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Alcon
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« on: February 07, 2009, 05:51:21 PM »

That isn't too crazy of a prediction. If the Bradley effect had been really strong, and Acorn hadn't gotten in the way, that is a very possible map.

ACORN didn't "get in the way" of what?  Registering useless Daffy Duck registrations that would require a ridiculously orchestrated effort to cast a single vote with?
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Alcon
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2009, 06:56:30 PM »

That isn't too crazy of a prediction. If the Bradley effect had been really strong, and Acorn hadn't gotten in the way, that is a very possible map.

ACORN didn't "get in the way" of what?  Registering useless Daffy Duck registrations that would require a ridiculously orchestrated effort to cast a single vote with?

Sending homeless people to the streets of Pittsburgh, saying if they went out and got blacks registered, they would give them a free meal.
That is just sick.

Targetting certain groups of voters likely to be friendly to your politics is something both parties do.  Do I like that they target the homeless?  No.  Do I like voting targetting?  Not especially.  But this is a stupid caveat.  And, besides, the number of people registered in such drives probably did not break 10,000.  That's a ridiculously small number of votes, relatively speaking.
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Alcon
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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2009, 07:14:53 PM »

Look at the Florida 2000 results. If target voting hadn't happened there, who knows? Al Gore could have been president.

OK, but you make target registration sound like an anomaly (or even a fraudulent activity) instead of what it is, which is what reputable parties and organizations do in every election...
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