[Mb-civic] The math needed to beat Bush

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The math needed to beat Bush

http://www.providencephoenix.com/features/top/multi/documents/04054401.asp

A 3 page article by Dan Kennedy (you can click pages 2 and 3 at the bottom 
when you get there :| ) about "important math" of the 10 Swing States.


"Such narrowcasting has become so prevalent that in 2000 — for the first 
time in the television era — neither major-party candidate bought any 
political advertising on national television, according to Northeastern 
University political scientist William Mayer, editor of The Making of the 
Presidential Candidates, 2004. Instead, the campaigns opted to buy all 
their time on local stations in swing states.  Mayer expects Bush and Kerry 
to do the same — especially if the contest remains as close as it is at the 
moment."

"If you live in a solidly Republican state, such as Texas, Utah, or 
Georgia, or a solidly Democratic state, such as New York, California, or 
Massachusetts, you’re no more likely to see George W. Bush or John Kerry 
landing on the tarmac of your local airport than you are to see a total 
eclipse of the sun. But if you live in a state that could go either way, 
such as New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, or Florida, prepare 
to be bombarded by television ads, door-knocking canvassers, and Secret 
Service roadblocks, as the campaigns devote all their resources to 
identifying their supporters and getting them to the polls."




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