::Tuesday, August 24, 2004::
WILL HIP-HOP STEAL ELECTION 2004?
..The Hip-hop summit's initiative to register young voters to make sure they vote in November should be commended at least for the effort they are putting. It remains doubtful, however, whether it will make much of a difference what with the heavily polarized election ever to occur in this country. The initiative has an understandable anti-Bush slant. The entertainment industry is decidedly liberal and the dominance of blacks and minorities in hip-hop presents a double whammy to the president. Democrats should not bring out the victory champaigne just yet and Republicans know this. The election will be decided not by the popular vote but by the electoral college where states represent a certain number of electoral votes based on population and representation. If Democrats learned the lesson of 2000, they are wise not to pin their hopes on entertainers who are more conscious of tv air time than actual pressing of the flesh. The election will be won by volunteers who are out everyday knocking on doors, distributing leaflets and talking to people. The party that listens more and connects with voters' problems will win the election.
