Tag Archive: US Elections

Oct
15
2008

Who Won the 3rd Presidential Debate? Poll Roundup

Its the last debate, so I’m keeping up the tradition of the quick poll round up. Here’s what I’ve got so that you can check the latest yourself (or vote). See the links. I’ll be updating periodically. Obama McCain Neither Votes CNN Quick Poll 72% 22% 6% 422350 WSJ Quick Poll 39.4% 60.5% 2.8% 677286 …

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Oct
08
2008

Does Negative Campaigning Work? Findings from Recent Research

Personal attacks have become increasingly sharp in the U. S. presidential election. The McCain campaign has even reportedly decided to make character attacks on Senator Obama a primary strategy. Just recently, Telegraph reported, A former McCain strategist familiar with the senator’s tactical discussions told The Sunday Telegraph that he would pursue the “nuclear option” targeting …

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Oct
07
2008

Who Won 2nd Presidential Debate? Poll Roundup

I can’t wait for the official polls, so I like to troll the sites watching the quick polls. Here’s what I’ve got so that you can check the latest yourself (or vote). See the links. I’ll be updating periodically. Obama McCain Neither Votes CNN Quick Poll 73% 20% 8% 382360 WSJ Quick Poll* 61% 38% …

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Oct
03
2008

Cool Interactive Obama-McCain Polling View

WSJ Interactive Polls

Link to cool interactive chart of 2008 U.S. presidential race polls.

May
10
2008

Clinton-Clark Campaign Would Have Clicked

The approaches of Wesley Clark to the Iraq War and his viability as a 2008 U.S. Presidential running mate.

Feb
14
2008

Conservative Anger Toward McCain a Misnomer

There is a lot of talk lately about conservatives being angry at McCain, and there are certainly many articles and blogs out there that are critical of McCain. But it seems to me that “anger” at McCain is kind of a misnomer, or at least only a symptom of the underlying issue. By definition, conservatives …

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