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With the impending election in November of race riots '95 in '96
decades ago,
after a series
1996, political discussions were abundant. in Los •
Angeles, rev1ew
Hotly debated issues, many stemming from Newark and
Detroit, that a by Michelle Lee and Mary Peterson
the Clinton/Congress strife, included the committee
began to use
government shutdown, U.S. involvement in race-based Gen. Colin Powell, a 58-year-old career Army officer, was
programs to
improve the national security officer under President Reagan and wa
Bosnia, and affirmative action. lives of appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Presider
blacks. It Bush. He came to natonal attention during the Persian Gulf We
against Iraq and never left the public eye. Although he ruled OL
was called
adi.oA?
Au !JiliLJt»i. Cll1 ag.tUn4t. ~ affi rm ative running for the president as a Democrat, he said he was alway
For: 38.3% "95% of ALL management is white male. 80% of Congress is action. But in attracted to politics and early in the presidential campaign h
white. There need to be more minorities in high-paying jobs." 1995-96, looked very much like a candidatE
Against: 57.4% "It's racist and sexist. Giving someone a job because of affirmative
their race or sex is just as bad as not giving them the job because of it. " action plans
Don't know: 4.3% began to get
weaker. The
Supreme
Court issued
decisions
making it
harder to
justify giving
minorities
and women
preferences
in the
awarding of
federal
contracts;
and the
Clinton
Administration
was re-
evaluating
federal
affirmative
action
programs.
llo. !JAIL thi.nJc. tlu. u.s.. ~4f4Um. it. t44luaWat?
Yes: 91.8%
What needs to be done about it? "Create time limits and education
programs to give people the opportunity and motivation to get jobs and help
themselves."
No: 8.2% "We need to help poor people."

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Yes: 70% "It would raise revenues without taxing."
No: 26.7%"Nebraska doesn't need a generation of gambling addicts who
spend family money on gambling."
Don't care: 3.3% "A guy with Peaceable Texans for
an. a.luvrtUut.. fill& !JAIL~ C111p1&4- Guns called me the other day to so~
cluUu.?
Male pro-life: 52.2% he was going to kill me.·
Male pro-choice: 43.5%
Male undecided: 4.3% --Keith Oakley. who wonts a state
Female pro-life: 38.5%
Female pro-choice: 59% referendum on whether to allow
Female undecided: 2.5%
citizens to corry concealed weopon5

politics
Au !JAIL 1M gun. C4lltlud?
Male yes: 54.5% "The crime rate would go down."
Male no: 45.5% "It only disarms law-abiders."
Female yes: 93% "There are accidental shootings in
homes; common people don't know gun safety."
Unless otherwise noted. pholos by R M Pholo Services Female no: 7%
Quoles from Rolling Stone magazine, Issue 724n2S
• denoles survey question from Sassy magazine, Dec. 1995