Story Archives of 'Elections'

On Tuesday, Granite Staters chose who they want to represent their parties for Governor, Senate, Congress and other state races. We’ll look back at last night's results and then look forward to examine how these races may play out in the next eight weeks.

Guests

• Josh Rogers, NHPR's political reporter
• James Pindell, founder of the Politicker blog network, including PolitickerNH.com

We'll also hear from

• Dan Gorenstein, NHPR reporter covering State Senate campaigns

Candidates for New Hampshire’s 2nd congressional district also had their last debate before Tuesday’s primary. The four Republicans sought to distinguish themselves from one another in a race that hasn’t garnered much attention.

As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, the candidates had some heated exchanges.

“Today’s lightning-fast culture demands an upgraded set of rules for the contemporary activist,” says Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of DailyKos.com. He says the web provides a powerful tool for average people to “rise up and get your voices heard”. We'll talk with Zuniga about his blog and his new book, that’s been called “a guerrilla manual for political insurgency.”

Guest

• Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of the liberal blog Dailykos.com and author of Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era

In his New York Times column this weekend, Frank Rich quoted Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum. Rasiej was explaining how television networks measure their success while covering the national party conventions; When they point to the biggest share of the television audience, he says “they are still counting horses while the world has moved on to counting locomotives.”

The internet is the steam engine that is eroding the audience of television, print, and radio, and it’s changing the way voters find information. New Hampshire Public Radio’s director of new media, Brady Carlson, keeps a close watch on these trends and joins us on Word of Mouth for a look at some of the web-based tools that are changing the political arena.

Here are links to some of the tools and websites Brady discussed on the show:

New Hampshire Public Radio Election Coverage

Congressional Quarterly Map

KQED's "You Decide"

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Four days of planning meetings, strategy sessions and troop-rallying addresses from a who’s who of the most influential, loyal and up and coming Democrats. We’ll look back at the four days of the Democratic National Convention, what was said and the splash it made.

Guests

• Allan Bonner, political journalist for several international publications and author of Media Relations
• Dante Scala, associate professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, author of the GraniteProf political blog and contributor to PolitickerNH.com
• Dean Spiliotes, New Hampshire-based political analyst who's taught at Dartmouth College and St. Anselm College; he's the author of NHPoliticalCapital.com

We'll also hear from

• Peter Burling, Democratic state senator from Cornish and delegate to the Democratic National Convention
• Chuck Douglas, vice chair of John McCain's presidential campaign in New Hampshire, former New Hampshire Congressman and State Supreme Court Justice