Fight for college vote begins in Iowa City
Associated Press
Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: Features
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The epicenter of political activism in Iowa's largest college town is the retail level of a four-story brick apartment building at the corner of Gilbert and College Streets.
Tenants include the local presidential campaign offices for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Republican Rudolph Giuliani, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.
"When there was a tornado warning this summer and everyone had to go down to the parking ramp for shelter, people joked there was going to be a remake of `West Side Story,'" said Tia Upchurch-Freelove, 19, a leader of Students for Obama at the University of Iowa.
For now, however, the street fighting for the college vote is only starting to simmer, as the campaigns seek to harness voters whose activism often stops short of actual voting.
Tenants include the local presidential campaign offices for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Republican Rudolph Giuliani, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.
"When there was a tornado warning this summer and everyone had to go down to the parking ramp for shelter, people joked there was going to be a remake of `West Side Story,'" said Tia Upchurch-Freelove, 19, a leader of Students for Obama at the University of Iowa.
For now, however, the street fighting for the college vote is only starting to simmer, as the campaigns seek to harness voters whose activism often stops short of actual voting.
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