NOV. 5, 2018 | Australia’s ABC Radio interviewed strategist Bruce Hawker on the day before the midterm elections: “He said public interest in this poll was higher than he’d ever seen in more than 20 years observing US politics, and divisions were so severe, people were afraid to speak about their choices for fear of alienating friends and family.”
NOV. 3, 2018 | Over the last four weeks, we’ve traveled more than 3,500 miles, visited 12 states and interviewed 130 people. Our last day on the, ahem, hard road was in and around West Chester, Penn., where we met seasoned public policy strategist Eric Schnurer, an opinion contributor to U.S. News and World Report.
NOV. 3, 2018 | U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, a Pennsylvania Democrat pictured above, told the crew Saturday during a health care rally near Independence Hall that his state would be ground zero in his party’s effort to take back the U.S. House
NOV. 2, 2018 | Just over two weeks before then 155th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s short Gettysburg Address that describes America’s national purpose, the crew visited the battlefield that had the largest number of casualties during the American Civil War.
Bruce Hawker joins Stan Grant on ABC Australia’s “Matter of Fact” from Pittsburgh following the massacre of Jewish worshipers at a synagogue in Squirrel Hill. They discussed to the divided nature of the current U.S. political climate and the reaction of the people of Pittsburgh to a visit from President Donald Trump to offer his condolences.
NOV. 1, 2018 | The effects of thousands and thousands of job losses came into focus in Monessen, Penn., where decaying buildings and blight fill a once-vibrant downtown. Later on this gray day, the crew traveled to Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., to talk with a respected pollster about what’s happening across the country.
OCT. 31, 2018 | Days after the horrific murder of 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue, people continued to mourn, offering flowers, candles, hand-written signs and more.
OCT. 31, 2018 | Australian political strategist Bruce Hawker spoke to PRI’s The World radio host Marco Werman about the division impacting America during the midterm elections in this national show aired today.
OCT. 30, 2018 | More than 3,000 people in Pittsburgh marched this afternoon in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood to protest a visit by President Donald Trump after a Saturday massacre of 11 worshipers at a prominent synagogue.
OCT. 29, 2018 | The crew spent the day conducting “man on the street” interviews with people in Columbus, Ind., hometown of Vice President Mike Pence. Columbus, a prosperous city of about 44,000 people, is the headquarters of Cummins, an American Fortune 500 manufacturer of engines.