Thursday, November 11, 2004

Reality-Based Election Analysis



Click here for AmazonDemocrat Arnold Kling provides some perspective on where his party headed... as opposed to where it could have headed.

Below is a table of choices in various categories. One choice alienates more voters than others, particularly voters near the center.

CategoryAlienates More VotersAlienates Fewer Voters
Policy GroupMoveOn.orgNew America Foundation
CelebrityMichael MooreJesse Ventura
Economic SpokesmanPaul KrugmanMartin Baily
VP CandidateJohn EdwardsJoseph Lieberman
Advocacy for Church-State SeparationPeople for the American WayAmerican Civil Liberties Union
Media and CopyrightMotion Picture Association of AmericaPublic Knowledge


This year, the Democratic Party cozied up to all of the individuals and groups on the left of the list. They lost my vote, despite the fact that I voted for Gore, Clinton, and even Dukakis. My guess is that none of the choices that the Democrats made in the chart helped them in 2004.


Reality-Based Election Analysis

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