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Perhaps John McCain wants to save the best for last.On the last day of his campaign, the presidential Republican nominee will visit one of America’s newest swing states: Indiana.
As the economy has come to the forefront of the presidential election, IU experts say neither John McCain nor Barack Obama’s economic plan alone is enough to fix everything.
Junior Tiffany Fick knows when America will really be ready for a black president. Fick, president of the Black Student Union, said when racism is really gone, “he doesn’t have to be Barack Obama ‘the first black president,’ but just Barack Obama, ‘the president.’” There are few times in history when race did not matter: the Olympics and 9/11, said Eric Love, director of diversity education at IU.
Junior Tiffany Fick knows when America will really be ready for a black president. Fick, president of the Black Student Union, said when racism is really gone, “he doesn’t have to be Barack Obama ‘the first black president,’ but just Barack Obama, ‘the president.’” There are few times in history when race did not matter: the Olympics and 9/11, said Eric Love, director of diversity education at IU.
In just one week, the polls surrounding the political world for months won’t matter anymore.But until then, politicians depend on them, and voters use them to determine how important their vote will be.Monday’s daily Gallup poll of likely voters gives Democratic nominee Barack Obama a 50 percent to 45 percent edge over Republican nominee John McCain. CNN’s latest average of national polls shows Obama up 51 to 43.But the reliability of those polls is more complicated than voters may realize.
INDIANAPOLIS - Democratic nominee Barack Obama won’t give up on Indiana. The Illinois senator addressed 35,000 cheering Hoosiers on Thursday in his seventh visit since the May primary, promising voters that if elected, he would fix the economy. Hoosiers turned out in sub-40 degree temperatures, some waiting since 7 a.m. for the rally Thursday at the American Legion Mall in downtown Indianapolis.SLIDESHOW: Obama in IndyPODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
INDIANAPOLIS- Democratic nominee Barack Obama won’t give up on Indiana. The Illinois senator addressed 35,000 cheering Hoosiers on Thursday in his seventh visit since the May primary, promising voters that if elected he would fix the economy.
Democrats in Indiana are pulling out all the stops, sending Democratic nominee Barack Obama back to Indianapolis today for his 47th visit to the state this year and seventh since the May primary.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. – In a venue typically reserved for rock stars, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin nearly filled the Verizon Wireless Music Center, addressing about 20,000 Hoosier supporters on Friday.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind.- In a venue typically reserved for rock stars, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin held her own Friday, addressing nearly 20,000 supportive Hoosiers at Verizon Wireless Music Center. Campaigning for presidential Republican nominee John McCain, the vice-presidential candidate spent just as much time sh
Can Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin draw 24,000 Hoosiers to her rally Friday? “You betcha.”
In a roomful of highly partisan voters, senior Jared Schneider was alone. The undecided voter watched Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain battle against each other on negative campaigning and the faltering economy for 90 minutes, yet still couldn’t make up his mind. About 125 students gathered to watch the final face-off between Obama and McCain on Wednesday in the Indiana Memorial Union’s Whittenberger Auditorium. But it was clear nearly every student there had already cast their vote in their mind, laughing and mocking the other party’s candidate throughout the debate. PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
For the third and final time, Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain will face off tonight. But this time it might take some convincing for the candidates to gain the interest of IU students.
Congressman Baron Hill, D-9th, toured the Bloomington campus Sunday afternoon – knocking on doors and speaking with supporters at the Monroe County Democratic Headquarters, Teter Quad and finally Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Hill is running for re-election against Republican Mike Sodrel, who held the seat from 2004 to 2006.SLIDESHOW: Hill in Bloomington
About 300 other motorcyclists, were part of the American Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE) charity ride featuring Gov. Mitch Daniels that made a stop in Bloomington on Friday at the local Harley-Davidson dealership.SLIDESHOW: Daniels in Bloomington
It was just five months ago that graduate student Alicia Keebaugh was a raving Hillary Clinton supporter.She spent hours making fliers, organizing volunteers and convincing voters during the primary season that Clinton not only had strong stances on the issues, but a plan to make them happen. But eventually it became clear that Clinton wouldn’t be on the ballot in November.Now, Keebaugh plans to cast her vote for Republican nominee John McCain.Keebaugh represents a group of IU students who formerly supported Clinton but have somewhat lost interest in an election without her.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
In baseball, a tie always goes to the runner. In debates, a tie goes to the frontrunner.Using that logic, professors in IU’s political science department said Tuesday night’s presidential debate was a tie, which favored Democratic nominee Barack Obama who has surged ahead in the polls in recent weeks.
A recent bout of television spots featuring Republican presidential nominee John McCain have led some to believe the presidential nominee is starting to pay more attention to Indiana. With less than five weeks until the election, the Republican National Committee decided to spend $5 million on the ads in six total states, including Indiana. While Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s campaign has poured millions of dollars into this historically conservative state, Republicans had yet to respond until this week.
After Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin finished the vice-presidential debate Thursday night, junior Justin Hill, chairman of IU Students for John McCain, relaxed. Palin had passed the test. “I think she had two big goals tonight,” Hill said. “One, that she had to come across as still being Sarah Palin – that she could be herself. That she could connect with Americans.”
Ted Carmines has been teaching a course on the presidential election every four years for the last 30. The political science professor remembers the last time the state of Indiana voted for the Democratic nominee: 1964, the year almost everyone did. Lyndon B. Johnson won by a landslide, defeating Republican Barry Goldwater, who won only six states. Carmines said this is the point in the presidential election where normally the Republican nominee would be ahead by 10 to 15 points in Indiana.
