The 2012 election was historic for more than just the reelection of the nation’s first black president. “2012 will be the last campaign where one of the major parties seeks to get elected solely with the white vote,” David Bositis, senior political analyst for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies said Wednesday in […]
A protest against the re-election of President Barack Obama got out of hand at the University of Mississippi, and officials say racial slurs were tossed in a crowd that grew to about 400 students after rumors spread that a riot had broken out. Two arrests were reported but university officials say there were no injuries […]
*President Obama appeared to wipe a tear away during the last stop of his 2012 presidential campaign Monday night with an emotional appeal to voters in the state that started it all, asking Iowans to help him finish what he started four years ago. “We have made real progress over these last four years,” the […]
Campaigning for President Obama in the critical state of Ohio, Stevie Wonder made an unannounced visit to Cleveland on Sunday, where he did a street concert for a small crowd of 50 people near the busy Cuyahoga County early voting site. According to the Washington Post, Wonder told the audience: “I would like you to […]
Long lines at polling places have been a familiar sight this week, but two hours in line is nothing compared to how long one Fort Myers, Florida woman chose to wait. For the first time in her 99 years of life, Rosie Lewis cast a ballot. “She’s an amazing person. 99-years-old and still has her […]
EEW MAGAZINE:: POLITICS Earlier this year, First Lady Michelle Obama sat down for a chat with Cory “CoCo Brother” Condrey, host of BET’s Lift Every Voice during the second anniversary celebration of Let’s Move!, her nationwide campaign to end childhood obesity. Now, with just 5 days to go before Election Day, Mrs. O is headed back to BET […]
Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted acknowledged “losing” more than 30,000 registration updates, meaning these voters could be disenfranchised. According to Husted, the loss is due to a computer error which prevented the updates from being recorded by the Secretary of State’s office, The Advancement Project reported Thursday. A new CNN/ORC International Poll shows […]
In a mid-October campaign survey released Tuesday, at least 40% of young people of color report not being sure of important state voting laws. The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE), Tufts University’s preeminent youth research organization, Tuesday released results of a nationally-representative youth poll on knowledge of state voting […]
108-year-old South Carolina native Joanna Jenkins has never voted before and doesn’t have an official state ID, but she didn’t let that stop her from participating for the first time in a presidential election. “She’s just excited, she wants to vote this year, we were looking at the election, and as the debates were going […]
Ohio is emerging as THE battleground state in 2012, and according to Democrats, the state’s Republican leaders are looking to stack the deck by suppressing minority turnout, with tactics that have included attempts to curtail early voting. TheGrio’s Joy Reid sat down with State Senator Nina Turner to discuss efforts to get out the vote […]
The Reverend Al Sharpton urged congregants at The New Birth Baptist Church to take advantage of early voting. His sermon was part of a statewide campaign to bus African Americans from church to early voting sites. Historically, black churches vote in groups on the Sunday before election day. “What we are doing here is preserving […]
President Barack Obama made a 19-minute speech after Air Force One landed on the tarmac at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland. Among his remarks: “…knock on some doors with me…we’re going to finish what we started…we will win Cuyahoga County…we will win Ohio…” “…you can choose a foreign policy from Gov. Romney that is reckless […]
