GOP Mines Data for Every Tiny Bloc

[madmusic]

By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writers
September 24, 2006

The Battle for Control

WASHINGTON — As Democrats drive to extend their power in Congress, holding on to Debbie Stabenow's Senate seat is a must. And the Michigan incumbent is currently ahead in the polls.

But Republican strategists are working hard to upset Stabenow, in part through a low-profile appeal to a group that most politicians rarely think of as a voting bloc — snowmobilers.

And the stealth campaign to woo the thousands of working-class, historically Democratic Michiganders whose cold-weather passion is snowmobiles is just one small example of a technique known as "micro-targeting" that GOP strategists are using across the country as they try to pull off another election day victory against the odds.

More: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-dems24sep24,0,580946.story?coll=la-home-nation

[Gman]

1. The GOP is clearly the best at this

only problem is they lie to even these micro-targets.

[rzemanfl]

3. Yeah, like "global warming" is a myth, there will be plenty of

snow for you..."

[rzemanfl]

2. This works, all the snowmobilers in Florida are voting for

Katherine Harris.