Caroline Kennedy's Voting Record

Posted by Matt Stoller, Open Left at 9:45 AM on December 19, 2008.

"City Board of Elections records show Kennedy has failed to vote in many elections since she registered in the city in 1988."

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City Board of Elections records show Kennedy has failed to vote in many elections since she registered in the city in 1988 - including votes for the Senate seat she hopes to fill and numerous Democratic faceoffs for mayor.
"It doesn't speak to a deep-felt commitment to the electoral process," Baruch College political scientist Doug Muzzio said when told of Kennedy's ballot breakdowns.
Records show Kennedy did not pull the lever for any of her fellow Democrats in city primary races for mayor in 1989, 1993 and 1997 and 2005, which Republicans went on to win three out of four times in the general election.
She was also AWOL for the primary and general elections in 1994, when Sen. Daniel Moynihan was running for reelection to the seat Kennedy hopes to hold.

The New York Daily News is kind of scummy, so I'm curious how she handles this. So far, the PR campaign of Caroline Kennedy isn't looking so hot. Well, not when she has to deal with the public, anyways.

Tagged as: voting, senate, hillary clinton, new york, caroline kennedy, decmocracy

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