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• The Daily Report

  How Did Cities Vote In The Primaries?

  Jeffrey Hill | Thu, May 29th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, obama, clinton, economy, 2008, mccain, primaries, vote, city vote, urban vote, primary results, urban statistics | 2

  As the grueling 2008 presidential primaries near the homestretch, countless studies claw at statistics to determine who will be helping George W. Bush pack up the U-Haul this January. As urban issues have largely been ignored, so have the urban vote statistics. We’ve compiled a list of how America’s major cities voted in the primaries, plus some interesting trends. 

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• The Daily Report

  Beyond the Ballot and into the Roots of the Far East

  Jennifer Kim | Fri, May 2nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: education, pennsylvania, primaries, asian community | 0

  With such a strong presence as a minority group, why don’t more Asian Americans turn up for elections? Asian Americans’ small participation in the political arena can be seen as stemming from their cultural backgrounds. Jennifer Kim reports.

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• Headlines

  Microfinance in Queens, itinerant artists, Obamania in Milwaukee, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Thu, Feb 21st, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: meredith aska mcbride, hillary clinton, san francisco, barack obama, election 2008, primaries, las vegas, mike huckabee, dubai, jackson heights, mohammad yunus, itinerant artists, voting gap, sex offenders, subway | 0

  Voting gap divides the parties

  “In Tuesday’s election, 73% of those who went to the polls voted in the Democratic primary, to 27% on the GOP side—a huge difference in a state that in November 2004 was decided by about 11,400 votes."To be sure, the race between Obama and Hillary Clinton was more meaningful than the all-but-wrapped up Republican battle between McCain and Mike Huckabee. And that may have served as a magnet for independents and crossover voters.”

  Mohammad Yunus…

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• Headlines

  High-rises cause crime? Turning to Texas, lack of focus on urban issues, treehugging, fo

  David Anderson | Wed, Feb 20th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: david anderson, crime, election 2008, primaries, ohio, inflation, texas, urban issues, consumer prices, micro-uav, miami, high rises, tree planting, lunar eclipse, law enforcement | 0

  Knocking Down High Rises Stops Crime! Or not.

  “OK, so, you take away two-thirds of the people of Richard Allen (and in fact, probably take away more than 2/3rds of the original residents, given many projects become mixed income), and you lose.... 2/3rds of the crime. Not to be a jerk, but doesn’t that sort of imply that, at the end of the day, as absolutely crappy and terrible as these huge projects were, crime might not have been caused by architecture, but instead by the fact that…

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