...So Goes the Nation

...So Goes the Nation (2006)

A true story of how elections are won...and lost.

A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.

Date of release
2006-10-04
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Director
James D. Stern, Adam Del Deo

Casting

Interesting facts

...So Goes the Nation is a 2006 political documentary directed by Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern that follows the 2004 United States presidential election between Republican President George W. Bush and Democratic Senator John Kerry. It was released by IFC Films on October 4, 2006, and received praise from critics. The documentary concentrates on the swing state of Ohio, where Bush's victory in the state was considered to cost Kerry the election. It features interviews with both campaign officials and volunteers from both parties while analyzing the outcome of the election.

Production

...So Goes the Nation was co-directed by Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern; it was the third to be directed by the pair. Two weeks before election day, following an announcement about new rules regarding voter registration by Kenneth Blackwell, the Ohio Secretary of State, Del Deo and Stern traveled across the state with the initial goal of documenting possible voter fraud in the 2004 presidential election.

The documentary featured various officials from both campaigns, including Terry McAuliffe and Ed Gillespie, the chairmen of the Democratic and Republican national committees, respectively. It also features Leslie Ghiz, a Republican activist and judge on the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court who campaigned for the Bush/Cheney ticket. Ghiz later left the Republican Party due to the influence of President Donald Trump.

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