Just aired a piece about Obama punching up his numbers with "working class".
some suggestions from some expert or another was "class based affirmative action" "get his life story out there" "populist message" also - keep perspective.. a lot of the blowout numbers are more likely geographical rather than demographic
It exists at many institutions of higher learning, although I don't know about elsewhere. People from underprivileged families often get "points" added to their consideration for admission.
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