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Just in Time for the Primaries!
Steven Roberts
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Dear ,
If you need an expert navigator to help fight through the jungle of polls, predictions, tweets, and emails as the presidential season gets underway, we’ve got you covered.
Join us as Steve Roberts, journalist, professor, and author, who is now covering his 13th presidential election, guides you through the process.
Listen as Roberts moderates three panels of experts who discuss:
- How election information is disseminated
- How priorities in the story line of both the media and the candidates are chosen
- What polling can tell you
- How to weed out the unnecessary information to get what you need
You’ll be a smarter, shrewder voter and citizen in time for the February primaries.
A Voter’s Guide to Election Season 2016
3-Session Evening Course
Begins Tues., Jan. 12 at 6:45 PM
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