The Voter Update
This election year, what are the candidates doing to earn your vote? After Election Day, what will they do with your vote?
Get an inside look at North Carolina politics and how it impacts your life with The Voter Update, a weekly newsmagazine from the nonpartisan N.C. Center for Voter Education.
Aug. 1, 2008
100 Days and Counting
As election 2008 enters its final hundred-day stretch, we speak with Tom Jensen from Public Policy Polling to get insight into emerging trends in this year's races and what they may hint at for Election Day.
Plus, is it time to shine light on the way state lawmakers decide to spend your tax dollars? We talk with Jane Pinsky from the N.C. Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform on ways to bring transparency to the state's budget-making process.
Also, we revisit the presidential election of 1968.
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ABOVE: Humphrey ad, 1968
BELOW: Johnson ad, 1964
As featured in this edition of The Voter Update, this ad from incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey's bid for the White House in 1968 plays upon Cold War fears of "the bomb."
In attacking his rival, Republican Richard Nixon, did Humphrey take a page from his boss, President Lyndon B. Johnson? See the infamous "Daisy Ad" (below) from Johnson's successful 1964 campaign and judge for yourself.
Regardless, a plurality of American voters decided that there was an alternative to Humphrey in 1968, making Nixon commander in chief and ushering in an era of GOP dominance of the White House -- Republicans would go on to win six of the next nine presidential contests.
Video courtesy of the Museum of the Moving Image.
