Twitter Rundown for Tuesday, November 6, 2012
High Turnout, Some Problems As America Goes To The Polls
On this Election Day, we drop in on four crucial states: New Hampshire, Florida, Ohio, Colorado.
Voters in NY, NJ Not Deterred By Storm’s Effects
Election Day turnout was heavy in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation.
Historically, Nov. 6 Has Been Good To Republicans
Since Election Day was standardized in 1845, there have been six presidential elections held on November 6. All of them have been won by the GOP candidate.
Will The Media Have Another ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ Moment?
With polls showing a dead heat, will the media get the results right? This iconic image of the Chicago Tribune’s inaccurate headline has served as a cautionary tale for journalists since 1948.
Reading Into The Presidential Reading List
Does what a president reads give insight into how he might lead? In this photo, President Theodore Roosevelt reads with his dog Skij on his lap in 1905.
Advice For The Next President
Here & Now’s Robin Young hosted an event at Boston College Law School and asked the panelists, “You have the ear of the new president. What do you tell him?”
Kelly Frey, the editor of Oklahoma’s big daily newspaper The Oklahoman, is from El Reno, Okla. and describes what it’s like to grow up in “tornado alley.”
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Are home-based shelters really enough to hold back an F5 category tornado, which can have winds upwards of 300 miles per hour? And what about people who don’t have home-based shelters?
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