Professor Jason Johnson joined a panel discussion on WCPN about possible vice presidential candidates for Barack Obama and John McCain.
Listen online to this panel discussion at WCPN’s Swing State 2008 coverage.
Professor of Political Science. Politics Editor for The Root. Latest Book: Political Consultants and Campaigns: One Day to Sell
Professor Jason Johnson joined a panel discussion on WCPN about possible vice presidential candidates for Barack Obama and John McCain.
Listen online to this panel discussion at WCPN’s Swing State 2008 coverage.
Political Analyst Professor Jason Johnson discusses Obama’s appearance in Berea, Ohio on August 4th, 2008
A look at this week’s developments in the presidential campaign including the latest political ads, polls, and media coverage. Joining us is JASON JOHNSON, Instructor of political science and communication at Hiram College in Northeast Ohio and SCOTT HUFFMON, Associate Professor of Political Science and founder and Director of the Social & Behavioral Research Laboratory at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Click here to listen to Professor Jason Johnson on WHYY.
Professor Jason Johnson commented on the prospects of white voters in Ohio and Kentucky to vote for Barack Obama as the nation’s first African-American presidential nominee. Johnson was quoted in the Cincinnati Enquirer article “Will Ohio, Ky, vote for a black man?”
Jason Johnson, a political science professor at Hiram College in northern Ohio, said comparing Obama to Powell doesn’t work, mainly because Powell was never really a candidate for president. “There’s no precedent to compare to what Barack Obama has done,” he said.
This time around, Johnson said, people are likely to vote on the issues – a plummeting economy, the mortgage crisis, energy, the war in Iraq. “These are issues where race is not really part of the equation,’’ he said. “They cut across all racial lines.”
But, Johnson said, the resistance of some white voters to voting for a black man for president – particularly in key states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia – is something the Obama campaign is taking into consideration.
“They know it is an issue,” Johnson said. “And Barack Obama has been trying to make himself less scary to white voters.
Professor Jason Johnson joined a panel discussion on WCPN about the role of gender and race in the Democratic presidential primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Listen to the segment “Gender and Race in Politics” on The Sound of Ideas.
Dr. Jason Johnson is a professor, political analyst and public speaker. Fresh, unflappable, objective, he is known for his ability to break down stories with wit and candor. Johnson is the author the book Political Consultants and Campaigns: One Day to Sell, a tenured professor in the School of Global Journalism & Communication at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland and Politics Editor at TheRoot.com. Dr. Johnson has an extensive public speaking and media background ranging from … [Read More...] about About Jason Johnson