>> VOTE 2022. EARLY VOTING BEGINS TODAY AHEAD OF THE FLORIDA PRIMARY. DUVAL COUNTY
VOTERS WILL ALSO HELP PICK THE
NEXT SHERIFF HERE. THERE’S A
LOT TO DIGEST. WE KNOW THAT.
THAT’S WHY WE’VE PUT TOGETHER
A VOTER’S GUIDE ON NEWS. 4 JAX
DOT COM. AND WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER.
THERE’S A LOT THERE. SO LET’S
BRING IN MACY GOLDFARB. SHE IS
OUR POLITICAL IN TURN FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WHO
HELPED BRING THIS TO LIGHT MAY
SEE. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN
YOUR PASSION PROJECT ALL
SUMMER LONG. YOU SPENT MONTHS
ON THIS. YES, YES. AND AS YOU
MENTIONED, THANKS. PICK BY THE
WAY, TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF
EARLY VOTING IN DUVAL COUNTY
AND BY THE END OF THE WEEK, IT
WILL BE OPEN FOR EVERY COUNTY
IN FLORIDA. SO
>> THAT SAID WE SPENT THIS
SUMMER GATHERING INFORMATION
ON LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF
CANDIDATES IN SCORES OF
DIFFERENT RACES ACROSS
NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND WE SENT
THEM QUESTIONS THAT WE WANTED
TO KNOW THE ANSWERS TO WHETHER
THAT WAS ABOUT.
>> THEIR BACKGROUND OR ABOUT
THEIR POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES.
AND FROM THERE WE RECEIVED
THEIR RESPONSES. WE HAD ABOUT
AN 80% RESPONSE RATE FROM
THOSE CANDIDATES.
>> AND FROM THERE, YOU’RE NOW
SEEING OUR POLL VOTERS GUIDE,
WHICH INCLUDES THOSE RESPONSES
IN THESE CANDIDATES OWN WORDS,
WHICH IS REALLY COOL
EXCLUSIVELY FOR NEWS. 4 JAX.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND I KNOW
THAT YOU WORKED ALONGSIDE
STEVE PATRICK WHO HELPED
CREATE NEWS FOR JAX. I MEAN,
>> HE REALLY PIONEERED THE
WEBSITE HERE AND IT’S BEEN A
REALLY INTERESTING PROCESS TO
SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
RESPONDING AND TO BE ABLE TO,
YOU KNOW, GET THAT INFORMATION
OUT TO THE VIEWERS. IT’S NOT
ONE-SIDED. IT’S ABOUT GETTING
EVERYBODY TO RESPONSES TO SHOW
ME A COUPLE OF THE RACES. I
WANT YOU TO TO BREAK THIS DOWN
SO THAT WE KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
THEY SURE. SO WE HAVE THIS
HANDY MAP HERE. SOMETHING
IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT
THERE WAS SOME CONGRESSIONAL
REDISTRICTING THAT WENT ON
THIS YEAR. NOT THAT WE REALLY
KNOW WHAT DISTRICTS WERE IN
ANY WAY MOST OF THE TIME. BUT
THIS MAP MAKES IT A LOT EASIER
TO FIGURE THAT YEAH, WE HAVE A
KEY OVER HERE. IF YOU CLICK
THROUGH.
>> YOU CAN KIND OF SEE YOUR
DISTRICTS CHANGE BUT U.S.
HOUSE FLORIDA SENATE. IF YOU
GO BACK TO U.S. HOUSE, FOR
EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO TAP
SAY YOU WANT TO FIND YOUR
DISTRICT.
>> I LIVE IN GAINESVILLE. SO
IF I WANT TO FIND GAINESVILLE,
I TOP OVER MY POPS UP THERE.
I’M DISTRICT 3. THEN YOU’LL
GET A LINK TO KIND OF A
SUBSECTION OF THE VOTER’S
GUIDE. AND HERE IT IS RIGHT
THERE IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU’RE
GOING TO SEE SUBSECTIONS GOING
TO HAVE KIND OF AN
INTRODUCTION THAT WILL GIVE
YOU SOME CONTEXT TO THE RACE
YOU’RE LOOKING AT AND THEN
YOU’LL SEE A LISTING OF ALL
THE CANDIDATES THAT COULD BE
SHOWING UP ON YOUR PRIMARY
BALLOT. YEAH, THIS IS GREAT.
AND IT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: YOU KNOW,
IDENTIFIES AND BY POLITICAL
PARTY IT AT THE AGE, THEIR
FAMILY, THEIR EDUCATION, THEIR
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE AND THEN
ISSUES. RIGHT? WE ALL ARE
INTERESTED IN THE ISSUES. THE
ECONOMY, VOTERS RIGHTS,
ELECTION, INTEGRITY, GUN
RIGHTS, GUN SAFETY. AND YOU
CAN SCROLL THROUGH. SO WHAT
WAS IT LIKE REACHING OUT TO
THEM? BECAUSE I SAT ACROSS
FROM HER IN THE NEWSROOM. AND
I KNOW THAT THAT YOU REALLY
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
WAS THOROUGH, REACHING OUT TO
PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES. THE BIG
NAME CANDIDATES THAT WE ALL
KNOW AND THE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE
ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS THAT THAT
DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT
NAME RECOGNITION. BUT YOU
CALLED HIM E MAIL TO YOU
TEXTED HIM?
>> YES. AND ALL OF THE ABOVE.
EVEN SOME FACEBOOK MESSAGING,
ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE
SURE WE INCLUDED AS MANY
CANDIDATES AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE
AS YOU SAID, VICK, WE REALLY
WANT THIS TO BE A FAIR AND
ACCURATE REPRESENTATION AND A
GUIDE TO EVERYONE WHO YOU MAY
HAVE THE CHANCE OF SEEING ON
YOUR BALLOT. YES, THAT
INCLUDED.
>> MULTIPLE EMAILS. COLD CALLS
SOME TEXTS, FACEBOOK MESSAGES
TO MAKE SURE WE COULD GET.
>> AS MANY PEOPLE AS MANY
CANDIDATES COVERED AS
POSSIBLE. AND IF FOR SOME
REASON WE DIDN’T END UP
GETTING A RESPONSE TO A
CANDIDATE, WE STILL INCLUDED
THEIR NAMES THAT, YOU KNOW,
THEY’LL BE ON YOUR BALLOT AND
WE TRIED TO INCLUDE THEIR
CANDIDATE WEBSITE AS WELL AS
YOU CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THEM, EVEN IF IT’S NOT
STRAIGHT FROM THEIR MOUNTS.
YEAH. WELL, THIS IS AWESOME.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB. STEVE
PATRICK DID A GREAT JOB.
EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED
>> AND THIS IS CERTAINLY
SOMETHING THAT I USE BECAUSE
YOU CAN HERE IN THEIR OWN
WORDS. SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT
THESE POLITICAL COMMERCIALS
AND PEOPLE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW,
THROWING MUD AT EACH OTHER.
BUT BUT YOU CAN JUST READ EACH
PERSON’S TAKE ON EACH ISSUE
AND THAT’S A GREAT WAY JUST TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INFORMED
VOTERS AS WE GO TO CAST OUR
MACY GOLDFARB, YOU ARE A ROCK
STAR. THANK YOU.