Super Primary Day

Digital Politics Internet radio show on June 8 focused on the primary in California as well as those around the country.  We talk about women candidates, recent polls and the impact of social media buzz on campaigns as well as on perceptions of the Gulf oil crisis.

My guests were Stan Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Glenn Kessler, CEO, HCD Research, and Alan Silberberg, Silberberg Innovations.

Segment 1 Polling and Predictions

With Stan Greenberg, top Democratic pollster

Segment 2 Social Media Buzz

With Glenn Kessler, HCD Research

Segment 3 Social Media and Local Campaigns

With Alan Silberberg, Silberberg Innovations

Segment 4 Civic Engagement

With Alan Silberberg, Silberberg Innovations

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Political Power of the Online Community

Digital Politics podcast this week features John Marelius, political reporter for the San Diego Union-Tribune talking about the candidates in the 2010 California Governor and Senate races, the role the technology community might play in the campaign of technologically savvy candidates, and which initiatives might wind up on the ballot in November 2010.  John suggests that voters might get mixed up about Republican women candidates in California with Meg Whitman running for governor and Carly Fiorina running for the Senate.  Neither one has run for office in the past, both have a base in the Bay Area and both are wealthy and funding their own campaigns.

California primary is in June 2010 but it is never too early to get some insights about the competitors.

List to the interview.

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Water Water Everywhere

Here in San Diego, mandatory water restrictions took effect on June 1.  On the Digital Politics podcast from June 4 with guest Sara Katz, founder and president of Katz & Associates, we hear how the public agencies and businesses involved in water conservation and desalination are thinking about the web.  Sara says that the situation is so dire in Southern CA that there is no time to discuss the problem of water shortages, people just need to go to the web to find out what they can do to save water.  I suspect there are many ways for the web to enhance outreach and conservation efforts by engaging community members through online tools.  Suggestions?  Listen to the interview.

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California Campaigns 2010

Guest on the Digital Politics podcast this week was Francine Busby, candidate for Congress in 2010 in the 50th district in San Diego.  This is the old Duke Cunningham district currently represented by Brian Bilbray.  Francine says that the district went for Obama in 2008 and that both the DCCC and RCCC will be paying close attention to this one.  Not expecting any Primary competition, Francine anticipates that all of the Democratic candidates for CA governor will be knocking on her door to get her help in this district with an unusually high number of voters registered as Choose Not to Declare.

Along with the possibility of the same sex marriage initiative getting back on the 2010 ballot, to say nothing of the fact that the State is broke, I predict that unprecedented amounts of money will be spent on California campaigns between now and election day 2010.  It also looks like the war will be fought online like never before.  Francine put off the recent announcement of her candidacy for a week because the web site wasn’t ready.

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