Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

Republican support in rural communities remains strong as rural voters’ influence statewide is declining
Once upon a time — say, way back in 2004 — overwhelming Republican Party support in rural Nevada offset the Democratic advantage in densely-populated Clark County. Swing county Washoe, Nevada’s second most populous, often determined who won statewide campaigns. John Kerry won [...]

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In Denver tonight Sen. Barack Obama will accept the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. Sen. Joe Biden accepted the nomination for vice president last night. Though neither has spent much time talking about immigration, it is sure to come up some time after the next president takes office. With that in mind, [...]

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As the Democratic National Convention continues in Denver, Democrats are working on a strategy to capture the votes of Latinos, one of this year’s most important electoral demographics. Simon Rosenberg, founder of the New Democrat Network (NDN), noted in a 2007 op-ed that
the American people have changed a great deal. In recent decades, America has [...]

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The Democratic National Convention commenced today, and it’s an occasion to take a look at the official Democratic platform (PDF) and what it has to say about immigration. Though party platforms don’t necessarily lead to much in the way of legislation, they indicate where the party stands on issues. This year the Democrats are taking [...]

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Lehman Brothers’ Managing Director Romita Shetty
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has appointed four co-chairs to the DNC’s new South Asian American Leadership Council, which will organize South Asian voters—and more importantly, campaign donors—during the 2008 election. The co-chairs are high-up in the financial and technical fields: they are New York investor bankers Parag Saxena, [...]

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