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Independents Rejecting Democrats in Droves
2010-10-27 09:40:00 Because of the way Independent voters responded to one question in the recent POLITICO-GW Battleground Poll, I titled this post as I did (instead of following Politico’s lead and saying that independents were turning to the GOP.) While they favor the Republican to the Democratic congressional candidate by a margin of 44-30, 38 percent believe the ...
By: GayPatriot
King Joseph Lieberman I Pushing For Presidential ?Kill Switch? For The Inte
2010-06-18 03:57:00 Joe Liberman Pushes HARD For New Bill To Allow Department Of Homeland Security To Effectively Shut The Internet Down With A Quick Flip Of The Switch… Wow, I guess the Executive Branch just doesn’t have quite enough (“Separate But Equal”?) power these days according to King... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Will Pennsylvania Send Senator Arlen Specter (R?-I?-D?) To Cable News Land
2010-05-18 02:33:00 Poll: Congressman Joe Sestak On The Verge Of Sending Snake Back To The Grass In Pennsylvania Democratic Primary Well, well, WELL — a Quinnipiac University poll tells us today that things aren’t looking so hot for Senator Arlen Specter Snake-In-The-Grass in his quest to keep his... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
President Barack Hussein Obama: Champion Of The Tea Bagger Movement Yet?
2010-05-12 03:19:00 Study Shows Americans Paid Lowest Taxes In President’s First Year Than Any Other Year Since 1950 That’s right, folks — according to USA Today, it’s been SIXTY YEARS since the Internal Revenue Service has had such a low median percentage of tax dollars to count —... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
What? U.S. Military Brass Moving Politically To The Left? How Can This Be
2010-04-14 02:50:00 Doesn’t President Barack Hussein Obama Hate The Troops And The Military And Vice-Versa? What’s WRONG With These People? Let’s see now… the news of the day grabbing my attention the most, being a non-commissioned, Individual Ready Reserve officer in the United States Air... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
New Poll: Majority Of Americans Say It?s Time To Fire ALL Of The Bums In Co
2010-03-17 01:04:00 Wall Street Journal / NBC News Poll Shows 17% Approval Rating Of Congress; Citizens Ready And Willing To Send Their Own Representatives To The Unemployment Line; Don’t Care Much About Democratic OR Republican Party… Wow, this new poll conducted by the WSJ and NBC News says a LOT about... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Another GTL? Open Post Monday: Jumping Joe Lieberman Flip-Flops On ObamaCa
2009-12-15 01:46:00 THE Gun Toting Liberal Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above, Below, Or Anything Else Political One Wishes To O-Pine On… Here we go again with another “catch-all” open post opportunity for our readers... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Iowa Congressman Tom Harkin Still Under The Gun For G.O.P. ?Die Fast? Healt
2009-10-02 05:55:00 Representative Tom Harkin: The G.O.P. Can Sit Back And Watch While We Pass ObamaCare Health Reform… Hey, no doubt — if you are one of those minority folks who belong to the incredible shrinking Republican Party, you absolutely DESPISE this guy, Tom Harkin (D-IA). Why, it was just... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Independents to Keep Moving Toward GOP?(They will, if party returns to smal
2009-07-09 22:32:00 Glenn linked a post on Politico, Independents begin to edge away from President Obama, that made hopeful for the future of my party. As Obama sticks to his guns and continues to favor big-government solutions to a whole host of problems and pretend problems, independents who drifted away from the GOP during the Bush years ...
By: GayPatriot
Poll: Almost ANYBODY Can Move To Nevada And Defeat Senate Majority Leader H
2009-05-20 05:15:00 Question: Should Russ Feingold, Tom Daschle Or Some Other Strong Democrat Pull A “Hillary Clinton” Or An “Al Franken” And Relocate To Nevada To Sport “I Heart Nevada” Pins In A Quest To Unseat Harry Reid? According to a poll conducted by The Las Vegas... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Former Navy SEAL, Pro Wrestler And Former Minnesota Governor Jesse ?The Bod
2009-05-13 04:26:00 Let Me Waterboard Dick Cheney And I’ll Have Him Confessing To The Sharon Tate Murders In One Hour… Pulled from Crooks and Liars for this one (video provided) – Yes, I’m military (about to be former military on 01JUN09, thank God) and I’m happy to say, unlike former... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
La. GOP bars independents from its party primaries
2009-03-16 01:23:00 La. GOP bars independents from its party primaries SHREVEPORT ? The question of whether to let independent voters into Louisiana’s Republican Party primaries turned out to be almost no question ? the vote was 114-5 to solidify the party’s “no.” “We knew it’d be pretty lopsided. We didn’t know it’d be that lopsided,” party chairman Roger ...
By: TexasFred's
Gallup: McCain Crushing Obama Among Independents
2008-09-09 17:46:00 Wow. Just wow. John McCain’s 6 percentage-point bounce in voter support spanning the Republican National Convention is largely explained by political independents shifting to him in fairly big numbers, from 40% pre-convention to 52% post-convention in Gallup Poll Daily tracking. The surge in political independents who favor McCain for president marks the first time since Gallup began tracking voters’ general-election preferences in March that a majority of independents have sided with either of the two major-party candidates. Prior to now, McCain had received no better than 48% of the independent vote and Obama no better than 46%, making the race for the political middle highly competitive. -Bruce (GayPatriot)
By: GayPatriot
Radical Code Pinkers Presented as ?Independents? In Det. Free Press Focus G
2008-09-09 16:43:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Back on September 3, the Detroit Free Press ran a feature asking local voters how they felt about Governor Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech during the Republican National Convention. However, several of those identified as “independent” voters have turned out to be far from independent but are anti-war activists and members of the ...
By: Publius Forum
World Looks Forward To Tonight?s First McCain - Obama Debate On Saddleback
2008-08-16 22:23:00 [Edit] Brokeback Church… [Edit 2] Saddleback Church Debate Features First Showdown Between “Barry” And “Johnny” Before Fickle Evangelical-Types That’s right, folks... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the latest rantings of a gun toting liberal with a chip on his shoulder... harsh views, comments expressed.
Unity Among Democrats or Realignment?
2008-06-01 20:34:00 Despite all the protests seen from the most rabid Clinton supporters, most likely after the final primaries are over Hillary Clinton will realize that further fighting is futile and will accept a dignified settlement from the Obama campaign and begin unifying the party. To partisan Democrats that is the only rational outcome. To an independent such ...
By: Liberal Values
Clinton Is The One Dividing The Party
2008-05-12 01:37:00 Donkey Dish has a similar take as I have on the manner in which the Clinton campaign and supporters are dividing the Democratic Party by dismissing liberals, especially affluent white collar ones, as elites whose votes do not matter. They write: Grasping at straws as she continues to stay in the contentious Democratic race, Hillary Clinton ...
By: Liberal Values
Indiana Independents and Republicans May Decide Primary
2008-04-30 06:28:00 The Howey-Gauge Poll suggests that the Indiana Democratic primary will be decided by independents and Republicans as Democrats are evenly split, with independents favoring Obama and Republicans backing Clinton: There appears to be two kinds of Republicans: the “Obamacans” as the Illinois senator likes to call them - earnest Republicans deeply disappointed in their own party?s ...
By: Liberal Values
Voting Behavior and The Losing Candidate
2008-04-27 22:42:00 Megan McArdle and Arnold Kling consider voting behavior by Democrats should their candidate lose the nomination. Megan writes: Arnold thinks that as soon as the dust has settled, the party will unite behind the nominee. I would guess that this will be less true of a Hillary Clinton nomination than of a Barack Obama ...
By: Liberal Values
Obama More Electable As Appeals to Independents
2008-04-27 22:14:00 John Avlon, author of Independent Nation: How Centrism Can Change American Politics has an op-ed in The New York Post explaining why Obama is more electable that Clinton. (Hat tip to Joe Gandelman). It’s electability, stupid.That’s what Hillary Clinton and her surrogates have been spinning to super-delegates and anyone else who will listen since she lost ...
By: Liberal Values
Electability And The People Each Candidate Attracts
2008-04-25 02:32:00 Prior to the 2006 election the Democrats had been a minority part for quite a while. They often managed to come close in presidential elections and when out of power in Congress often only needed a handful of seats, but the Republicans edged them out most years. To become the majority party did not require ...
By: Liberal Values
Sen. Dodd Says Obama Will Attract Republicans and Independents
2008-04-06 22:14:00 During an appearance today on CNN?s ?Late Edition? program, Barack Obama supporter Chris Dodd made the case that Barack Obama?s lack of experience could help instead of hurt him in the general election.
2008Central.net Presidential Election Podcast (04/05/08)
2008-04-06 21:59:00 During this show, the gurus discuss the state of the race, the Clinton tax returns, Obama’s strategy in Penn., McCain strategy, a general election preview and much more…. Download audio file (2008PresidentialElectionPodcas-t_04_05_08.mp3) [Subscribe to 2008Central.net’s Presidential Election Podcast] Feel free to email us questions/suggestions for our next podcast (you can also email an audio file of your question ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "2008Central.net Presidential Election Podcast (04/05/08)", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/04-/06/2008centralnet-presidential--election-podcast-040508/" });
By: 2008 Central
W.Va. Dems Reaching Out to Independents
2008-04-01 13:14:00 For the first time, West Virginia's unaffiliated voters can cast ballots in either major party's primary on May 13.Following the GOP's lead, the state's majority party has opened their primary, and as The Associated Press' Tom Breen reports, "Democrats expect to draw a large share of those votes because of the close contest for the party's presidential nomination between U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama."As previously noted, "While Democrats still make up the largest share of voters in West Virginia, independents are steadily growing, with their numbers increasing at a higher rate than voters in either of the major parties," the article said.
Give It Up For Mike Bloomberg?
2008-03-27 14:30:00 He certainly knows how to keep his name in the news, as he is introducing Barack Obama today for an economic speech in NYC. I’m not expecting him to formally endorse, but he’d probably consider it if he were otherwise going to get ignored. Photo Credit: Flickr User Piano Lady SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Give It Up For Mike Bloomberg…", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/03-/27/give-it-up-for-mike-bloombe-rg/" });
By: 2008 Central
Hillary Clinton: Unhinged
2008-03-25 21:06:00 Hillary Clinton is unhinged. She is also very convincing and calculating, but not this time. Now Clinton is forced to retract her ‘misleading’ statement regarding the Bosnia sniper story. Boo hoo hoo………. Hildabeast is at it again. Desperate or not, this is so stupid and inane. How desperate is Clinton? For that matter, how desperate ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hillary Clinton: Unhinged", url: "http://thehillchronicles.com/?-p=1697" });
Clinton vs McCain Would Not Be A Choice Worth Voting On
2008-03-23 07:56:00 Josh Marshall has posted a number of emails from supporters of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton who say they will not vote for the other should they win the nomination. He has given this response to the question of not voting for the opposing candidate: Whichever you prefer, they’re actually very different candidates. What I ...
By: Liberal Values
Notes From The Rest Of The Campaign?
2008-03-18 08:10:00 Virtually all the coverage is focused on John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. So, what else is going on in Presidential Election land? Some notes… Politically irrelevant (and justifiably so) candidate, Daniel Imperato draws the ire of a librarian. Apparently, Imperato has been placing press releases framed as news stories in foreign ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Notes From The Rest Of The Campaign…", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/03-/18/notes-from-the-rest-of-the--campaign/" });
By: 2008 Central
Homeless Moderates and Nomadic Independents
2008-03-16 06:30:00 Imagine you are a middle-of-the-road or unaffiliated voter.You think abortion is morally wrong but should be legal at least in some situations, you have less sympathy for illegal immigrants even though you also realize most of them are otherwise law-abiding people, you want to resolve the Iraq situation quickly and without a rapid pullout, you would accept paying higher taxes if that's what it takes to balance the budget or fund social programs, you do not view the government as an enemy so long as it functions efficiently, you think religious groups have too much influence over the government even though you are religious yourself, you support entitlement reform, you support workers' rights and consumer protections, you strongly believe in personal accountability and condemn handouts, you don't care about identity politics, you think affirmative action should be based more on class rather than race and not be scrapped altogether, you respect the Second Amendment so long as it do...
By: The 7-10
The Impact of Tuesday?s Primaries
2008-03-06 01:25:00 With the strange ways that delegates are distributed, looking at various estimates from the media, bloggers, and the campaigns it looks like Clinton will probably net between four and ten delegates more than Obama in yesterday’s vote. This would be the only day in which there has been a vote that Clinton received more delegates ...
By: Liberal Values
The Impact of Tuesday?s Primaries
2008-03-06 01:25:00 With the strange ways that delegates are distributed, looking at various estimates from the media, bloggers, and the campaigns it looks like Clinton will probably net between four and ten delegates more than Obama in yesterday’s vote. This would be the only day in which there has been a vote that Clinton received more delegates ...
By: Liberal Values
Obama?s Record on Bipartisanship and Defending Liberal Principles
2008-03-02 21:36:00 David Igantius has bad timing with today’s op-ed. He accuses Obama of being thin with regards to being a bridge builder, taking a selective view of his record to support his premise. Today’s news provides one of many examples to contradict his argument as The Times of London reports on Obama’s plans to consider Republicans ...
By: Liberal Values
Clinton to Appear on SNL Tonight and other notes.
2008-03-02 03:54:00 Let’s hope she’s funnier than in the debates. Video will be posted as soon as it’s available. In other news: The Texas caucus has disaster written all over it. There needs to be some sort of permanent leaders in these from now on who know what they’re doing. It’s ridiculous to elect a chair and secretary every ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Clinton to Appear on SNL Tonight and other notes.", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/03-/01/clinton-to-appear-on-snl-to-night-and-other-notes/" });
By: 2008 Central
Bloomberg Officially Rules Out Run For President
2008-02-28 17:59:00 In an op-ed published in today’s New York Times, Mayor Mike Bloomberg officially rules out a run for president, writing: I listened carefully to those who encouraged me to run, but I am not ? and will not be ? a candidate for president. He ads some optimism about the remaining candidates and hints at the ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bloomberg Officially Rules Out Run For President", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/02-/28/bloomberg-officially-rules--out-run-for-president/" });
By: 2008 Central
Will Independents Vote For McCain In Nov?
2008-02-28 05:17:00 The Economist predicts that independent voters will make all the difference in the 2008 presidential election. This could mean good news for John McCain since he is a Republican who is attractive to independents. Over the past decade or so, independents have been forced to act like either “soft” Republicans or “soft” Democrats—reluctant conscripts into one or other of America’s armies. But in this election the opposite is happening—more and more partisans are thinking and acting like independents. Polls show that at least two-thirds of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction. A Washington Post poll last year showed that 77% of voters would consider voting for an independent. By a chapter of accidents the Republicans have ended up with their one presidential candidate ideally suited to attracting independents. The party’s thumping in the 2006 mid-term election was almost entirely due to its waning fortunes among independent voters. Conserv...
Ralph Nader?s In, Obama And Clinton React?
2008-02-25 21:04:00 Yesterday, on Meet The Press, Ralph Nader announced his candidacy for president this election, saying: Let me put it in context, to make it a little more palatable to people who have closed minds. Twenty-four percent of the American people are satisfied with the state of the country, according to Gallup. That’s about the ...
By: 2008 Central
Who Is Picking the Democratic Nominee?
2008-02-25 03:12:00 I’ve already commented on one weak argument from the pro-Clinton blog, Talk Left, yesterday. There is yet anther related argument posted there. Jeralyn, like many other Clinton supporters, tries to make a case that it is bad that so many independents are supporting Obama. She quotes The Washington Times: [recent] polls showed Mr. Obama was leading ...
By: Liberal Values
After Losing Ten In A Row Clinton Tries To Change The Rules
2008-02-20 19:49:00 Obama beat Clinton in a landslide in Hawaii, making it ten in a row. Steve Benen is back at The Carpetbagger Report and looks at Clinton’s options. There is one more option left to add: change the rules. If this post was for the regular SciFi Friday feature I might note that part of the legend ...
By: Liberal Values
Triumph of The Independents, And of Reality Based Voters
2008-02-14 04:14:00 It is probably safe to say that John McCain will win the Republican nomination. While the Democratic nomination battle is certainly not over, the momentum is going in Obama’s direction. Assuming that these trends continue, the primary battles in each party can be seen as a triumph for the independents and the more reality based ...
By: Liberal Values
Independents: The Swing Vote in 2008
2008-02-05 03:08:00 PerryScope: Perry DiazRecently, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released its study, "California's Independent Voters" which showed that between the 1988 and 2004 presidential elections, "decline to state" -- or independent -- registration doubled from 9% to 17.7%. Conversely, Democratic registration for the same period fell from 50.4% to 43% and Republican registration fell from 38.6% to 34.7%. In terms of actual numbers, Democratic registration shrunk from 7.1 million in 1988 to 6.6 million today while Republican registration shrunk from 5.4 million to 5.2 million. On the other hand, the independents have grown from 1.3 million in 1988 to 3 million today and their share of the electorate has increased to 19.3% -- that's one out of five California voters.The PPIC survey showed that independents are politically "flexible." They can either vote Republican or Democrat. It also showed that 39% of independents considered themselves politically moderate while 31% consid...
Obama Defends Freedom of Choice in Health Care Reform
2008-02-01 23:45:00 Many on the left claim there is not much difference between Obama and Clinton’s policy views, but there are differences which explain why Obama has the support of many libertarians while Clinton never will. While I think it is an exaggeration to label Obama a left-libertarian as some have, there are significant differences between Obama ...
By: Liberal Values
Independents on Super Tuesday
2008-01-28 00:45:00 In the early primaries both Barack Obama and John McCain have benefited from votes from independents in states where they are allowed to vote in the party primaries. I’ve seen a number of articles claiming that they would lose this advantage as the upcoming primaries are closed, but not it appears this does not entirely ...
By: Liberal Values
Independents to Help Pick Nominees on Super Tuesday
2008-01-27 20:58:00 More than half the states holding presidential contests next month on Super Tuesday allow unaffiliated voters to participate, giving millions of independents a chance to shape what is usually an insider affair among Democratic and Republican loyalists. Two of those states - California and New Jersey - together have nearly 6 million unaffiliated voters who will be allowed to cast ballots. Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts and Alabama are among other prized catches with millions of independents eligible for the Feb. 5 contests. The open voting is widely considered to benefit Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain, who have fared well among independents in recent polls and primaries. It also is reflected in Obama's words, from his outreach to Republican voters to his recent credit to Ronald Reagan in the context of elections that represent shifts in political direction. "Obama's trying to do two things at once. On the one hand, energize the liberal base, but a...
Why Is Bloomberg Not Considered In Electability Scenarios?
2008-01-24 01:17:00 Mike Bloomberg has dropped hints of running as someone who can fix bipartisan bickering and get things done. He gave a major economic speech in Washington today. People are more than happy to cover what Bloomberg is doing. But no one, and I mean no one, looks at Bloomberg in the context of election scenarios. He’s ...
By: 2008 Central
Bloomberg Talks Economy In California; Takes Additional Steps Toward Run, M
2008-01-22 17:47:00 Mike Bloomberg, who continues to deny that he will run for president, visited the electoral college rich state of California this past weekend to discuss the economy. Appearing with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, Bloomberg announced the creation of a nonpartisan coalition, focused on infrastructure projects across the US, called ...
By: 2008 Central
Last Day to Register to Vote in California - All Voters, Independents and G
2008-01-22 07:09:00 For those that have yet to register to vote OR would like to change their party affiliation, voter registration should be post marked no later than January 22, 2008. You can download and complete a voter registration form here. Voter registrations must be sent to your local county recorder’s office. You can find their address ...
By: What's Going On
Independents and Democrats less than 1/2 of what they were in 2004
2008-01-16 14:34:00 The biggest difference in Michigan is that Independents and Democrats stayed away from the GOP primary even as the Democrats effectively had no race. Voter turnout (likely pushed by snowstorms) was incredibly weak and likely had the most effect on those who were not as committed to any particular candidate. The crosstabs from some of the polling seemed to be back asswards with how the exit polling came out. Romney actually won every age range except those over 60, when cross tabs suggested that over 60 was his strength. Also the amount of Independents and Democrats were significantly higher then the polls were suggesting, even as they were significantly lower than they had been in the past. In what has to be the biggest shocker of the exit polling... those who cited electability chose Romney by 53%. That means one of two things: 1) Michigan voters were smoking crack instead of looking at the polls that show Romney being crushed by any Democrat this side of Dennis Kucinich... or...
By: Coldheartedtruth
Bad news for McCain(Updated)
2008-01-09 03:10:00 Last night I asked the question, can McCain and Obama both win in Hew Hampshire since they are both depending on Independents for a win? This may be a bad sign for McCain:New Hampshire Turnout 'Absolutely Huge' ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told ABC News that turnout among primary voters today is "absolutely huge" -- and there are concerns about running out of ballots in towns like Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham."Turnout is absolutely huge and towns are starting to get concerned that they may not have enough ballots," Scanlan said. "We are working on those issues. Everything else seems to be going smoothly."Scanlan said that the Secretary of State's office is sending additional ballots to Portsmouth and Keene (traditionally Democratic strongholds), Hudson (Republican leaning with significant numbers of independents) and Pelham (large number of independents).According to Scanlan, the ballot strain seems to be on Democr...
Granite State Blues (and Reds...and Independents) - 1.8.08 Editorial Budget
2008-01-08 18:38:00 In case you haven't noticed, it's Primary Day in New Hampshire. You know what that means - half of half of the people in tiny, insignificant state are currently deciding who the next president is going to be. Ain't democracy grand? Homepage featured stories- Walt Mossberg is very, very excited to be at CES (Wall Street Journal)- Put on a coat and go find a nice doctor to marry before you watch this video about Jewish mothers (Expanded Books)- Sweet lord, will this Presidential campaign never end? (CBS News)- McDonald's to take on Starbucks. In related news, Arby's to take on the snack bar in the front of Target (WCBS - New York)- Gay men can no longer donate organs in Canada. That's right - Canada. Where you gonna flee now, hippy? (CBC News) Editor's Picks- New Hampshire Primary - Evan, Senior Editor
The Power of Independents
2008-01-08 17:56:00 Yesterday’s primary in New Hampshire – a state with one of the highest percentages of independent voters – was a prime example of the unpredictable and often decisive impact of swing voters. While conventional wisdom predicted that New Hampshire’s independent streak would mean victory for the bipartisan-minded Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton secured a narrow victory in the Democratic race. On the other side, Senator John McCain, known for his “maverick” status within the Republican party, easily bested the other GOP candidates. The results, which leave both races uncertain, suggest that the eventual nominees and the next president will be decided by swing voters in the middle of the political spectrum. |
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