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Election 2020: An LBCC Student Explains Why She Votes

2 years ago Feature

Citlalilt Pastrana is a student and President’s Ambassador at Long Beach City College. She was asked why she will vote in the 2020 election. “I vote for my Children’s future. I am a student parent with a 6-year-old girl and a baby on the way. I vote for them. Not only do I want to…

Democracy Now!

Military Roots of Cambridge Analytica’s Psychological Manipulation of Voters

3 years ago Democracy Now

“We continue our discussion of data harvesting, targeted advertising, and voter manipulation — practices used by firms like Cambridge Analytica. The secretive data firm collapsed in May 2018 after The Observer newspaper revealed the company had harvested some 87 million Facebook profiles without the users’ knowledge or consent to sway voters to support Trump during…

PBS NewsHour

Local Newsrooms Across the Country Are Closing.

3 years ago PBS NewsHour

“Across the country, local newspapers are printing fewer pages, less frequently — and sometimes collapsing entirely. Recent studies paint a grim picture of the decline in local newspapers and the impact it has on American politics. Jeffrey Brown reports and talks to Chuck Plunkett, formerly of the Denver Post, and the GroundTruth Project’s Charles Sennott…

Roland S. Martin

Young Voters & Baby Boomers Strongly Disagree on Dem Prez Nominee

3 years ago Roland Martin

“Young voters vs. old voters and the politics of age may define who the Democratic presidential nominee will be. A recent poll finds that young people and Baby Boomers are sharply divided on who should win the party’s nomination. Only 10 percent of people between 18 and 34 support Joe Biden while 39 percent of…

Voices in My Head

Voter Turnout is Low Because Voting is a Hassle. Let’s Fix this.

4 years ago Feature, Voices In My Head

Voter turnout is low because voting is such a hassle. You’ve heard your relatives, your neighbors, friends say it. You’ve probably said it a few times. The whole voting process is just too much to go through. Registering, learning the names of the candidates, trying to make sense of those complicated issues about propositions and…

Vote 2018

2018 Ballot Measures: November 6 Absentee Ballot Decisions

4 years ago Feature, Vote 2018
2018 Ballot measures

There are seventeen (17) 2018 Ballot Measures on my Absentee Ballot. Eleven (11) are State Measures, one (1) is a County Measure and five (5) are Long Beach Measures. Some of the 2018 State ballot measures are getting a lot of attention. Propositions 8 (Outpatient Kidney Dialysis Clinics) and 10 (Rent Control) have received the…

Vote 2018

Nonpartisan Offices: The November 6 Ballot Decisions

4 years ago Feature, Vote 2018
nonpartisan offices

The Nonpartisan Offices are in my crosshairs today and I have my hands full. There are the judgeships as well as the Superintendent of Public Instruction, County Assessor, and County Sheriff. That’s a total of twenty-six nonpartisan offices. When I speak of the nonpartisan offices of judgeships, I’m talking the California Supreme Court (2 Associate…

Vote 2016

Proposition 51 Voter Voices: They Have An Opinion

6 years ago Feature
Voter Voices

PalacioMagazine.com has been working with the California State University, Long Beach Political Science class of Professor Som Chounlamountry to gather Voter Voices on Proposition 51. On November 8th, voters will speak. We wanted to hear their opinions ahead of the election. The students were asked to interview fellow students, family members, teachers or random people…

Vote 2016

Finding Voter Information That Makes You Smarter

6 years ago Feature
Voter Information

Voting is Easy. It’s finding Voter Information that’s hard. You know I’m right. Walking into a voting booth and darkening some circles or punching some holes or pulling a lever (more like touching a screen) is not rocket science. The problem is knowing what choices you’ll need to make. Now, the Presidential race is one…

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