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Article: WHY BUSH WON \ GOP STRATEGY: IT'S ABOUT VALUES, STUPID.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2004
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Byline: John F. Harris Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- Two years ago, the strategists of President Bush's re-election campaign had a theory that the 2004 race would not be determined by such familiar polling measures as what percent of the electorate thought the country was "on the right track," or felt that they personally were "better off than four years ago," or whether the headlines in the final weeks before voting were good or bad.
"Because the electorate is more polarized now, people are more likely to vote on what they believe about issues," said Ken Mehlman, the Bush-Cheney campaign's victorious campaign manager. Many past re-election campaigns ...