Pollster Zogby to explore Barack Obama’s second term in FLCC talk

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Celebrated pollster John Zogby will give his take on “The Political Landscape: 2013 and Beyond” when he speaks at Finger Lakes Community College on Sunday, Feb. 10.Zogby will explore how Barack Obama won a demographic 2012 victory – though not necessarily an ideological one. He will offer insight on what lies ahead for the president’s second term as well as for the Democratic and Republican parties.Curt Smith, former speechwriter to President George H.W. Bush, will join Zogby as the moderator in a spirited discussion, scheduled for 4 p.m. in the college’s new main campus auditorium in Canandaigua. The audience will be invited to ask questions after the talk.Zogby is the second of three speakers in the 2012-13 George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum lineup. The lecture series is organized by a community committee and hosted by FLCC. The final speaker on Sunday, May 5, is Catherine Bertini, who ran the United Nations World Food Program for 10 years and was recognized for her work to prevent starvation.Single event tickets are $29 to $39. Tickets are on sale online at gmeforum.org, by phone at (585) 785-1386 or email at gmeforum@flcc.edu.Author of the New York Times bestseller “The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream,” Zogby crunches numbers that have been consistently among the most accurate opinion research data available. He predicted the outcomes of the 1996, 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. Tom Brokaw once remarked that Zogby “always has his hand on the pulse of America.”Curt Smith, now a columnist, is the author of 15 books and senior lecturer of English at the University of Rochester. The George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum is named for the late George M. Ewing Sr., who passed away in September 2009 at the age of 87. He was the long-time editor and publisher of the Daily Messenger, later to become Messenger Post Media. He and his late wife, M.M. Ewing, were philanthropic leaders in Canandaigua for many years. The tradition has continued through his son, George M. Ewing Jr., and his family, who provided funding to launch the lecture series in 2011.