Today, as in previous decades, countless reporters and commentators are eager to assist in the duping. But right now the task looks difficult. The Montreal Massacre was 11 years ago today.
Most voters never see a presidential candidate in the flesh.
Personal campaigning today is a function of getting on television, a grand facade behind which the real vote-seeking goes on in television studios and advertising. The same images and words of candidates go into living rooms in Casper, Wyo., as in New York and Chicago. In a race so tight, it may never be known for certain. The analysis also confirmed that the voters in Democratic precincts had a far greater chance of having their ballots rejected. Only 1 in every 40 ballots were rejected in precincts Bush won, while 1 of every 27 ballots were rejected in precincts Gore won.