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Nicholas Lord's Take On Voting Off-Campus

More Anecdotes and Making Out?!

By Adrian Carrasquillo

Reporting by Aisha Akhtar

- “It’s my first time voting, and its great because this election is so historic,” said Gabrielle Jasmin, “ Because of the time we are in, and because Bush sucked and because we are in a war.” She did not want to say who she supported.

Adam Peck On Get Out The Vote for Obama

Reporter Jackie Zabielski's Take On Student Voters

Words From A Student Voter

Marching to Polls


How Obama Got to November 4th

By Adrian Carrasquillo

Focus on Caucus States

Student Anecdotes from Around Campus

By Adrian Carrasquillo

Reporting by Lisa Voltaire

-Kurt Wende, Junior from Buffalo voted for Obama and he said he voted for the whole Democratic ticket “for good measure”. He also said the polling place was well staffed and that everything was going smoothly. Kurt wins the award for j

-Dawn Lopez, a poll worker who has been there since 5:30 am said that fifty kids showed up at 6 am and then it was pretty quiet until 11 am. Since then its been pretty full.

A Word of Caution

By Mike Kelly

Do not trust exit polls. Even Rasmussen, a polling website, agrees. In the past two elections, exit polls have been dramatically wrong.

In 2004, the exit polls made it look like John Kerry would be the next president. Exit polls in 2000 led to the ill-fated prediction that Al Gore would win Georgia and Tennessee.