Media. Wofford College Professor teaches about the rise of radio and its impact on whether to enter world war ii. The class uses sound clips showing the role radio played shaping views and policy. All right. So, last week we talked about coming of the war in europe and asia. I want to talk about the great debate over american involvement in world war ii. This is arguably the most important debate on Foreign Policy in all of American History. And Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part for the first time there was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallop poll organization had started polling American People. So leaders had a much more direct sense of what the people actually thought. Youre going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what it was that americans thought. So im going to focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and well talk about policy as a reflection of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe. My arg
Important debate on Foreign Policy in all of American History. And Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part because for the first time there was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallup poll organization had begun regularly polling the American People. So leaders had a much more direct sense of what the people actually thought. You are going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what it was that americans thought. I am going to focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and then we will talk about actual policy as a result of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe, my argument is there were two basic positions held almost unanimously by the American People. They wanted britain and france to win the war, to defeat germany. And they did not want the United States to have to fight in that war to make it happen. Over the course of the twoplus years of this debate, nothing that happened really changed fundamentally those
Showing the role radio played shaping american view and Foreign Policy. All right. So last week we talked about coming to the war in europe and coming to the war in asia, so what id like to talk about today is the american reaction to all of that. Lets call that the american debate over american involvement in world war ii. This is the most important debate in all of american history, and Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part because for the first time it was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallop poll organization had begun regularly polling the American People. And so leaders had a much better sense, a much more direct sense what the people actually thought. So youre going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what americans thought. So well focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and talk about actual policy as a reflection of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe my argument is that there were two basic
Buckeyes broadband starts cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. First some numbers from the Gallop Organization on americans and protesting over the years. The Gallop Organization occasionally polling on this topic. The last time they did it was in 2022 in the wake of the dobbs abortion decision. The numbers then some 39 of americans said at some point in their life they had the urge to organize or join a public demonstration compared to 36 of americans back in 2018 and gallop first polled on this topic in 1965 when 10 of americans said at some point in their lives they felt the urge to organize or join a public demonstration about some topic. Speaking of the 1960s and parallels drawn between the College Protests today and the vietnam war protests of the 1960s, this story in the wall street journal, the 1960s activist parallels with todays headline. See parallels to protest today. Some said they see themselves in
Was an event held with four of the accusers where he called them courageous, and when he asked if he touches women without consent, one of the accusers paula jones responded with this. [ inaudible ]. Nbc has confirmed that the four women will be in the debate hall tonight. And also leaked friday are many of the Hillary Clinton wall street speeches where the democratic nominee contradicts some of the positions on trade and the public and private s sector. Tonight many of the questions will come from undecided voters and tonight the debate is in the form of a town hall meeting, and half from attendees and half from the social media. It will be moderated by Anderson Cooper and martha raddatz. There sis a question and then a 2 00 rebuttal. And has there ever been a moment in modern political history where there is this kind of drama leading up to a debate like this one . There hasnt. In fact, the debate era in president ial politics is 40 yearold and we havent seen anything near so raw and