Russell Brown mulls over the US mid-term elections and possible outcomes…
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Back from Nevada where he was covering the US election, Te Radar ponders what bloggers, commentators and the Daily Show will talk about now that its all over. We also discuss Omega 3s and election night fear as callers ring in to Youthline and the police.
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Paul reviews the technology employed during the American election campaign including, text, social networks, YouTube and Twitter. On election night the choices available to analyse the results were almost endless. How does all of this relate to the New Zealand election and are the parties here doing all they can?
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Before the votes are counted Russell give his thoughts on the US election campaign, the problems with the voting systems, and oh yes! Meanwhile the New Zealand election campaign takes a back seat but Russell gives his predictions for the polling booth outcome this Saturday.
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David Slack offers some insight to what is really important when it comes to tactics in a political debate in relations to today’s matchup between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. Also with a glass half full mindset David puts a positive spin on the looming recession and suggests that queuing up at the soup kitchen may not be so bad after all.
David Slack blogs at publicaddress.net keeps the recession at bay at speeches.com
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In the lead up to the election on November 8th Helen Clark and John key will only debate head to head without coalition partners and minor parties taking up precious speaking time. Helen says voters already know where small partys stand on issues and there will only be one of two people leading NZ.
A world first You Tube/TVNZ debate will take place with Helen Clark and John Key on October 14.
Helen also says the Tax cuts that come into effect this Wednesday are still affordable despite the global credit crunch. Also despite New Zealand first making a noise about immigration on the weekend she doesn’t believe its an important issue in this election. Helen says the number one issue is trust and the economy.
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Why do people have the attitudes they do towards social issues such as welfare, abortion, immigration, gay rights, school prayer and capitol punishment? New research suggests that people’s reactions to gross images may correlate with a voting choice at the polling booth, that is whether a person votes conservative or liberal. Researchers showed volunteers a series of photos that included some threatening images — for example, a picture of a man with a spider on his face or an infected open wound Kevin Smith from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been conducting the research.
