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madmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 08:40 PM
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GOP Mines Data for Every Tiny Bloc

By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writers
September 24, 2006

The Battle for Control

WASHINGTON — As Democrats drive to extend their power in Congress, holding on to Debbie Stabenow's Senate seat is a must. And the Michigan incumbent is currently ahead in the polls.

But Republican strategists are working hard to upset Stabenow, in part through a low-profile appeal to a group that most politicians rarely think of as a voting bloc — snowmobilers.

And the stealth campaign to woo the thousands of working-class, historically Democratic Michiganders whose cold-weather passion is snowmobiles is just one small example of a technique known as "micro-targeting" that GOP strategists are using across the country as they try to pull off another election day victory against the odds.

More: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-dems24sep24,0,580946.story?coll=la-home-nation
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 08:42 PM
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1. The GOP is clearly the best at this
only problem is they lie to even these micro-targets.
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 08:44 PM
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3. Yeah, like "global warming" is a myth, there will be plenty of
snow for you..."
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 08:43 PM
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2. This works, all the snowmobilers in Florida are voting for
Katherine Harris.
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