Vote 2008 - The Takeaway

Vote 2008 - The Takeaway http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org The Takeaway is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International in collaboration with the BBC World Service, the New York Times and WGBH Radio Boston. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en The Takeaway is a national morning news program and Web site that delivers the news and analysis you need to catch up, start your day and prepare for what's ahead. It is a co-production of PRI (Public Radio International) and WNYC Radio in collaboration with the BBC World Service, The New York Times and WGBH Boston. The Takeaway is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International in collaboration with the BBC World Service, the New York Times and WGBH Radio Boston. Vote 2008 - The Takeaway Vote 2008 - The Takeaway feedback@thetakeaway.org no http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/podcast_144px.jpg Vote 2008 - The Takeaway http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org 144 144 Why Not Ohio? http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/why-not-ohio/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/why-not-ohio/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:02:38 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/why-not-ohio/ So, what if the Ohio primary went first? Ohio perhaps better represents the U.S. than Iowa or New Hampshire does — it’s more diverse both geographically and racially, it has more people, and it has a better track record for picking winners (the voters in Ohio have been wrong in the presidential election only twice in past 104 years). Adaora and John talk about how our system got the way it is and then talk to some Ohio voters before running the whole thing by Dan Moulthrop, the host of WCPN’s The Sound of Ideas.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/why-not-ohio/feed/ No No Mrs. Kunkel’s Fifth Grade Class Redesigns http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/mrs-kunkels-fifth-grade-class-redesigns/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/mrs-kunkels-fifth-grade-class-redesigns/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:02:02 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/mrs-kunkels-fifth-grade-class-redesigns/ From Boiling Springs, PA - Mrs. Jan Kunkel’s fifth grade class present their election redesign ideas.

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Mrs. Kunkel’s class made posters to go along with their election ideas. Watch this slideshow to get a sense of what’s on their minds.

Redesign With Mrs. Kunkel’s Class

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/mrs-kunkels-fifth-grade-class-redesigns/feed/ No No You Call This Democracy? http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/you-call-this-democracy/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/you-call-this-democracy/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:01:41 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/you-call-this-democracy/ Tova Andrea Wang is an expert on election reform and a democracy fellow at the Century Foundation. Be sure to check out her report on why the Iowa caucus system is undemocratic.

Roberto Lovato is a contributing associate editor with New America Media, a frequent contributor to The Nation and the author of the blog, Of America.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/you-call-this-democracy/feed/ No No Election Process Side Effects http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/election-process-side-effects/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/election-process-side-effects/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:59:48 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/election-process-side-effects/ Voting is good for you, unless…

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/election-process-side-effects/feed/ No No Praying for Rain http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/praying-for-rain/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/praying-for-rain/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:59:27 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/praying-for-rain/ Daniel Tokaji is a law professor at Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law and the associate director of Election Law @ Moritz, which focuses on laws governing elections at all levels. He’s one of the authors of the non-partisan report, From Registrations to Recounts: The Election Ecosystems of Five Midwestern States.

Fannie M. Lewis is a member of the Cleveland City Council. She was featured as part of the short film, No Umbrella, about the 2004 election in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods. Here’s a preview:

Also, we hear redesign ideas from two students at Cleveland’s John Marshall High School - Jewel Dunner and Francisca Ong.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/praying-for-rain/feed/ No No Margin of Error http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/margin-of-error/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/margin-of-error/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:57:48 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/margin-of-error/ Charles Stewart is a political science professor at MIT. He’s studied elections for a long time and we talked to him about whether you can determine a margin of error for the general election. We asked him if there comes a point where the margin of error is close enough that the result is the same as flipping a coin.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/margin-of-error/feed/ No No Election Splendor http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/election-splendor/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/election-splendor/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:55:57 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/election-splendor/ We talked with Cleveland cartoonist Harvey Pekar about our idea that Ohio should go first.

Then, Los Angeles-based community leader and activist Joe Hicks explains why he believes our election systems isn’t so broken that it needs fixing.

And, Toledo based blogger, Lisa Renee Ward, says her favorite redesign is instant run-off voting. She blogs at: Glass City Jungle.

Take a look at Harvey Pekar’s Your Billion Dollar Comic Strip

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/election-splendor/feed/ No No First Time Voters http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/first-time-voters/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/first-time-voters/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:53:12 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/first-time-voters/ Sandip Roy and Odette Keeley from New America Media have recently become American citizens. Their experience of voting in their native countries gives them some interesting suggestions for redesigning a process they will soon be taking part in for the first time, a U.S. presidential election.

And, we have a quick redesign idea from Jonathan Lykes. He’s a senior at Shaw High School in East Cleveland.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/first-time-voters/feed/ No No Super Tuesday is a Redesign http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/super-tuesday-is-a-redesign/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/super-tuesday-is-a-redesign/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:51:53 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/super-tuesday-is-a-redesign/ Mary Ann Giordano is a deputy political editor at The New York Times. She’s learned a thing or two about how the pressure on candidates to compete in Iowa and New Hampshire can change their campaigns. She says this year’s Super Tuesday (February 5, 2008) when more than 20 states will hold their primary, is the biggest redesign idea already underway.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/12/18/super-tuesday-is-a-redesign/feed/ No No Spending One Billion Dollars http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/spending-one-billion-dollars/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/spending-one-billion-dollars/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:20:32 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/06/spending-one-billion-dollars/ New York Times reporter Leslie Wayne is just back from Iowa. She talks about the explosion of campaign spending taking place. And, is it worth spending so much in Iowa and New Hampshire?

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/spending-one-billion-dollars/feed/ No No Who Gives? http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/who-gives/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/who-gives/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:15:38 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/06/who-gives/ After combing through Federal Election Commission’s documents, John cold-calls two donors.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/who-gives/feed/ No No Campaign Workers in Iowa http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/campaign-workers-in-iowa/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/campaign-workers-in-iowa/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:10:54 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/06/campaign-workers-in-iowa/ Two campaign workers list the towns they’ll be visiting as they work their way across Iowa.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/campaign-workers-in-iowa/feed/ No No America’s Water Cooler http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/americas-water-cooler/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/americas-water-cooler/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:05:27 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/06/americas-water-cooler/ John goes to NYC’s Washington Square Park with an actual water cooler to hear what the voters are saying.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/americas-water-cooler/feed/ No No The Internet…That Thing’s Still Around? http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/another-sample-segment/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/another-sample-segment/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:00:25 +0000 admin http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/10/31/another-sample-segment/ Republican congressman Ron Paul is the new commander-in-chief. At least on YouTube, where he’s the most popular candidate. But this isn’t just a YouTube election, it’s a Facebook, MySpace, blogspot, Flickr, and Google Ad election. Adaora spoke [...]]]> The presidential election is 12 months away. But on YouTube it’s as good as over…

Republican congressman Ron Paul is the new commander-in-chief. At least on YouTube, where he’s the most popular candidate. But this isn’t just a YouTube election, it’s a Facebook, MySpace, blogspot, Flickr, and Google Ad election.
Adaora spoke with Champlain College professor Elaine Young about who’s using the Web well and who’s missing the boat.
Oh, and see for yourself how John McCain pops up when you search for Mitt Romney (Mitt Romney). Elaine also mentions several social networking sites the candidates are using: Facebook, MySpace, Eons, and Glee.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/another-sample-segment/feed/ No No Reaching Latino Voters http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/who-gets-latino-vote/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/who-gets-latino-vote/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:55:23 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/02/who-gets-latino-vote/ There’s massive effort underway to get the more than eight million eligible Latinos to become U.S. citizens, and to register to vote in 2008. John and Adora talk with John Gallegos, President of Grupo Gallegos, an ad agency focusing on the Hispanic market in the U.S.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/who-gets-latino-vote/feed/ No No The Evangelicals’ Dilemma http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/values-voters/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/values-voters/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:50:59 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/02/values-voters/ Evangelical Christians were vital to the 2000 and 2004 elections. Now, many say they’re not convinced the GOP hopefuls represent their values. John talks with two of these voters about what they’re willing to compromise in ‘08.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/values-voters/feed/ No No What’s a Young Voter To Do? http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/can-the-youth-make-a-difference/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/can-the-youth-make-a-difference/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:45:52 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/06/can-the-youth-make-a-difference/ John challenges his 20-year-old nephew Nick Hockenberry, a first-year student at University of Iowa, to prove that youth voters can make a difference.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/can-the-youth-make-a-difference/feed/ No No Campaigning 2.0: Ringtones http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/campaigning-20-ringtones/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/campaigning-20-ringtones/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:40:46 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/06/campaigning-20-ringtones/ Are cellphone ringtones the next campaign button? Barack Obama seems to think so. And, Your Billion Dollar President volunteers some ringtones for other candidates and welcomes listeners to create your own.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/campaigning-20-ringtones/feed/ No No Campaign Ads http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/campaign-ads/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/campaign-ads/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:35:47 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/02/campaign-ads/ An estimated $800 million will be spent on TV ads in this race. But, a recent study from Princeton University says most voters really stick with their first “gut feeling” about a candidate. So, why are candidates spending so much?
We talk with Jeff Goodby, one of the ad execs behind the “Got Milk?” campaign and Vincent Williams, a columnist at the Baltimore City Paper.

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]]> http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/campaign-ads/feed/ No No One Billion Dollars Equals… http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/one-billion-dollars-equals/ http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2007/11/06/one-billion-dollars-equals/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:30:47 +0000 BDP Staff http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/11/06/one-billion-dollars-equals/ From the shadow of Big Ben, BBC reporter Paddy O’Connell looks at what a billion dollars would buy you in terms of elections around the world.

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