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W&W: Winning the War on Voters: Will Institutional Mismanagement Quash Turnout Gains?

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 24, 2008 ⋅   Email this post ⋅  Digg This ⋅  Share on Facebook ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

In today’s Wilshire & Washington, is it really all about the kids? Campaigns are focusing huge resources on turning out the youth vote, but this segment of the population always lags behind in voter percentages. Will this year be any different? And will all the negative campaigning turn off first-time young voters?

Ted, Teresa, and I also confront the big issue of Obama’s attack ads: Will they tarnish his image in a campaign already beset with negativity? And does anyone even care about Yard-Sign-Gate (apparently, nobody can get their hands on Obama yard signs, so supporters are going it alone and printing the signs themselves). Do yard signs even have an impact? And finally, the Governator’s good times with Chong smoking weed?