--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jersey Shore John
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November 04, 2008
Categories: Election
Poll problems and poll problem spin
As on every election day, there are two separate, and almost
disconnected things going on: There are state-by-state,
polling-place-by-polling-place, legal and administrative battles going
on over ballots; and there's a spin war at national and statewide
television, in which the campaigns try to set the election day
conditions with a coordinated message.
A bit on the spin side:
The Obama campaign's message today: Everything's going fine.
The McCain campaign's message: It's a mess.
And so, while the McCain campaign and RNC are blasting out stories
about alleged Democratic shenanigans, as you'd expect, they're also
blasting out stories like this one, about run of the mill voting
problems in the Democratic stronghold of Philadelphia.
This is, presumably, because Obama wants voters to think it'll be
quick, easy, and reliable to vote; and McCain's camp wants those
marginal voters, who are likely Obama voters, to stay home and avoid
the hassle.
ONE FOOTNOTE: The McCain camp also sent out, and Drudge is driving,
the story of Black Panthers allegedly intimidating voters at a
Philadelphia poll site. The story is disputed; indeed, it's such a
heavily Democratic precinct (90% in 2004) that it wouldn't make a huge
amount of sense for Obama backers to intimidate anyone there.
But more broadly, I wonder what the goal of pushing that one is
(regardless of its details, which will likely be untangled tomorrow in
the Philadelphia press). On one hand, the idea that Democrats are up
to dirty tricks may energize the Republican base; on the other, I'm
not sure warnings of physical danger are the best way to get marginal
Republicans to the polls.
By Ben Smith 03:26 PM
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