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Nov. 5, 1980 | Reagan triumphs over Carter easily

Ronald Wilson Reagan, a one-time movie actor turned politician, captured the highest office in the land yesterday, battering Jimmy Carter throughout the country to become the 40th President of the United States.The popular vote was less close than had been expected, but the real surprise of the day came in the electoral count, where Reagan scored a stunning victory.As of 2 a.m., Reagan had garnered 452 electoral votes, to Carter?s 45.

Nov. 10, 2000 | SUNSHINE VOTES

With the results of one of the closest American presidential elections in history hinging on the state of Florida, some University students who hail from the Sunshine State are kicking themselves over and over again for not exercising their constitutional right to vote.?I didn?t, and I feel like a complete idiot for doing that,? said Devon Keefe ?01, who calls Orange County, Fla.

Princetonians, Democrats win big in New Jersey races

Senate | LautenbergSen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) has been elected to a fifth term in office, beating Republican challenger Dick Zimmer.Lautenberg has represented New Jersey in the senate for all but two of the last 26 years.In his campaign, Lautenberg had positioned himself has an opponent to the policies of the Bush administration.

Big faculty donors for this election cycle

All eyes turn to Michelle Obama '85

Michelle Obama ?85?s college friend, Hilary Beard ?84, was at dinner one night when a white student from her RCA group called something ?nigger-rigged.? Beard, who is African American, stared at him for a few moments before asking, ?What did you just say??In 1981, the year Michelle began her studies, Princeton was not an easy environment for an African American.

Amid Obama euphoria, Republican students reflect on loss

At the onset of a historic election day, pessimism was brewing among campus Republicans, as chances of a victory for Sen.

Nov. 4, 1964 | LBJ sweeps nation

President Johnson?s sweeping defeat of Sen. Goldwater was evident early last evening ? and the President?s margin kept growing all night long.Soon after the polls closed on the Eastern seaboard, it became clear that Mr. Johnson would celebrate an unprecedented victory in the six New England states.Thereafter the Johnson bandwagon rolled from Vermont, which had never before in its history given its support to a Democratic Presidential candidate, to California, which gave its 50 electoral votes to Richard Nixon in 1960.Technically, the election was over at 10:11 p.m.

Thrill of voting for the first time undampened by rain

The risk of soggy campaign posters didn?t stop three teenagers from the Princeton Friends School from standing at a curb near the Trinity Church polling station late Tuesday afternoon.

Professors predict Obama landslide

A panel of four Wilson School and politics department faculty members correctly predicted Tuesday evening that Sen.

Nov. 7, 1984 | Reagan wins big

President Reagan swept to an overwhelming reelection victory yesterday, garnering 525 electoral votes as of late last night, but Republicans struggled to ride his coattails toward a working majority in Congress.Democratic candidate Walter Mondale appeared to be winning a total of only 13 electoral votes ? Minnesota and the District of Columbia ? in a race that represents the greatest margin of victory since Nixon?s defeat of McGovern in 1972.The three major television networks predicted a landslide Regan victory of 59 percent to 41 percent of the popular vote at about 8:15 p.m.

Obama triumphs in historic election

As Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) captured a resounding victory Tuesday night, becoming the nation's first African-American president, Princeton students who lined up at polling places and sent in absentee ballots had their role in making history.As of press time, Obama had won 349 electoral votes, surpassing Sen.

Jeff Merkley '82 still in tight race

Oregon Speaker of the House Jeff Merkley GS ?82 (D-Ore.) was running neck-and-neck with incumbent U.S.

Princetonians from sea to shining sea

Mitch Daniels ?71 (R-Ind.)

Nov. 9, 1960 | Kennedy win expected, but welcomed

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Nov. 7, 1968 | Nixon victorious

Hubert H Humphrey conceded the presidential election to Richard M. Nixon shortly after noon yesterday to end one of the closest elections in history.Earlier, two of the major networks had given Illinois?s 26 electoral votes to Nixon, thus raising his unofficial total to 290 ? 20 more than a majority.Although Humphrey apparently won in two other doubtful states, Texas and Missouri, his total of 203 electoral votes, combined with the 45 votes won by George C.

Majority of University community states support for Obama, according to poll

Roughly 79 percent of University undergraduates preferred Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president, according to a poll recently conducted by Nassau Research, a new student-run research organization.The poll, which invited 1,000 randomly selected undergraduates to complete an online survey, was conducted from Oct.

Cormen '78 gets active in New Hampshire town

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Tilghman: No University budget changes

Though the economic downturn has affected the University?s endowment and financial aid packages, there are no plans to change the operating budget for the current academic year, President Tilghman said at a faculty meeting in Nassau Hall on Monday afternoon.The University is prepared for difficult times, Tilghman said, adding that ?we have a cushion.?The endowment increased by 5.6 percent in the 2007-08 fiscal year, keeping Princeton among the American universities with the largest endowments.

Ho '09 found in San Francisco - Updated: 10:22 p.m.

Wei Ho ?09, who had been missing since the early morning hours of Oct. 31, has been found ?safe and unharmed? in San Francisco, according to a campus safety alert issued Tuesday afternoon. Ho was found by the San Francisco Police Department, which Public Safety contacted after its investigation revealed that Ho was in the San Francisco area, the alert said, adding that ?there was no foul play involved in this case and Ho?s parents are now with him in San Francisco.? The computer science concentrator from Chamblee, Ga., was located around noon Tuesday, Public Safety director Steven Healy said. Public Safety issued an alert on Saturday requesting information on Ho?s whereabouts from the campus community. While Public Safety has previously conducted missing persons investigations, issuing a campus-wide alert was unusual, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ?96 said in an interview on Sunday. ?We deal with folks who are concerned about their friends?, family members? and colleagues? and peers? [whereabouts] all the time.

Faculty gives largely to Obama

Roughly 97 percent of reported University faculty and staff donations in this current presidential election cycle went to Democratic candidates and causes, and roughly 76 percent of the total reported donations went to Sen.