Presidential Politics and the Arts
Often, those of us who love the arts don't love politics (except, perhaps, as performance art!). However, we all know that arts funding has been getting tighter and tighter over time, which hurts both communities and individual artists. The presidential candidates have just released their platform statements regarding the arts. Read on to find out what John McCain and Barack Obama say.
Several days ago, the Americans for the Arts Action Fund presented a summary of the arts positions of the 2008 presidential candidates.
Americans for the Arts Action Fund is responsible for an initiative known as ArtsVote2008, which aims to educate presidential candidates on issues impacting the arts and arts education with the goal of securing "for the first time ever" formal position statements from the top candidates.
Senator Barack Obama has a comprehensive arts policy proposal that he began issuing in February 2008.
Senator McCain, on the other hand, has a four-sentence long statement that was only issued earlier this month.
This blog won't attempt to sway readers one way or another, but instead suggests readers download the comparison of the two candidates' positions on the arts at http://www.artsactionfund.org/pdf/press/McCain_Obama_record_final.pdf.
For further information on the candidates and on arts funding issues, visit www.artsvote.org.
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