Throughout this election year KQED has been exploring the role of government through the basic question: what is government for? We’ve gotten the opinion of some young voters on that matter for our Voices of Young Voters project; we’ve shared KQED listeners’ thoughts on government through our essay series Perspectives; and this spring we asked you what you wanted from your elected officials.
And finally, we asked our Facebook and Twitter followers to fill in the blank...
http://storify.com/kqednews/government-is-necessary-for
You can hear more commentary on government, the election and politics in these KQED listener Perspectives...
http://soundcloud.com/kqed/sets/hear-california-residents-1/