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YouTube looks to showcase voter opinion in the run-up to the presidential election

By Andrew Redfern @ 23rd April 2008 1:34 pm

In a post on their blog YouTube are encouraging voters to post vids highlighting their concerns and opinions as part of their coverage of the 2008 primaries and presidential elections.

The post says : “If you spent any time watching YouTube recently, you might have seen a slew of videos uploaded by voters, news organizations, and the candidates surrounding the Pennsylvania primaries. A lot has happened on the campaign trail since the last primary in Mississippi over a month ago, and so we partnered with C-SPAN to see what issues are on voters’ minds right now.

During the last three weeks, many of you around the country submitted responses to the question “What issue matters most to you in this election, and why?”; your videos touched on such issues as healthcare, education, the economy, and immigration. Among the most memorable was this video from a teenager concerned about the Iraq War, and JoeFelice‘s video called “Where’s Washington”, which uses a clever pun to discuss the importance of checking governmental power.

In the past week, the C-SPAN bus rolled across Pennsylvania to ask voters the same question, and hundreds of people weighed in. See the clips below from college students, parents, military veterans, local and state politicians, and other citizens who agreed to go on-camera to voice their hopes, fears and dreams about the country’s future. “

Read the full post here : What issue matters most to you?

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