen. Shortly after Election Day, Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued an order to investigate what happened on Election Day when it took some voters more than four hours to cast a ballot. He has yet to speak about the excessive time the counting process seemed to take.
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Across the country, millions of dollars are being spent on political advertising, candidates are kissing babies and promises are being made every day leading up to the Nov. 6 general election. At Elon University, students have joined the election fray, with a surge of political events, awareness and engagement.
Twenty members of the Elon University community went head to head in a community debate. There was applause, there were challenges and there was a lot of waffling as four different ideologies met on stage in a mostly-full Whitley Auditorium Oct. 26.
On Thursday, Elon will host what is supposed to be its largest election-related event on campus yet. A mock debate will be held in Whitley Auditorium, with four teams of five people apiece each sharing their group's outlook on three general topics. These topics were selected by 600 student, faculty and staff who casted votes at College Coffee and online.
The Fat Frogg, located just off Elon University’s campus, is usually more popular with trivia contestants instead of business professors. But Tuesday, Oct. 9, nearly a dozen professors sat in the establishment with a few students and locals to listen to professors Greg Lilly and Jen Platania give a talk titled, “Who’s in control – the president or the economy?”
What does it take to get a room full of Elon University students to sit quietly in the dark for an hour and a half with nary a side conversation or comment? A presidential debate, apparently.
With Election Day approaching, the Elon University’s campus is getting into the swing of debate season, most notably with a student debate scheduled for Oct. 25. Prior to the debate, students indicated the topics most important to them during this campaign season.
While many Elon University students were getting settled into the routine of a new school year, others were hundreds of miles away, adjusting to the rhythm of the national conventions. Through Elon’s partnership with the Washington Center, juniors Jack Minor and Gabrielle McCarthy secured internship positions at the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention, respectively.
Before a packed Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC, President Barack Obama accepted the nomination to run as the Democratic candidate for president.
Four years ago, I don’t know that anyone could have predicted that women’s reproductive health would be one of the most hotly-debated topics heading into the pinnacle of the presidential election season. The economy, sure, but a reignited social divide on issues of rape and abortion? But that’s where we are, forced to confront the ugly reality that many people in America, including many women, don’t see women’s bodies as their own.
The 2012 Democratic National Convention got underway on Monday with opening press conferences, caucus sessions and even a parade. Over the next four days, various events and speakers will address attendees. Below is a map with the list of expected speakers updated as of Monday morning. Stay tuned to The Pendulum throughout the DNC for stories, photos and more.
Former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney officially accepted the nomination for the Republican presidential candidate for the 2012 election cycle Thursday night. His speech, which lasted approximately 40 minutes, was preceded by introductions by actor Clint Eastwood and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). It focused mainly on Romney's personal convictions, with several digs at President Barack Obama's performance as president since 2008, in addition to Romney's goals if elected president. Election Day is 66 days away. The latest Gallup poll has Obama leading by just one point ahead of Romney.
Recent Elon University graduate Jay Light may soon get to see his work on movie theater screens around the country. And the subject matter of his short movie may be a little unexpected: Sprite, the popular lemon lime soft drink.
On Tues., Nov. 6, Americans will take to the polls to decide if President Barack Obama, the Democratic incumbent, will get to keep his spot in the White House or if another candidate will unseat him. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the presumptive candidate for the Republican Party, although this won’t be official until the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, Fla. at the end of August. Even Obama isn’t officially the candidate until the Democratic Party confirms him at their convention in Charlotte during the first week of September.
Rachel Southmayd
For any unassuming American, looking at an Israeli street during the holiday of Purim would be nearly indistinguishable from a Halloween party in the United States, that is except for the smell of falafel wafting above the heads of costume-clad adults and children looking on as street performers roam about and music from a concert reaches the furthest corners of the city.