So now that we’ve elected our first African-American president, does that mean we can stop being so squeamish about race?
If we try harder.
Barack Obama’s election this week was a home run for racial equality, and Americans are feeling it. A recent Gallup Poll found two-thirds (a bigger number than those who voted for the Democrat) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2008 election’
11/5 Column: Remember why we elected you
Posted in Gazette Columns, tagged 2008 election on November 8, 2008 | Comments Off
Hello from yesterday, where the polls are still open and we’re waiting to hear who will emerge victorious from these elections.
With luck, all you over there in Wednesday have a newly elected body of lawmakers and are spending a lazy morning celebrating (or crying into your coffee as the case may be). Fingers crossed, you’re [...]
More Election Day scenes from IC students
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 election, University of Iowa on November 6, 2008 | Comments Off
Here are more Election Day scenes from Iowa City, courtesy of University of Iowa journalism students. Thanks to their instructors, Judy Polumbaum and M. Gigi Durham:
IC seniors vote
By Leigh Riggs
IOWA CITY — The warm November sun shone through Margaret Keyes’ white hair Tuesday as she took slow, tremorous steps toward the 16-passenger shuttle, her arm [...]
Obamaphoria
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 election on November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On my way to work today I ran into my neighbor – a precinct captain for now president-elect Barack Obama here in Iowa City. She looked like she couldn’t stop smiling if she wanted to. And she definitely didn’t want to.
It put those HOPE yard signs into perspective for me. Not a slogan but, for [...]
Iowa’s election results expected within hours
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 election, Sabrina Potirala on November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
By Sabrina Potirala
One hour until polls close and local results start becoming available. By 8 p.m., 31,594 Johnson County voters had cast Election Day ballots, including 2,681 same-day registrants, according to the auditor’s office.
State officials say they expect most preliminary statewide results by 11 p.m.
Iowa polling places converted to an all paper ballot system this year in an [...]
Final push at Repub HQ
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 election, Nolan McGowan on November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
Photo and story by Nolan McGowan
A volunteer inside Johnson County Republican Headquarters places a phone call to a household, reminding them to vote before the 9 p.m. poll closing.
CORALVILLE – Tension was the prevailing emotion at Johnson County Republican Headquarters this evening as volunteers and board members rushed to secure as many votes as possible [...]
Photo essay: Final push at Dem HQ
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 election, Alex Rolwes on November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
Photos and captions by Alex Rolwes
Joel Laarman, 30, (left) and fellow volunteer Katie Gaskill, 22, (right) sit outside Johnson County Democratic Headquarters dispatching incoming volunteers across the Iowa City area. “I’m looking forward to knowing I did everything I could in Iowa and and that volunteers can actually be successful,” Gaskill said.
Workers and volunteers at [...]
Services offered for homeless voters
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 election, Kyle Webb on November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
By Kyle Webb
IOWA CITY – Iowa City’s homeless aren’t necessarily voteless today.
Residents of the Iowa City Shelter House can use the house as their place of residence and vote at Horace Mann School, said Executive Director Crissy Canganelli.
“We’ve had voting registration materials available for a while now,” Canganelli said.
At University Hospitals, where patients from all over the [...]
A few more reasons to vote
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 election, Sarah Grady on November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
By Sarah Grady
IOWA CITY—Voters will be given more than a pat on the back today. Some professors and businesses in the area are offering extra incentives to turn out the vote.
Starbucks is offering a free tall coffee to voters today to encourage people to vote, according to Erin Frakes, store manager of Starbucks in Coralville. [...]
International students watch presidential race
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 election, Xin Feng on November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
By Xin Feng (Cynthia)
IOWA CITY – Though they can’t vote, billions of international spectators, including many of the University of Iowa’s 3,000 international students and scholars from over 110 countries, are watching today’s election.
“Whatever America does would drag the rest of the world,” said Gyorgy Toth, 32, from Hungry. Toth, who has been in the United States for almost [...]
