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...votes. Now, Americans abroad - and Republican and Democratic campaigners back in the U.S. - realize the impact the expat vote could have. "There's a lot riding on [the overseas vote]," says Robert Worcester, chairman of the MORI polling firm in London. Expats "could have swung Florida." Can they help swing next month's result? Until 1975, not all expat Americans were even allowed to vote. Today, the Federal Voting Assistance Program run by the Pentagon estimates that 6 million Americans live abroad (roughly half of whom are eligible to vote), making the expat community equivalent in population to the state...
...supply of presidential documentaries truly has eclipsed demand, Sinclair Broadcasting Group may be sacrificing financial health for partisan gain by airing Stolen Honor: The Wounds that Never Heal on up to 62 of its networks in swing states. The film, which enthusiastically picks up where the anti-Kerry group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth left off, criticizes the Senator’s anti-Vietnam activism and alleges that it jeopardized the safety of American troops in captivity...
...wasn’t a computer printout that propelled Princeton outfielder B.J. Szymanski’s name to the top of prospect lists last spring. It was one sweet swing at a 95 mile per hour offering from Old Dominion uber-prospect Justin Verlander...
Deep down, just like Eisenhower we all dream of being big leaguers. And that’s the allure of Scout Day. On Wednesday, no Harvard player got six figures with a single swing like Szymanski, but they may have earned a second look. A scout may have put their name in a database, and that same scout may come back this spring. The player might not get drafted, and even if he did, he probably will never reach the big leagues...
Ganz said PreVote does have the potential to reveal which party mobilizes supporters better but hesitated to predict how the site’s results will influence swing voters...