Comments on: Local Newspaper Ads a Growing Political Tool http://www.epolitics.com/2007/07/30/local-newspaper-ads-a-growing-political-tool/ dissecting the craft of online politics and online advocacy Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:26:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: JRS from BR http://www.epolitics.com/2007/07/30/local-newspaper-ads-a-growing-political-tool/#comment-111621 JRS from BR Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:31:34 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/07/30/local-newspaper-ads-a-growing-political-tool/#comment-111621 Hey CPD, You state, "As South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds put it, “People who read newspapers vote in elections.”" Isn't this just anecdotal evidence used to make the hard numbers on newspaper advertising seem meaningful? Are there any numbers to show that people who read newspapers actually do vote in elections or does this just make the "usual trend-piece anecdotal evidence" a wee bit subtler? Hey CPD,

You state, “As South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds put it, “People who read newspapers vote in elections.”” Isn’t this just anecdotal evidence used to make the hard numbers on newspaper advertising seem meaningful? Are there any numbers to show that people who read newspapers actually do vote in elections or does this just make the “usual trend-piece anecdotal evidence” a wee bit subtler?

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