Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Marty Kaplan join Bill to assess the true value of the 2012 political debates, and weigh in on campaign communication tactics in the home stretch. Moyers & Company Read more »
10 keys to the presidential race (#1: Flohiva)
Now that the debates are over, the presidential horse race enters its home stretch. With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama locked in a statistical tie, both presidential candidates can control their political destiny. Here is a look at 10 factors that could decide the race. [cont.] Richard S. Dunham, Houston […] Read more »
Tracking Online Clicks to Try to Sway Voters
… One of the hallmarks of this campaign is the use of increasingly sophisticated — but not always accurate — data-mining techniques to customize ads for voters based on the digital trails they leave as they visit Internet sites. It is a practice pioneered by online retailers who work with […] Read more »
Obama May Not Need To Repeat 2008 Support From White Voters To Win
… As Election Day 2012 nears, Obama appears unlikely to come anywhere near to attracting the percentage of overall white voters he did four years ago. But that may not matter because of growth in voter groups much more inclined to back the nation’s first black president, members of minority […] Read more »
Swing state polling still makes electoral college arithmetic hard for Romney
There are 11 days left in the presidential election, and the picture is static. Mitt Romney and President Obama remain knotted in the national vote. Obama, however, maintains an edge in the all-important electoral college. The lead is small, but seemingly solid. [cont.] Harry Enten, The Guardian Read more »
Majority harbor prejudice against blacks
Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not. Those views could cost President Barack Obama votes as […] Read more »