2008

reportNov 12, 2008

Few Will Miss Following Campaign News
reportNov 12, 2008

Happy Dogs in a Pile of Sticks

Hunter Gatewood likens early adopters to “happy dogs in a pile of sticks” and says that in order to spread change you need to recruit the “hesitant cat, waiting to see what works.”
reportNov 11, 2008

Media Moment: History, Trends and Transition Dominate News Coverage

When the campaign was finally over, the media almost immediately viewed Barack Obama’s victory as a transformational event, and a subject that had been in some ways taboo moved front and center – race.
reportNov 11, 2008

States Made History on November 4, Too

Barack Obama wasn’t the only one to make history on Election Day 2008. Statehouses also broke ground on several fronts.
reportNov 10, 2008

In Election Week, Media Pivots from Race to Rahm

The campaign press declared Barack Obama’s Nov. 4 victory a culturally transforming event, but was far less certain it was a politically transforming moment. And within days, the search for lessons had yielded to speculation about the new administration.
reportNov 10, 2008

Event: Politics and the Internet

The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, will host a discussion of politics and the internet on Wednesday, November 19.
short readNov 9, 2008

Hispanics Strongly Backed Obama

Two-thirds of Latino’s voted for Barack Obama.
short readNov 9, 2008

Hispanic Turnout

About one-in-ten voters in 2008 was Hispanic.
short readNov 7, 2008

Government Responsible for Care of Needy

A majority of Americans (57%) mostly or completely agree that it is the responsibility of government to “take care of people who can’t take care of themselves” — however only 19% completely agree.
short readNov 7, 2008

Moderates Move to Obama

Six-in-ten moderates supported Obama.

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