Barnett is a native New Yorker. He is a graduate of the Horace Mann School and New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where he studied City Planning and the built environment. Barnett lived abroad in Italy for a year, observing life in the European Union and studying human-figure drawing. He returned to New York with a deep-rooted sense of civic responsibility and enrolled in the Introduction to Architecture Program at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation, and Planning, and began working at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corporation. Simultaneously, Barnett, reinvigorated and re-launched Why Tuesday? as the nation's premier video blog for election-related content. Barnett also serves as Executive Director of the Ultimate College Bowl, an unprecedented effort conceived by Why Tuesday? to register every eligible US college student to vote in the 2008 elections.

Blog Entries by Barnett Zitron

On The Clinton Point Spread

Posted April 22, 2008 | 11:21 PM (EST)


NEW YORK, NY -- Thus far in this photo-finish Democratic primary race, patterns have been hard to identify and the accuracy of polls has been questionable at best. Fundamental to turnout stats-- and therefore election results-- are the deadlines and rules unique to each State's primary or caucus.

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Debate Trail: Off Stage In Philly

Posted April 17, 2008 | 10:31 AM (EST)


PHILADELPHIA -- I've been to more debates than I can count fingers on one hand. I am not complaining (especially since this filing room is filled with people who've spent more time than me on the Trail). In fact, an anonymous member of Hillary's Press Corps, who has been to...

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Superdelegate System Upgrade

Posted February 22, 2008 | 03:36 PM (EST)


WASHINGTON D.C - The Democratic Party is split both publicly and on the inside. An impending controversy over superdelegates of how (and when) they choose to wield their power promises to spawn even more divisiveness should the nomination come down on their shoulders. Voters want to know: Will the average...

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Rising Turnout in Uncharted Waters

Posted February 20, 2008 | 10:04 AM (EST)


NEW YORK, NEW YORK - I hopped off the campaign trail last week. I thought I needed "some space," but I soon found myself yearning for the ebb-and-flow of election energy. Drama among the Democrats, rifts in the Republican base, increasing turnout, and polling percentages... for a political junkie it...

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Today's Crystal Ball(ots)

Posted February 10, 2008 | 06:17 PM (EST)


NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The 2008 nominating contests are highly contested and are attracting record turnout levels in state after state. Candidates are doing their best to maintain this upward trend in turnout; however, Republican turnout is sure to falter after Super Tuesday's results.

For the Democrats, in this...

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Romney's Interstitial Disconnect

Posted February 8, 2008 | 10:44 AM (EST)


NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Mitt Romney just announced the end of his bid for the Republican nomination. In today's political climate, big money and high-paid consultants alone do not make the grade. Successful campaigns and candidates must be multi-dimensional in order to woo multi-media oriented voters.

In that...

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