News Director Betsy Penisten spoke with actress Sarah Jessica Parker on an on-air phone interview yesterday about the importance of getting out to the polls and casting YOUR vote. Parker is best known for her role as the know-all sex guru Carrie Bradshaw in the popular 90’s HBO hit television series Sex and the City.

Sarah Jessica Parker on the Importance of Voting pt. 1

Sarah Jessica Parker on the Importance of Voting pt. 2

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IowaWatch takes a closer look at the way caucus candidates speak, with the help of rhetoric and speech experts.

Persuading an audience is all about “personal connection,” said Doug Gross, former chief of staff to Terry Branstad, Iowa’s Republican governor.

“If they like you, then they’ll listen to you, and … then you have a shot at persuading them.”

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Editors Note: Emily Woodbury, the news director at KRUI Radio at the University of Iowa, did a similar version of this story for Iowa Public Radio, which aired Dec. 14 and 15. To hear it, click here.

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