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Who Voted and Why? A Roundtable Discussion on the Ethnic,
Religious and Social Makeup of Voters in the Elections
Coalition of Antiwar, Veteran Groups Launching National Movement
to Impeach Bush and Cheney
Who Voted and Why? A Roundtable Discussion on the
Ethnic, Religious and Social Makeup of Voters in the Elections
Exit polls are showing significant shifts in voting patterns
among the electorate. Democrats succeeded in winning back
some religious voters who had voted solidly Republican in
the last few elections. For the first time since 1996, a majority
of Florida Latinos voted Democrat. Young voters had a huge
increase in turnout with two million more young people voting
on Tuesday than in the 2002. And African American voter turnout
made the difference in tight races like Missouri and Virginia.
We host a roundtable discussion. [includes rush
transcript]
Today, we take a look at who voted and why. Voter turnout
for Tuesday's election was one of the highest for a mid-term
election in recent years. It is estimated that over 40 percent
of eligible voters cast ballots in an election that gave Democrats
control of both houses of Congress for the first time in twelve
years. Democrats also gained six governorships and three-hundred
state legislative seats around the country.
Exit polls are showing significant shifts in voting patterns
among the electorate. Democrats succeeded in winning back
some religious voters who had voted solidly Republican in
the last few elections. And - for the first time since 1996
- a majority of Florida Latinos voted Democrat. Young voters
had a huge increase in turn-out - with two million more young
people voting on Tuesday than in the 2002. And African American
voter turn-out made the difference in tight races like Missouri
and Virginia.
Today, a roundtable discussion on the ethnic, religious and
social makeup of voters in the 2006 mid-term elections.
- Kathleen Barr Media Coordinator for Young
Voter Strategies which was involved in registering half
a million new young voters.
- Kirk Clay, is Director of the Electoral College Reform
Project at Common
Cause. Previously, he was Deputy Director of the National
Coalition on Black Civic Participation. Common Cause is
a member of that coalition.
Coalition of Antiwar, Veteran Groups Launching National
Movement to Impeach Bush and Cheney
A coalition of groups are meeting near Independence Hall
in Philadelphia on Saturday to announce plans to mobilize
a national movement to impeach President Bush and Vice President
Dick Cheney. We speak with former New York Congressmember
Elizabeth Holtzman, who played a key role in the committee
investigating Watergate, and we speak with Pentagon whistleblower
Daniel Ellsberg. [includes rush
transcript]
On Saturday, a coalition of groups are meeting near Independence
Hall in Philadelphia to announce plans to mobilize a national
movement to impeach President Bush and Vice President Dick
Cheney.
Groups backing the effort include Progressive Democrats of
America, CodePink, Gold Star Families for Peace and Veterans
for Peace.
While the pro-impeachment movement has received little media
attention, polls show growing numbers support for Congress
to take such action.
A recent Newsweek poll found 51 percent of all Americans
- including 20 percent of Republicans - feel impeachment should
be on the table.
But it appears the new Democrat-led Congress will not take
up the issue. Nancy Pelosi, who is set to become House Speaker,
was asked about it on Wednesday during her first press conference
since the mid-term election.
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D - CA), Democratic Congressional
leader.
There is support for impeachment in the House. Over three
dozen Democrats in Congress have publicly supported an inquiry
into possible impeachable offenses by the Bush administration.
The list includes John Conyers of Michigan who is positioned
to become chair of the House Judiciary Committee.
To talk more about impeachment, the mid-term elections and
the war in Iraq, we are joined by two guests: Elizabeth Holtzman
and Daniel Ellsberg.
- Elizabeth Holtzman, served four terms in Congress, where
she played a key role in House impeachment proceedings against
President Richard Nixon. She is co-author of the new book
"The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide
for Concerned Citizens." She will be speaking in Philadelphia
on Saturday at the pro-impeachment rally.
- Daniel Ellsberg, may be the country's best known whistleblower.
He leaked to the press the Pentagon Papers, the 7,000 page
top-secret study of U.S. decision making in Vietnam. This
set in motion actions that would eventually topple the Nixon
presidency. He recently published an article in Harpers
magazine about Iran. It is called "The Next War."
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