>From Bill Dickens:
William Dickens wrote:
>
> For some reason or other this never made it to the list as far as I can tell. Mainly
>FYI.
>
> Jim tells me that he is going to be speaking at GMU next Fall. I assume that you or
>Robin is behind that. - - Bill
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> Subject: Re: The Median Voter Theorem and Adoption Law
> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 13:55:53 -0500
> From: "William Dickens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >But politicians spend a lot of energy working on issues that no one has
> >ever lost an election on. To take one tiny example, both Bush and Gore
> >made a loud point about their support for the Community Reinvestment
> >Act. Who votes on that?
>
> A _lot_ more people than vote on adoption laws. In particular there are a lot of
>Hispanic community development organizations that can deliver a lot of votes for whom
>this was a touchstone issue. Look deep enough at any issue that gets a lot of
>attention and you will find either a broad interest in the issue or a narrow but
>important constituency. Otherwise the issue would be ignored.
> - - Bill
>
> William T. Dickens
> The Brookings Institution
> 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
> Washington, DC 20036
> Phone: (202) 797-6113
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For some reason or other this never made it to the list as far as I can tell. Mainly
FYI.
Jim tells me that he is going to be speaking at GMU next Fall. I assume that you or
Robin is behind that. - - Bill
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>But politicians spend a lot of energy working on issues that no one has
>ever lost an election on. To take one tiny example, both Bush and Gore
>made a loud point about their support for the Community Reinvestment
>Act. Who votes on that?
A _lot_ more people than vote on adoption laws. In particular there are a lot of
Hispanic community development organizations that can deliver a lot of votes for whom
this was a touchstone issue. Look deep enough at any issue that gets a lot of
attention and you will find either a broad interest in the issue or a narrow but
important constituency. Otherwise the issue would be ignored.
- - Bill
William T. Dickens
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 797-6113
FAX: (202) 797-6181
E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AOL IM: wtdickens
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