The graphic design of the Obama campaign has just been sick…always on target, great looking, incredibly easy to get the message, and even hip when it needed to be. Add to that all the unofficial campaign artwork and the visuals succeeded in carrying politics into counter culture and back again. Shepard Fairey’s iconic Obama posters [...]

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With all the talk of Red and Blue States some might imagine US citizens are born dipped in one or the other color… but looking back you can see that the pendulum of democracy has no permanent palette.
Every dog has his day/color…
Roses are red and violets are blue but the US can’t decide between the [...]

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Yes, for once, NC is getting some major attention in a national election campaign, and being described as a battleground state! Not only are Obama, Biden, McCain and Palin all regularly visiting us, but we’ve got famous people entertaining us where the only price for admission is listening to a li’l plug for a candidate.
Today, [...]

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October 7 Projection

In the USA there are five hundred and thirty eight electoral votes that decide an election. This led to an intriguing website founded by Nate Silver: fivethirtyeight.com
Nate is a baseball statistician who decided to apply his craft to politics:
“What we do over there and what I’m doing over here are really quite similar. [...]

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Are you in NC and need to register? It’s easy!
download the application here!
Fill it out and mail it to your County Board of Elections before October 10!
Where’s your NC County Board of Elections? Find out here.
Are you an out-of-state college student in NC and wonder if you can vote in NC?
The answer is YES “if [...]

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