You expected: Barack Obama Your recommendation: Barack Obama
Party: Democratic
Born: 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii
Family: wife and two daughters
Career: Business International Corporation; NYPIRG; attorney and constitutional law lecturer
Political career: Member of the Illinois State Senate from the 13th district, 1997-2004. Incumbent Junior Senator from Illinois since 2005
Hot topic: Universal healthcare
Meanwhile, you're getting election posters in Oxford because there are expatriate American voters resident in Oxford. One of the highest civilian concentrations outside London. Unlike the bankers here in London, they tend to be politically-engaged... Although, being academics, somewhat liberal-leaning.
Also, the parties will spend a great deal on campaigning with the Rhodes scholars and may even go to the lengths of canvassing them individually: these people are an important constituency of future opinion-formers. Those that aren't already party members and attached to one of the candidates' personal retinues, of course: Rhodes scholars tend to be very, very politically engaged. Outside that meritocratic elite, the American students we see in Oxford are likely to come from backgrounds so priveleged as to be effectively an aristocracy; a vote's a vote, and getting in there early may well secure a lifetime of substantial campaign donations.
Then there's the tourists: never give 'em a moment's peace - visiting voters can still be bombarded with campaign material.
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Date: 2008-01-18 04:08 pm (UTC)Meanwhile, you're getting election posters in Oxford because there are expatriate American voters resident in Oxford. One of the highest civilian concentrations outside London. Unlike the bankers here in London, they tend to be politically-engaged... Although, being academics, somewhat liberal-leaning.
Also, the parties will spend a great deal on campaigning with the Rhodes scholars and may even go to the lengths of canvassing them individually: these people are an important constituency of future opinion-formers. Those that aren't already party members and attached to one of the candidates' personal retinues, of course: Rhodes scholars tend to be very, very politically engaged. Outside that meritocratic elite, the American students we see in Oxford are likely to come from backgrounds so priveleged as to be effectively an aristocracy; a vote's a vote, and getting in there early may well secure a lifetime of substantial campaign donations.
Then there's the tourists: never give 'em a moment's peace - visiting voters can still be bombarded with campaign material.