Comments on: Horserace politics and the American Election http://gatewatching.org/2008/03/06/horserace-politics-and-the-american-election/ researching citizen journalism Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:21:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kevin Rennie http://gatewatching.org/2008/03/06/horserace-politics-and-the-american-election/#comment-347 Kevin Rennie Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:11:42 +0000 http://gatewatching.org/2008/03/06/horserace-politics-and-the-american-election/#comment-347 I have used an automotive metaphor for the Clinton/Obama race rather than horses at the Great Presidential Race http://laborview.blogspot.com/search/label/2008%20election It's more your touring cars than Formula One but you can get more supporters into a family car. As we used to say in the NT, "How many people can you get on board a Troopie? Just one more." I disagree about the US system being beyond psephology. It is readily open to both quantitative and qualitative analysis. For starters it uses first past the post in the actual election. The formula used in primaries would also be readily available. I have used an automotive metaphor for the Clinton/Obama race rather than horses at the Great Presidential Race http://laborview.blogspot.com/search/label/2008%20election

It’s more your touring cars than Formula One but you can get more supporters into a family car. As we used to say in the NT, “How many people can you get on board a Troopie? Just one more.”

I disagree about the US system being beyond psephology. It is readily open to both quantitative and qualitative analysis. For starters it uses first past the post in the actual election. The formula used in primaries would also be readily available.

]]> By: Horserace politics and the American Election at investigativeblog.net http://gatewatching.org/2008/03/06/horserace-politics-and-the-american-election/#comment-343 Horserace politics and the American Election at investigativeblog.net Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:56:02 +0000 http://gatewatching.org/2008/03/06/horserace-politics-and-the-american-election/#comment-343 [...] I have a new piece up on Gatewatching about horse race politics, read it here. [...] [...] I have a new piece up on Gatewatching about horse race politics, read it here. [...]

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