Archive for the ‘Election Coverage’ Category
Two-thirds of voters aged 18 to 29 voted for Obama, making it “an incredible tilt that we’ve never seen before,” said Peter Levine, director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
Tags: 2008 election, Obama, youth vote
Posted in Election Coverage, News, Student Life
Despite a high youth turnout last Tuesday, some political experts are wondering if the youth will remain politically active or just become a blip at the voting booth.
Eric Herzik, a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, said the spike in interest was due to a well-run campaign by President-elect Barack Obama. According to a CNN exit poll, 68 percent of young voters chose Obama, while 30 percent chose Se. John McCain.
Tags: 2008 elections, Barack Obama, president elect, youth vote
Posted in Election Coverage, News
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama accepted the presidency of the United States of America Tuesday night, bringing tears of joy to some University of Nevada, Reno students and disappointment to others.
Posted in Breaking News, Election Coverage, News
Watch the live blog of the election night, complete with polling information from several of the nation's top news organizations, up to the minute state results and reports from the Republican and Democratic watch parties.
Posted in Breaking News, Election Coverage
The past two years of presidential races have been building up toward Tuesday. Millions of dollars have been spent, thousands of volunteers across the country have knocked on doors and made phone calls, and candidates from both major political parties have repeatedly swept through the area.
Tags: 2008 election, election, McCain, nevada, Obama, president
Posted in Election Coverage, News
Outside of the Joe Crowley Student Union, Brian Parcon is one of the volunteers repeating one question:
“Have you voted yet?”
The 18-year-old political science major knows historically, young voters don’t turn out to vote. He knows the pundits predict apathy from his age group.
But he thinks they’re wrong.
Tags: Barack Obama, Obama, politics, Washoe County voters, youth vote
Posted in Election Coverage, News
Barry Belmont, John Russell and Alyssa Cowan, members of the University of Nevada, Reno Students for Liberty, began setting up their campaign table while Barack Obama supporters shot glared at them while manning their own table a few feet away.
Tags: 2008 elections, No vote, Students of Liberty
Posted in Election Coverage, News
For about 30 years, celebrity opinion has taken off, especially when voiced in the political arena.
The opinion becomes highly visible and occasionally divisive, but rarely makes-or-breaks an election, Stacy Gordon, a University of Nevada, Reno political science professor, said.
She said they help to get people excited for an event but do little else.
Tags: 2008 election, Barack Obama, celebrity endorsements, Kal Penn
Posted in Election Coverage, Media, News
During both of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama’s recent University of Nevada, Reno campaign stops, thousands packed the venues, drawing national media attention.
For UNR, the recognition means a lot. It strengthens programming, increases student recruitment and could lead to better rankings in national reports, UNR spokeswoman Jane Tors said.
Tags: 2008 election, Barack Obama, candidate, democrat, Election Coverage, presidential
Posted in Election Coverage, News
Nevada’s voters may be focused on which presidential ticket they will vote for come Election Day, but political experts said voters need to remember the importance of state and local races this year.
“You see voters come in every four years, and they vote for president and Congress, but they won’t vote for the state legislature,” said Kenneth Fernandez, a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Tags: 2008 election, Dean Heller, Jill Derby, Nevada election, Nevada elections, politics, state elections, youth vote
Posted in Election Coverage, News
In his second visit to the University of Nevada, Reno within a month, Sen. Barack Obama mocked his opponent Sen. John McCain and discussed plans to revive the economy to a crowd of about 11,000 people.
Tags: 2008 election, Barack Obama, ECONOMY, election, general election, John McCain, Obama, Peccole Park, stump speech, UNR
Posted in Breaking News, Election Coverage, Media, News, Podcast
What: Sen. Barack Obama
When: 7:30 a.m. Saturday
Where: Peccole Park
Tags: battle ground, candidate, democrat, election, electoral, McCain, nevada, nominee, Nov. 4, Obama, politics, president, presidential, republican, speech, stump, swing state
Posted in Breaking News, Election Coverage, News
Former President Bill Clinton listed three jobs on Monday that the next president of the United States must do.
The next president must restore confidence in the economy, the American dream and America’s standing in the world, he said during his Reno stump speech for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Obama, Reno speech
Posted in Breaking News, Election Coverage, News
