January 30, 1996 – NPR Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 30, 1996 – A day loaded with politics and campaigns. The Senate seat in Oregon vacated by Bob Packwood was now being hotly contested as voters were making their way to polling booths in what was
Are Women Changing Our Party Alignments? – American Forum Of The Air – January 18, 1953 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1952, when General Eisenhower swept into the White House, becoming the first Republican President since Herbert Hoover, it caused for a considerable amount of speculation and soul-searching on
January 22, 2000 – CBS Weekend Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 22, 2000 – Iowa was a hotbed of politicking this week, as Presidential hopefuls from both parties criss-crossed the state, stumping, talking, promising and cajoling voters who would hold caucuses in hundreds of living rooms, Fire
January 8,1968 – Newsfront – Eastern Educational Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 8, 1968 – Anticipation of a year of protests. The year was starting off with warnings from Civil Rights leaders that Summer of 1968 was going to be potentially just as hot as summers past,
Chicago University Roundtable – Why Do People Vote The Way They Do? – October 10, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The American voter – probably the largest slice of humanity that is the most unpredictable on earth. Despite every effort at perfecting the poll, every technological advance, every
December 31, 1991 – NPR: All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 31, 1991 – New Years Eve on a year that saw change, upheaval and unrest. And tucked in there was a modicum of optimism, but if you blinked, you might have missed it. The big
December 27, 2002 – BBC Radio 4 News – BBC World Service World Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 27, 2002 – shifting focus to what was going on in the rest of the world via the BBC World Service, this day after/day after Christmas 2002. Topping the
November 1, 1964 – James Farley – Leonard Hall on Meet The Press – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 1, 1964 – the Election of 1964 was days away, in fact a little over 2. At stake were the political fortunes of Republican Barry Goldwater and his running mate
November 2, 1974 – CBS Radio: The Washington Week In Review – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 2, 1974 – With days away from the 1974 Mid-Term elections, politics seemed to be the only thing on peoples minds. Unless you were on Capitol Hill, in which case you were
October 26, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 26, 2000 – With Election 2000 days away, the campaign was on the final sprint to the finish line. As one of the main concerns of this election season, the issue of Social
