Every two years, something amazing happens. Perhaps more important than newly elected leaders, passed initiatives, updated ordinances and a collective national exercise to uphold our republic … is the Voice of San Diego Podcast Election Draft!
As ever, the week before an election is a chance for VOSD Podcast hosts Scott Lewis, Andrew Keatts and Andrea Lopez-Villafaña to hop on the mics and lay down their picks. Each host had two draft picks: These are local contests for which they are most excited to see results. The passage of a local measure may indicate the electorate’s approval of the politicians who boosted it. A choice between two candidates of the same political party may illuminate new political dividing lines. A mayoral race in one city could diverge plans for the region.
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Plus: Political mailers, fascinating specimens. On the first half of the show, Lewis, Keatts and Lopez-Villafaña dissected some political ads — sourced from snail mail and social media. This segment of our show proves that political ads are just straight up confusing, often self-contradictory, chockablock with sophomoric photoshop, yet still thriving despite the fact that everyone says they throw them out immediately.