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Gillibrand Robocalls For Murphy In Special Election
Kirsten Gillibrand has recorded a new robocall getting out the vote for Scott Murphy, the Democratic candidate in tomorrow's special election to fill her old House seat:
"Scott Murphy will work with me and President Obama to get our economy moving again," said Gillibrand. "This is going to be a very close election, and Scott needs your support."
This past Friday's Siena poll, which showed Murphy taking a four-point lead after having trailed throughout the campaign, gave Gillibrand a favorable rating of 76% to only 18% unfavorable, and Obama had a favorable of 65%-28%. So as much as robocalls are normally pretty annoying things, having Gillibrand call and name-drop Obama might not be such a bad idea.
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Brian
Good to know that she is wasting resources and annoying voters. If there is anything we know with certainty it is this:
Robocalls, particularly for GOVT, do not work.
See Green and Gerber (Yale) who have studied this for 10 years.
Shaun Dakin
CEO
The National Political Do Not Contact Registry
More here - http://www.stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/sp/i/699/pid/699
March 30, 2009 11:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
I will tell you something else that annoys voters: Making an appointment with eight of them to meet with your Health Aid in your office in Washington, and having the Aid blow them off.
This happened to me and 7 of my colleagues who were in DC for a "lobby day". 4 of the people left standing outside her office for 15 minutes own retail stores. Somehow I don't think that they will be telling their customers how much they think of Gillibrand and her staff.
March 30, 2009 1:03 PM | Reply | Permalink