FACE THE RACE: Election Excerpts

Yesterday’s Face The Race was chock full of goodness, like this bit from Youth Radio L.A.’s Consuelo Cisneros. Consuelo reported live via phone into our Oakland studio from the L.A. basin. Catch her in conversation with FTR hosts King Anyi and Denise. (Real Media Format)

In the Booth on Super Tuesday

Tomorrow on NPR’s Day to Day 
Commentator Donald Moore from Youth Communication in New York City describes his experience stepping in the booth to vote on Super Tuesday… checking out the scene at his polling place in Brooklyn…and talking to friends online afterwards.
“Now, it feels like many of my friends have a vested interest in the [...]

Watchu Lookin’ At?

Tomorrow (Feb 7) on KQED-FM, San Francisco 
 ”I’ve been on the street numerous times when shots have gone off. I’ve seen friends get gunned down right in front of me.”
Airing as part of KQED’s Perspectives series will be a commentary by San Francisco native Orlando Campbell about The City’s new gang injunctions in the [...]

Less Than A Percentage Point

Just how close is the race for the Democratic nomination?
By now we all know that what really matters is the delegate count, but its interesting to note the popular vote numbers.
From CNN:
By midday Wednesday, 14,645,638 votes were reported cast for either Obama or Clinton on Tuesday. Clinton had won 7,295,400 of those votes (50.2 percent) [...]