Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Debate #3
In any case, the real question will be how the press spins this debate. If post-debate polls count only answers of people who watched the debate, there will be two factors that heavily influence the results. First, I wonder how many people in this country are actually going to vote on the basis of domestic policy (I mean, other than the guy behind the MSNBC set with the sign that says "Screw Iraq, I need a job"). The people who care about foreign policy the most may have bailed to watch baseball.
Second, a lot of people, particularly in the Boston - New York corridor, will have bailed to watched baseball in any case. If major league city-dwellers generally are more likely to be baseball fans and Kerry voters, did that skew the debate-watching population to the right?
I doubt the polls move much in the next few days. It is going to be a nail-biter, barring an unbelievable October surprise.
3 Comments:
By Another Person, at Thu Oct 14, 12:31:00 AM:
Jack, Windrem and I thought Bush won this one. We (about five or six people here) thought it was good for a point or two in the polls.
By Another Person, at Thu Oct 14, 12:33:00 AM:
Jack, Windrem and I thought Bush won this one. We (about five or six people here) thought it was good for a point or two in the polls.
, atFor the first time, I though Bush won going away and Kerry was weak. I also thought Kerry's gratuitous comment about Cheney's gay daughter was absurd. If Bush does that, the NYT is screaming for his resignation today.