Word: voter
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Merritt's study group, "Election 1996: The Candidates, the Media and the Rebellious American Voter," will discuss getting a campaign's message across to voters...
...single person connected with MTV. Standing confused and perturbed in front of the bus, I'm attacked by a horde of "Rock the Vote" volunteers, and I shoo them off rather impolitely. I harbor unnatural hostility for the Rock the Vote campaign, and for the idea of activist voter registration in general. They bother me in much the same way it bother me when playoff ticket land in the laps of casual fans. I have no real grounds to be annoyed, but still, there's an undeniable elitist suspicion that if people don't have to work hard for precious...
Nineteen-ninety-six has been a waste of an election year, primarily because it has not been a contest. The American voter has been made party to an extended infomercial whose highlights have been the scintillating interludes from the farcical partisan monotony: Elizabeth Dole as talk-show host, Susan McDougal in chains, Dick Morris in bed. Despite the political parties' protests that good money is hard to come by, and therefore good information channeling is difficult to procure, Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, and even Ross Perot, have had more access to Americans' time than the stars of "Friends...
...shameful for the President to be manipulated like a puppet and in turn bamboozle this great country? How instructive for the gullible voter to see the way smooth talkers, fast operators and spin controllers are trying to win the election at any cost. YOAN ZAIFER Pompano Beach, Florida...
Your article about political strategist Dick Morris was frightening with its myriad implications of no character and double-crossing [THE DEMOCRATS, Sept. 2]. You described an amorphous chameleon who fed Bill Clinton what the voters want to hear, providing the President with a platform that echoes issues back to the voter. This is scarier than Orwell's classic, 1984. Of course we want to hear that; we said it. I hope the average person can judge Clinton's character by the company he keeps. BOB WHITE Chula Vista, California...