NOV. 7, 2018 | Australian political consultant and filmmaker Bruce Hawker spoke with Stan Grant on ABC’s “Matter of Fact” about his documentary project on America’s midterm elections. His conclusion: America is an unhappy country and the divisiveness causing the unhappiness will continue after Democrats took control of the U.S. House in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election:
NOV. 5, 2018 | On the day before the midterm elections, the crew traveled around Washington, D.C., starting with Bruce Hawker being on an international panel (above) commenting on the midterm elections, followed by an interview with a Democratic communications consultant.
OCT. 27, 2018 | Bruce Hawker and Iowa state Sen. Jeff Danielson, D-Cedar Falls, shared a laugh at Cup of Joe, a great little coffee shop in Cedar Falls.
OCT. 25, 2018 | Two dozen students rubbed sleep from their eyes early Thursday at the University of Minnesota to learn about political advertising from veteran journalism professors Chris Terry and Chris Ison. They said the 2018 Minnesota political campaigns were on track to spend a record $100 million in television advertising, about a third by candidates and the rest from advocacy groups.
Australian strategist Bruce Hawker spoke by satellite this week to ABC Australia’s Stan Grant on the Oct. 24 broadcast of Matter of Fact. He describes what he’s learning about America as it heads toward midterm elections on Nov. 6.
OCT. 23, 2018 | After waking early to a brisk Minnesota morning (25 degrees F), the crew met with several western Minnesota farmers and business people in a diner in Wahpeton, N.D.
A drive across the arid high desert of southern Arizona brought the crew to the border town of Douglas, population 17,000., where Mayor Robert Uribe discussed creating an environment of unity with his sister city across the Mexican border.
After a walk along an 18-foot steel wall at the Douglas-Mexico border, we headed 45 minutes east to visit with Dr. Gary Thrasher, a large-animal veterinarian in Hereford, who showed us a different kind of border “wall” — a six-strand barbed wire fence and steel barrier in the San Rafael Valley.
In this short video, Australian political commentator Bruce Hawker outlines what a team is doing as they make a political travelogue in Arizona, South Carolina, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.