On NBC's local news tonight there was a surprising amount of political news. For an election night the news only covered maybe 4 minutes of results and issues. The most important of these issues being the rejection of the stem cell bond ballad question in New Jersey. The rest of the news consisted of human interest stories, sports and weather. Although not a major election year it seems that this coverage may be part of the problem with voter turnout. The other ballad questions for New Jersey were not even mentioned.
The news covered a small part of the issues and immediately jumped into the national election. This included Hilary's sinking polls. The local election, although the lead off story, only really mentioned one result from only the 12th district. Others have come in yet they are ignored completely. The news tends to do a poor job of ensuring the public is aware of these issues.
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