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Clinton landslide buries Bush
By The Associated Press
Bill Clinton was elected the
nation’s 42nd president on
Tuesday in a Democratic land
slide that swept George Bush from
office and ended 12 years of divided
government in Washington. The presi
dent-elect vowed to confront prob
lems “too long ignored,” from the
economy to AIDS and the environ
ment.
Bush wished the Arkansas gover
nor well and promised a smooth tran
sition of power.
“It’s over,” he whispered to his
wife, Barbara.
Voters were renewing Democratic
control of Congress and said pocket
book concerns had mattered most as
they chose a new generation of lead
ership.
Clinton appeared before a boister
ous crowd of thousands at an outdoor
rally in Little Rock, gathered to cheer
the first Democrat to win the While
House since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
“This election is a clarion call for
our country to face the challenges of
the end of the Cold
War and the be
ginning of the next
century,” he said.
“To restore
growth to our
country and op
portunity to our
people, to empower our own people
so they can take more responsibility
for their own lives.”
Clinton spoke on a flag-bedecked
platform, joined by his wife, Hillary,
their daughter Chelsea, and A1 Gore
and his family.
Clinton campaigned as a “differ
ent kind of Democrat” and pledged to
rebuild the economy. He built his
majority in all regions of the country
and settled matters in Oregon, Wash
ington and California, where he was
the first Democrat to prevail since
1964.
With 70 percent of the precincts
reporting, it was Clinton with 44 per
centof the vote, Bush with 39 percent
and Perot 18 percent.
The Associated Press tally showed
Clinton had won 349 electoral votes
and led for 21 more — far more than
the 270 needed to win the election.
Bush had 83 electoral votes and led in
slates for 82 more, a far cry from the
426 he compiled in 1988.
Clinton won customary Dcmo
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79% of nation’s precincts IP
reporting.
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Clinton
Sectorial vote:
349 with 29 states
Popular vote:
33,990,787 — 43%
■Bush i
Sectorial vote:
« 115 with 13 states
L, Popular vote:
*8 30,138,339 — 38%
Sectorial vote: 0
Popular vote:
Hi • 144255,113—18%
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Democratic supporters celebrate as President Bush concedes defeat to Gov. Bill Clinton Tuesday night during the
Democratic Party s election rally.
Kerrey, Exon
join students
at Democrats’
victory party
By Dionne Searcey
Senior Editor __
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln student
Pat Adams thought his vote for Bill
Clinton made a difference Tuesday,
even though President Bush swept Nebraska.
“My vote counted,” Adams said. “If I hadn't
voted, I wouldn t have known whether it did or
not.”
Adams, coordinator of UNL Students for
Clinton and Gore, joined the 30 percent of
Nebraskans who voted for Clinton with 99
percent of the stale’s pre
cincts reporting.In
Lancaster County, 39.29
percent voted for the Ar
kansas governor.
Tucsday’sshowdown was
the first presidential clcc
* , lion in which Adams, 20,
was old enough to vote.
“It fell really good to cast my vote today,”
Adams said. “When I was 16,1 was squirming
all day during the election because I really
wanted to vote.”
Adams and about 250 other happy, bever
age-toting Democrats partied in support of
Clinton at the Holiday Inn, 52nd Street and
Comhuskcr Highway. Democrats from local
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Nebraska voters approve term limits, lottery
Citizens Against
More Gambling
will continue fight
By Corey Russman
Staff Reporter
Nebraska voters approved a state
lottery Tuesday and pul “mil
lion -dol lar sm i les” on the faces
of the measure’s supporters.
With 99 percent of the state’s pre
cincts reporting, 62 percent of voters
approved Amend
ment 1A and 38
percent voted
against it. The
measure gives the
Nebraska Legis
lature the go
ahead to create a
state lottery.
In Lancaster County, 59.97 per
cent of voters approved the measure,
with 40.02 percent voting against it.
Randy Moody,campaign manager
for Friends of Education and the En
vironment, said he was excited be
cause “millions of dollars will stay in
the state, and the money will be spent
on worthwhile causes,” such as edu
cation and the environment.
“Every slate surrounding Nebraska
has one,” Moody said. “It’s about
time we had one.”
MembersofCitizens Against More
Gambling will continue to campaign
against the lottery by trying to influ
ence the Legislature, said Jim Bow
man, the group’s campaign coordina
tor.
Bowman said Nebraskans eventu
ally would lire of the lottery. He cited
a recent poll in Iowa that indicated
only 51 percent believed the lottery
still was beneficial.
John Janovy, a member of Friends
of Education and the Environment
and a biology professoral the Univer
sity of Ncbraska-Lincoln, said 50 per
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College students
will benefit from
407, author says
By Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Staff Reporter__
Nebraska voters Tuesday ap
proved tcrin limits lor state
legislators and members of the
U.S. Congress.
With 83 percent of the slate’s pre
cincts reporting, 68 percent of Ne
braskans had
voted for the mea
sure, and 32 per
cent had voted
against it.
Initiative 407
will limit U.S.
Senators to two
six-year terms, members of the House
of Representatives to four two-year
terms, and state legislators to eight
years in office.
Lancaster County voters approved
the measure by a 59.42 percent to
40.57 percent margin.
Ed Jaksha, member of the execu
tive committee of Nebraskans for
Term Limits and primary author of
the amendment, said he thought the
approval of Initiative 407 was a vic
tory for Nebraska.
“We’re delighted, of course,” he
said. “I think it’s a historic opportu
nity for change.”
Jaksha said he believed term limits
would open up government to people
who previously had been unable to
get elected to office. He said univer
sity students would be among those he
thought might benefit from the limits.
“We believe term limits will open
the choice and result in bringing rep
resentative government back to the
people,” Jaksha said. “We believe the
terms of our proposition will open our
doors to younger people, to people in
the university, people who have never
had a chance to run because incum
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