Campaign 2008 and the Youth Vote

Oct 25, 2008

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Alexander Heffner talked about issues in the 2008 presidential race of concern to voters under 30, mobilization and get-out-the-vote efforts among younger and first-time voters, and student and youth reaction to Senators Obama and McCain, and third-party candidates. He is the co-founder and editor of an online national student newspaper, at .. Read More
Alexander Heffner talked about issues in the 2008 presidential race of concern to voters under 30, mobilization and get-out-the-vote efforts among younger and first-time voters, and student and youth reaction to Senators Obama and McCain, and third-party candidates. He is the co-founder and editor of an online national student newspaper, at Scoop08.com, which is dedicated to coverage of the 2008 presidential election and focuses on the concerns of young people in an effort to engage them the presidential election. He is also the political director of WHRB 95.3 FM- Harvard University Radio. Mr. Heffner is a college freshman and a first-time voter. He talked about the national student newspaper and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail from people under 30 years of age.

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00:00:09 HOST ALEXANDER HEFFNER IS THE CO-FOUNDER AND ET ITOR OF SCOOP 08.COM AN ONLIGSE NAG STUDENT NEWSPAPER AND...
00:00:31 Unidentified Speaker WELL, MY PARTNER AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS A VOID WHEN IT CAME TO NATIONAL STUDENT JOURNALS AND THIS...
00:01:46 HOST FROM ITS INCEPTION TO THE DAY YOU GOT IT UP AND RUNNING, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE?
00:01:53 GUEST THE IDEA FORMED OVER THE SUMMER OF 2007 AND WE LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR. BUT I SHOULD ACTUALLY,...
00:02:27 HOST WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM TO RUN SCOOP 08?
00:02:34 GUEST WELL, SCOOP MEDIA INK OWNS SCOOP 08, A NONPROFIT IN NEW YORK. WE HAVE A FUND-RAISING DRIVE THAT HAS...
00:03:06 HOST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAMPAIGN 2008 AND THE YOUTH VOTE WITH ALEX HEFFNER, A FRESHMAN AT HARVARD AND...
00:04:16 GUEST AND THAT WAS GENERATED IN 1972 BY VIETNAM RIOTS AND ANTI-WAR PROTESTS. AND SUBSEQUENTLY AS WE HAVE...
00:05:30 HOST HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS.
00:05:47 HOST IS IT JUST THE EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN? OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT DRIVES THE INTERESTS...
00:06:02 GUEST WELL, IN PART YOU SAW YOUNG PEOPLE BUY INTO THE OBAMA CANDIDACY FROM THE OUTSET. THEY'RE DEVELOPING...
00:07:40 HOST CAMPAIGN 2008 AND THE YOUTH VOTE IS OUR TOPIC FOR THE THE NEXT 35 MINUTES. THE NUMBERS, IF YOU WANT...
00:09:14 GUEST WELL, THANK YOU CAL YOU ARE. I THINK THE CALLER MENTIONS ONE THING, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OBAMA IS A PHENOMENON...
00:10:05 HOST SPRING HILL, FLORIDA, SUPPORTER OF SENATOR MCCAIN. CALLER: HI, YEAH, I'M A 30-YEAR-OLD GUY, BUT A...
00:10:40 HOST HEY, SPRING HILL, YOU STILL WITH ME? CALLER: YES.
00:10:44 HOST AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE YOU HANG OUT WITH, WHAT IS THE THING THAT DRIVES THEM THE MOST THAT WILL GET...
00:11:43 HOST THANKS FOR YOUR CALL.
00:11:45 GUEST THERE WAS A SENSE, I THINK IN 2000 DURING THE THE PRIMARY CYCLE THAT JOHN MCCAIN REPRESENTED THAT...
00:13:27 Unidentified Speaker DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO FOLKS WHO JUST LISTENED TO THE DEBATES AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN...
00:14:05 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, THE THIRD AND FINAL ONE, YOUNG PEOPLE MAY HAVE HAD THAT SENSE...
00:14:35 HOST NEXT UP THE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA ON OUR LINE SUPPORTING SENATOR OBAMA. GO AHEAD. CALLER: HI.
00:14:41 HOST BATON ROUGE? CALLER: YES, I'M CALLING -- I'M CALLING ABOUT THE CALLER WHO CALLED AND SAID HE WAS FOR...
00:15:22 HOST WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL? CALLER: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
00:15:26 HOST WHAT YEAR? CALLER: THIRD YEAR.
00:15:29 HOST WHAT ARE YOU MAJORING IN? CALLER: ACCOUNTING.
00:15:33 HOST THANKS FOR YOUR CALL.
00:15:35 GUEST HE REPRESENTS A MAJORITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT BARACK OBAMA IS THE COMMANDING PRESENCE ON THE NATIONAL...
00:16:27 HOST WE WANT TO OPEN UP THE SEGMENT TO VOTERS OF ALL AGES. INITIALLY, WE WERE TRYING TO GO FOR UNDER 30,...
00:17:55 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IN SOME OF THE BATTLEGROUNDS YOU SAW INCREASED TURN OUT HEAVILY. IN NEW YORK, I THINK THE ONE...
00:18:50 HOST NEXT UP IS GEORGIA, SUPPORTER OF SENATOR MCCAIN. YOU'RE ON WITH ALEX HEFFNER OF SCOOP 08.COM. CALLER:...
00:21:12 HOST THANKS FOR YOUR CALL, MA'AM. ANY RESPONSE?
00:21:16 GUEST MY RESPONSE WOULD BE THAT THE OVERWHELMING CONCERN OF YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY IS THE ECONOMY, DESPITE THE...
00:22:24 HOST NEXT UP, MASSACHUSETTS, A SUPPORTER OF SENATOR OBAMA. YOU'RE ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." CALLER: GOOD...
00:23:56 HOST THANKS FOR YOUR CALL, SIR.
00:23:59 GUEST ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS CAN GENERATION TRANSCEND RACE, TRANSCEND WHAT HAS BEEN A GAME OF TIT FOR TAT...
00:24:34 HOST IN THE HARVARD INSTITUTE OF POLITICS POLL, THEY ASKED THE QUESTION THINKING ABOUT EACH CANDIDATE,...
00:25:10 Unidentified Speaker THERE HAS BEEN. AND ROBB IF YOU GO TO SCOOP 08.COM YOU'LL FIND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE REENGAGED BY...
00:26:02 HOST NEW YORK, ON OUR LINE FOR OTHERS. WELCOME. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JOHN MCCAIN...
00:27:08 HOST ALEX HEFFNER?
00:27:09 GUEST AGAIN, I THINK THERE IS, IN THIS CAMPAIGN, AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF LOOKING AT JOHN MCCAIN'S RESUME...
00:27:52 HOST IN YOU'RE REPORTING WHAT YOU'RE READING ON SCOOP 08.COM AND OTHER SOURCES, WHAT WAS THE REACTION AMONG...
00:28:14 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE FACT THAT WOMAN WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AND MADE THAT STATEMENT REFLECTS ON SENATOR MCCAIN...
00:29:06 Unidentified Speaker WHAT ABOUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, SENATOR OBAMA'S ASSOCIATION WITH BILL AYERS?
00:29:11 GUEST I THINK PART OF THE MCCAIN CAMP STRATEGY THAT THEY'RE HOLDING ONTO NOW, AND THIS MIGHT BE OUT OF ...
00:30:13 HOST ALEXANDER HEFFNER IS THE EDITOR IN CHIEF AND CO FOUNDER OF SCOOP08.COM, ALSO THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR...
00:30:37 GUEST I THINK HISTORY OR GOVERNMENT.
00:30:40 HOST NEXT UP, LAKE MILLS, WISCONSIN. A SUPPORT ORE OF SENATOR MCCAIN. GO AHEAD. CALLER: YEAH, I -- OK....
00:32:15 HOST THANKS. WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
00:32:18 GUEST ONE OF THE CHIEF CONCERNS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY IS THE RISING DEFICIT. AND IT'S AN ISSUE BOTH BECAUSE...
00:33:14 HOST HOW IMPORTANT ARE ELEMENTS LIKE FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE FOR THE CANDIDATES TRYING TO GET THEIR MESSAGE...
00:33:24 GUEST THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE, BECAUSE BARACK OBAMA WAS ABLE TO BUILD A VERY STRONG GRASS ROOTS APPARATUS...
00:34:55 HOST ARE TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF MEDIA, NEWSPAPERS, RADIO, TELEVISION, IS THAT SORT OF GOING AWAY AS FAR...
00:35:04 GUEST IT DOESN'T IN A SENSE THAT AT SCOOP08 WE TRY TO PRESERVE TRADITIONAL MEDIA STANDARDS AND RUN OUR OWN...
00:35:55 HOST SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ON THE LINE FOR SUPPORTERS OF SENATOR OBAMA. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL....
00:37:21 HOST THANK YOU.
00:37:24 GUEST WELL, I THINK, AGAIN, WE RETURN TO, IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE CALLERS COMMENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUNG...
00:37:58 HOST ON THE COVER OF "POLITICS MAGAZINE" THE YEAR OF THE YOUTH VOTE IS THE QUESTION. YES, THE TSUNAMI IS...
00:39:26 HOST THANKS FOR YOUR CALL.
00:39:28 GUEST LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING. I'M NOT AN OBAMA SUPPORTER, THE SITE TRIES TO REMAIN AS NEUTRAL AS POSSIBLE,...
00:40:41 HOST ALEX HEFFNER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING ON THE PROGRAM. THE WEBSITE IS SCOOP08.COM. WE'RE GOING...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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