Obama 2.0

This is a continuation of Election 2.0.
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President-Elect Barack Obama in particular utilized the Internet’s strengths – its global audience, its 24/7 immediacy, its ability to spread information virally – to help further his campaign.
“Obama capitalized on connecting to younger voters by using technology. McCain failed miserably at using technological tools,” said S.C. political blogger [...]

Election 2.0 sites to visit

This is a continuation of Election 2.0.
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“Used for purposes both silly and profound…”
www.yeswecarve.com Using patterns downloaded from this site, fans of then-Democratic nominee Barack Obama could carve and post Halloween pumpkins of their favorite candidate.
www.fivethirtyeight.com During the election, FiveThirtyEight offered predictions and analysis on the electoral process. It takes its name from the number of [...]

Election 2.0

by Jesika Brooks
President-Elect Barack Obama stands by a grocery cart and shakes a young girl’s hand. Obama smiles and holds a wide-eyed 4-month-old. A 2-year-old girl hugs an Obama doll up to her face.
During Election 2008, readers could easily find photos of Obama with adorable kids on the blog Yes We Can (Hold Babies) at [...]

‘It’s my turn’

By Chaquita Williams
 
“Although we weren’t able to shatter this highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it’s got about 18 million cracks in it, and the light is shining through like never before,” said U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton in her June concession speech at the National Museum Building in Washington, D.C.
 
Clinton, a [...]

Economic slump affects workers

By Brittany A. Horlbeck

“Reduction in staff by 40 percent; much longer hours for salaried managers, up to 84 hours per week; no job security; and disgruntled staff, because of lack of business,” says Furman Hall, 47.
Hall is among the many S.C. workers who are fighting the battle to maintain their employment.  Hall is a department [...]

Obama campaign exposes news trends

By Lauren Bach
The majority of Americans – about 82 percent, according to Pew Research Center – say they have had enough of election news. But consumers’ fatigue with news media could have more to do with increased access than with excessive coverage.
These days, consumers can get their news in any way, shape or form they [...]

Obama’s work for a change

By Pia-Luisa Lenz
President-Elect Barack Obama promised change. In this difficult economic time, people wonder which issues he will address first.
Obama’s Office of the President-Elect answers some questions with the first website ever for a president-elect. The website provides his agenda online and asks for responses on www.change.gov.
Voters can find his plans to revive [...]

S.C. goths showed up to vote

By Maresa Whitehead
 
Even goths cast ballots in Tuesday’s election, although the members of this subculture are not typically identified with social participation.
 
They were part of the surge in ballots cast, especially those cast by 18- to 28-year-olds.  Msnbc.com estimated that 2.2 million more youths voted this year than in 2004. 
 
“I view politics as a necessary [...]

Obama faces great expectations

By Lauren Bach
President-Elect Barack Obama’s approval ratings continue to rise, up from a total approval rating of 52 percent post-election to 58 percent on November 13 in Rasmussen Reports latest presidential approval index.
Rasmussen Reports is an electronic media company that specializes in public opinion polling information. The approval index is calculated by subtracting the number [...]

No more hard times

By Chaquita Williams
 
“Back in the day, it was unheard of for the United States to have a black president. Today, it is still unheard of to have a black president. That’s why it’s so unbelievable,” said Emma Williams, a 62-year-old from Marion, S.C.
 
Williams, like many other African-American women, showed her support for President-Elect Barack [...]