With the presidential election season nearing full blast in New Hampshire, it seems appropriate to test New Hampshire’s long-standing democratic ethos. What are the people thinking? What issues matter to you? How connected do you feel to the people vying for your representation? Once a week, I will sit down with one seacoast resident to discuss an issue of importance.
This week’s issue is money and presidential elections and the spotlight belongs to Kate Johnson, a resident of Hampton.
Mike Lenz: Do you feel that the two major parties represent the interests of the People?
Kate Johnson: No, I don’t think they represent the peoples’ interests at all.
They represent the parties’ interests. The candidates are just trying to win votes, they don’t seem like they care about the people at all.

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While the media has been in a near frenzy with regard to the prospect of Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, entering the commercial fray that is the presidential campaign season, another potential third party regular has been largely overlooked. Ralph Nader, the 2000 nominee of the Green Party and an Independent candidate in 2004, has received very little media coverage in comparison to his wealthy counterpart.

While Bloomberg has received full-fledged profiles by the likes of the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Post in which all three publications highlighted his political accomplishments, his contentious relationship with and recent dramatic break with the Republican party and his views on issues such as gun rights, abortion and gay marriage; Nader, the veteran, consumer advocate, has received scant coverage.

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Michael W. Lenz is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Masaschusetts @ Amherst and a long-time contributor to Seacoast Newspapera. Heis a self-described populist and this blog reflects his interest in the
intersect between national and local politics.

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