He is a passionate advocate election reform through his work with Why Tuesday, a nonpartisan organization aiming to increase American voter turnout.
The former president was in the audience on Monday – caught on camera mouthing the word "wow" as Michelle Obama delivered one of the most passionate speeches of election year.
But Ms. Owens's recent political awakening -- she had never felt so passionate about an election, she said -- is not unusual in the downtown creative world this year.
So here was a devout, university-educated, veiled 21-year-old Egyptian woman who had voted for the anti-Brotherhood candidate in the election, was passionate about free speech and a free press, but was equally passionate about what she called the "internal serenity" that the hijab brought her.
It isn't news to anyone that people seem to be more passionate about this presidential election than in previous cycles.
All morning, on the street corners in downtown, groups of men debated back and forth Mubarak's announcement last night that he would not stand for elections this fall — passionate, shouting, pointing, jabbing, gesticulating.
"I just figured he was passionate about the upcoming elections".
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Since he was elected mayor in 2001, Mr. Bloomberg has been passionate about switching to nonpartisan elections.
The election revolved around passionate rallies.
