Vol 116— Issue 21
Huntsville, Texas
SPORTS
Women’s soccer team heads to playoffs
Thursday, November 4, 2010
FEATURE PRESENTATION SHSU Junior Fellows to hose second annual “Legends of Hollywood”
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INDEX
Entertainment........page 5
Viewpoints................page 2
Special...................page 6
Campus..........,......page 3
Sports....................page 7
Lifestyle................page 4
Special...................page 6
Red tide floods nation
Republican Party gains majority in the House, Democrats retain Senate By Stephen Green Senior Reporter
Election day saw a two-thirds drop in young voters, aged 18 to 19, when compared to the 2008 presidential and congressional elections. On Tuesday, only 20 percent of young voters showed up to the polls. In 2008, during the time that Pres. Barack Obama was running his campaign, 66 percent of young voters participated. One student said part of the reason why he didn’t vote was because it wasn’t a presidential election. “I think the candidates weren’t as well know and the media outlets were basically limited to t.v. compared to presidential elections being on FaceBook, etc,” senior, broadcast journalism major Terry Thomas said. “It was an important election for sure and I didn’t vote, but I didn’t feel as strongly about this one,” he said. “Sadly, it may prevent our president from making any progress.” Erica Williams, deputy director of Progress 2050 and a senior adviser to Campus Progress, said in an interview on CNN that the Democrats should try to woo that demographic.
“Ironically, [young voters] often labeled fickle and a strong minority in the Senate will further and impatient have remained solidly committed weaken legislative power of the Democratic to the agenda of change they overwhelmingly Party. voted for in 2008,” Williams said. “Yet this analogy rests on a selective Williams said that this was in the face of memory of what happened after 1994, which is high unemployment particularly surprising and circumstances that from someone should make it hard to who worked in the “It was an important election resist change. administration,” Zelizer “Young voters sent for sure and I didn’t vote, but said. “The period a very clear message I didn’t feel as strongly about that followed those of support for Obama's midterms was among agenda,” Williams this one,” he said. “Sadly, it the most contentious said. “Fifty-eight in recent American percent of voters age may prevent our president from politics.” 18 to 24 voted for making any progress.” Obama said Democrats compared Wednesday in a press --SHSU student Terry Thomas conference that he to 39 percent for Republicans.” heard the message However, a youth vote was not enough to America sent and is ready to work with the prevent Republicans from taking the House of GOP, especially with job creation. Representatives. The GOP now hold 238 seats "I've got to take direct responsibility for the compared to 197 seats now controlled by the fact that we have not made as much progress as Democratic Party. we need to make,” Obama said. "If, right now, Julian Zelizer, author and professor of history we had 5 percent unemployment instead of and public affairs at Princeton University, said 9.6 percent unemployment, then people would on CNN that Republican control of the House have more confidence in those policy choices.”
Kendall Scudder, vice president of the Bearkat Democrats said he holds the same expectations for the Republican Party as was held for the Democratic Party during the last four years. “If the entire world isn’t prepared in two years, then they haven’t done their job, and it will be the Democrats turn again in 2012,” Scudder said. “We’ll be back.” He placed a call to John Boehner, House minority leader and heir apparent to the Speaker of the House, congratulating him. Obama also said that he is ready to “find common ground, move the country forward and get things done for the American people.” In addition to the races across the nation, Republicans easily took a majority of races across the state. Republicans control 22 House seats, compared to nine projected seats for the Democrats. A closer race was that of the governor. Two-term incumbent Rick Perry (R) was challenged by former Houston mayor Bill White (D). — See DAY, page 3
Percentages reflect current seats held by each party.
Percentages reflect overall partisan votes cast in Texas.
Percentages reflect overall votes cast in the 8th Congressional District including Walker County. Jared Wolf | The Houstonian