Campaign 2008: Patchwork Nation - The American voter beyond red and blue, and how you fit in.

The American voter beyond red and blue,
and how you fit in.

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Project Director
Dante Chinni

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Daily blogs

Inauguration Day as national celebration?

8:13 AM EST / 01.16.2009 -

Here in Washington, most people have lived through a few presidential inaugurals. But the excitement/dread of the inauguration of Barack Obama is reaching a fever pitch.
The excitement comes from his arrival: Mr. Obama just squeaked out a win in the District with 92-plus percent of the vote. The dread many feel is about the day […]

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Dante Chinni | Project Director

Service Worker Centers /
Lincoln City, OR

Economics 101

5:29 PM EST / 01.14.2009 -

If you want to envision the town in which I live; think of a line running north and south that meanders like a stream, about seven miles long. On the line’s west side put three blocks of weather beaten houses and old hotels. At high tide the Pacific Ocean’s waves can lap at the closest […]

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Kip Ward | Lincoln City, OR

Campus and Careers /
Ann Arbor, MI

Dems Will Make Play for New, Young Voters

9:00 PM EST / 01.13.2009 -

The Democratic Party will actively seek to turn President-elect Obama’s young supporters this fall into lifelong Democrats, a new report from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) said.
“Younger new voters are critical to the party’s new growth and positioning,” wrote Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher in a memo reported by U.S. News. “They are much more likely […]

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Michael O'Brien | Ann Arbor, MI