Archive for the '2004 presidential election' Category
An Interesting Question
Posted on November 2, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2004 presidential election, 2008 elections, 2008 presidential election, Bush administration, liberals | Leave a Comment
Kevin Drum:
[W]ere we, in fact, better off losing in 2004? The downside was four more years of George Bush and Dick Cheney. That’s hardly to be minimized, especially since the upside is still not completely knowable. But for myself, I think I’m convinced. The cause of liberal change is better served by Obama in 2008 [...]
Nice Of Them To Finally Admit It
Posted on June 20, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2004 presidential election, George W Bush, John McCain, Republican party, Swift Boaters, ratfucking, the media | Leave a Comment
Jonathan Martin has an interesting article at the Politico discussing the current non-existence of any “Swift Boat”-style groups preparing to fight for the Republicans in this presidential election. While sources from both parties tell Martin they expect the eventual emergence of the groups, no one has yet come forward with the willingness and the money [...]
Protest Votes
Posted on May 8, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2004 presidential election, 2008 Republican primary, John Kerry, John McCain | 1 Comment
Oliver Willis:
The Economist responds to my post about how McCain’s trouble with the base is showing up in a 20% protest vote in the primaries. They don’t think it’s a problem, but if you look at the late 2004 Democratic primaries the only candidate getting a substantial vote other than Sen. Kerry is Sen. Edwards. [...]
A Moment For Young Voters
Posted on April 29, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2004 presidential election, 2008 presidential election, John McCain, party identification, polls, young voters | Leave a Comment
Pew has a chart you’ll likely be seeing a lot over the course of the next day or two:
That’s a twenty-five point gap in favor of the Democrats.
Mori Dinauer looks at the 2004 election results and does a rough calculation of how they might have changed if the youth party identification gap had been as [...]
