National Public Radio has created an interesting project called "Get My Vote." It's a fun, online space where people can explain their core political beliefs and share their personal stories that will help determine who gets their vote in November. It all starts with one question: What will it take for a presidential candidate to get your vote? Interested participants can either post a video similar to the one above or simply post a written comment.
The project's desire is to move beyond the talking points and conventional wisdom of the 2008 election season to get at the heart of what people want from their politicians. What do YOU want?
The video above, which I filmed, captures a teacher at the Grauer School, a private middle school/high school in Encinitas where I've been teaching Spanish classes part-time. Clayton Payne is a terrific teacher whom the students adore. He and I were discussing the most recent election here in California when the thought occurred to me that you might like to eavesdrop on our conversation!
Strix
June 18, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Make sure to ask how many people can live in the United States before their vision of America becomes unreachable. If you are environmentally oriented you will recognized the USA has limited resources, so how can we make for a brighter tomorrow with 600 million people? It is unsustainable from a resource and societal perspective.
If you want to end poverty we have to stop importing FASTER than we can address it.
