The Power of the Vote: Electing Presidents, Overthrowing Dictators, and Promoting Democracy Around the World

The Common Good hosted Doug Schoen, political strategist, pollster, and advisor to President Bill Clinton and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Schoen discussed his book ‘The Power of the Vote: Electing Presidents, Overthrowing Dictators, and Promoting Democracy Around the World.’

The Power of the Vote lays out a game plan for the Democrats, detailing the strategies and tactics that will lead them back to the White House. Schoen illustrates how technology and politics have merged to change the political process in America and abroad. His technology strategies were critical to Bill Clinton’s successful reelection campaign in 1996 and revolutionized party strategy when he helped New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg get elected. In the book he demonstrates how to utilize the latest technology to help candidates win the hearts and minds of the public.

ouglas Schoen is an American political analyst, pollster, author, and commentator. He is a political analyst for Fox News. He partnered with political strategist Mark Penn and Michael Berland in the firm of Penn, Schoen & Berland. He believes that lower taxes would be a successful Democratic strategy, opposed President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, warned the Democratic Party to reject the Occupy Wall Street protest, and recommended that President Obama not run for reelection in 2012.

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Washington Political Consultants: The Politics of Polarization with Doug Bailey and Gerald Rafshoon

The Common Good was excited to host a special luncheon with Doug Bailey and Gerald Rafshoon. Though they come from opposite sides of the aisle, Bailey and Rafshoon agreed that huge changes are coming to politics in the next few years. They discussed their analysis on the negative effects of the politics of polarization, how the internet will change everything and how a third ticket is a possibility in presidential races.

Doug Bailey was an American political consultant and founder of The Hotline, a bipartisan, daily online briefing on American politics. After leaving day-to-day operations at The Hotline, which he began in 1987, Bailey became involved in numerous philanthropic activities. Most recently, he was one of the four co-founders of the political reform movement Unity08, a company that hoped to start a new centrist party for the 2008 presidential election. He appeared on The Colbert Report to promote his cause. He also founded Freedom’s Answer, a non-partisan voter turnout effort, with former Clinton Press Secretary Mike McCurry. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Gerald Rafshoon is an American television producer and political operative. He is one of the four founding members of Unity08, and was the White House Communications Director under the presidency of Jimmy Carter. Rafshoon has spent over 40 years in various aspects of communications including advertising, publicity, politics and film. His experience includes running a successful advertising agency, serving as White House Communications Director and as Producer and Executive Producer of motion pictures for television and cable. (2)

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(2) Material from Wikipedia.