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Just your regularly scheduled LJ reminder to vote tomorrow. The sooner we can get a Democratic party majority in the house and senate, the sooner someone starts standing up to Bush about the war. Call 1-800-MY-VOTE1 for information about your local polling place.
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I've been volunteering for the DFL for the past few days, and will be going door to door tomorrow making certain people get out to the polls. One thing I really don't understand is the people I've come into contact with who dislike negative political ads so much that it influences their vote. Political ads are a temporary annoyance whereas the decisions that elected officials make in office have a major impact on society. This seems obvious to me but just isn't to a number of people I've contacted while volunteering.
Back when I did my one day working for the DNC, one of the things that I was told is that negative campaigning is substantially more effective at mobilizing people to give money and go to the polls than discussing the issues. What does this say--that negative campaigning gets most people to the polls but it backfires with a small majority? Is there some other way to walk to line between negative campaigning and a positive presentation of the issues?
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I've been volunteering for the DFL for the past few days, and will be going door to door tomorrow making certain people get out to the polls. One thing I really don't understand is the people I've come into contact with who dislike negative political ads so much that it influences their vote. Political ads are a temporary annoyance whereas the decisions that elected officials make in office have a major impact on society. This seems obvious to me but just isn't to a number of people I've contacted while volunteering.
Back when I did my one day working for the DNC, one of the things that I was told is that negative campaigning is substantially more effective at mobilizing people to give money and go to the polls than discussing the issues. What does this say--that negative campaigning gets most people to the polls but it backfires with a small majority? Is there some other way to walk to line between negative campaigning and a positive presentation of the issues?
