Election Coverage

The Media

Social media was probably the best way of keeping current, and yes, televisions definitely had its thorough coverage, but groups of people were again another addition to election night that is discussed very rarely. The people are of course a HUGE part of all of this.

President Obama said it too. The people who went out and supported (regardless of their political views) made the difference in this election, as well as the ones before and after. The livingroomcanidate website shows us a multitude of commercials as well as speeches, and there we can see how many people find importance in the attendance of these certain events in history. The livingroomcandidate is successful because these videos show us documents of people going out and not only interacting, but finding commonality as they stand in HUGE groups to listen to ONE man (and in election nights, the winner and the loser).

It reminds of me popular events like concerts or big athletic events, but it's politics. As I was watching TV I kept noticing SO MANY PEOPLE as they scanned the cameras around, and the videos that others were taking as they stood amongst the groups. Instead of feeling like there had to be a specific side, there was a feeling of national pride just for being able to pick a side to begin with. The feeling of feeling a part of these groups whether physically there amongst them or not.