October 31, 2008
Talking Points Memo reports that John McCain has sent a robocall to voters in his home State of Arizona. This part of the recording sounds like desperate stuff:If Democrats win full control of government, they will want to give civil rights to terrorists and talk unconditionally to dictators and sta...
go to article »October 29, 2008
Indiana apparently doesn't allow robocalls. So the McCain/Palin campaign asked a call centre to read out the latest smears. They underestimated the determination of the local workers . Three dozen walked out in protest. Still strength in unity. No wonder employers will do anything to make wildcat st...
go to article »October 27, 2008
I knew that robocalls had arrived in Australia. Nevertheless, when Prime Minister John Howard rang me before last year’s election I was startled by his voice at first. Because it was a recorded message, my colourful response was wasted.It’s the electronic age in political campaigning these days....
go to article »October 26, 2008
Part of a post by Ethan Zuckerman, at my heart's in accra, about Voices without Votes:Sick of the US election dominating all media coverage? Dreaming of a future date, perhaps two weeks away, when it’s possible that headlines won’t feature Sarah Palin?You could always turn to international news,...
go to article »October 24, 2008
You can customize this video from CNNBC and insert the name of the non-voter. Just click this link Obama's Loss Traced To....This has to be a not-too-subtle campaign tactic by the Democrats. Nightmares about Florida 2000. kwoff_id = 29320; ...
go to article »October 23, 2008
There is a new tracking poll from the Washington Post-ABC News. It's just into its second day. More good news for Obama:Barack Obama is up 11 points on John McCain among likely voters in the new Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll, 54 to 43 percent....Two in 10 independent voters said they are mo...
go to article »October 21, 2008
Lots of analysts went off the Reuters/C-Span/Zogby Daily Tracking Poll when it showed a narrowing in McCain's favour. I tried to be a bit loyal because Reuters are one of the sponsors of Voices without Votes and in the spirit of even-handedness. Today's figures bring some comfort to Obama supporters...
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John Liebhardt has a roundup of international bloggers reactions to Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama:Most bloggers stayed away from making political prognostications of the endorsement. Instead, many investigated the social aspects of a one-time favorite for the GOP nomination to cross par...
go to article »October 19, 2008
The latest post from the Princeton Electoral Consortium is well worth reading if you're into psephology or just interested in how accurate U.S. polling data is.The graphic above tries to compensate for a 2% margin of error for John MCain. A similar State-by-State interactive Map is available on thei...
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My remarks yesterday on my Voices without Votes post were prophetic:Closer to home, a TV blog in Australia, TVtonight, is bemused by John McCain's decision to snub David Letterman's talk show. Nothing worse than a media star scorned.Pay back was a question to McCain about his connection with G. Gord...
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