The front page story in The New York Times today details how the Obama campaign built up this superior field organization:
In Chicago, the campaign recruited a team of behavioral scientists to build an extraordinarily sophisticated database packed with names of millions of undecided voters and potential supporters. The ever-expanding list let the campaign find and register new voters who fit the demographic pattern of Obama backers and methodically track their views through thousands of telephone calls every night.
That allowed the Obama campaign not only to alter the very nature of the electorate, making it younger and less white, but also to create a portrait of shifting voter allegiances. The power of this operation stunned Mr. Romney’s aides on election night, as they saw voters they never even knew existed turn out in places like Osceola County, Fla. “It’s one thing to say you are going to do it; it’s another thing to actually get out there and do it,” said Brian Jones, a senior adviser.
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It was not all the sophisticated girations that won, it was the promise of FREE sh't. FREE instead of EARN wins evey time.. Now watch what we ALL have to pay the piper... Our RIGHTS.
When the media is on you side as in communist countries,you can't lose.Last night CBS and CNN were going after the house republicans already.
By sidetracking the GI votes to keep them from affecting the election.
Anon 3:52pm
That's only if the GI vote only gies to Romney. That's a big IF.
Simple really. Republicans and libertarians are geared towards the individual. They exercise critical thinking. The democrats are a mob. Though they like to think otherwise, they are not good at independent thought. Unfortunately, this group-think serves the party well during an election. The tools do as they are told and vote in droves, in this case overwhelming the competition.
There are lots of reasons we can give for the Obama win, but the one that I have not been hearing from any source is the fact that this country has changed. It is no longer the country we grew up in. The youth, for the most part, are raised to expect everything given to them. Folks are satisfied with accepting welfare and living in poverty, as long as they do not have to work or raise a hand to help themselves. When I was coming up, it was disgraceful to be on welfare. The values once considered the norm are gone.
He got more vots
I agree with 6.05...the fact that Romney got less votes than McCain should tell you whats going on. Its hard to compete with Santa Claus.
There are lots of reasons we can give for the Obama win, but the one that I have not been hearing from any source is the fact that this country has changed. 6:05 PM
There was a thread on here just as you describe. Matter of fact, your comment sounds just like it in spirit with some different words placed in it.
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