Dec 16, 2012
The Rising American Electorate comes through for Obama, but will
they be there in two years? In four years?
The 2012 election is still being digested, and the aftertaste is
good for progressives. The Obama campaign got its messaging right
and its target voters right, but Democrats are going to have to
work just as hard to keep this new coalition together for the 2014
midterm elections. And it’s clear that something is wrong with
election procedures. We will hear from a polling analyst, and an
elections expert.
And Bill Press interviews Michigan Congressman Sander Levin about
his state government’s assault against working men and
women.
Erica Seifert
Polling expert Erica Seifert deconstructs the 2012 election and
concludes Obama’s victory was NOT inevitable. It was made possible
by what she terms “the Rising American Electorate” – unmarried
women, nonwhites and people under 30. But, she warns, the 2014
midterm elections are not a lock for Democrats if they don’t show
up again.
http://gqrr.com/erica-seifert-phd/
Jim Hightower
The Czardom of Michiganistan
David Becker
December’s Electoral College meeting makes formal the people’s
choice in what everyone agrees was a fair presidential election.
But there are still massive inefficiencies in the registration and
voting process. Expert David Becker says millions of people may be
incorrectly registered – although it is a matter of antiquated
rules, not fraud.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/
Sander Levin
Bill Press interviews Michigan Congressman Sander Levin about his
state government’s assault against working men and
women.
http://levin.house.gov/