Voter shaming works

Published November 4, 2014

by Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, November 3, 2014.

“Voter shaming” is new. Hypocrisy is as old as politics. The North Carolina Republican Party found a way to engage in both last week.

 

A local voter received a card from the GOP with this warning: “The News and Observer reported last week that Barack Obama and Harry Reid’s operation plans to publish and share your voting record with your neighbors after this election.”

 

So the GOP published and shared neighbors’ voting records BEFORE the election. The card contained the 2010, 2012 and 2014 voting record of the recipient and four neighbors.

 

Of course, the card was just a public service: “The Republican Party wanted to make you aware of this, so Reid and Obama don’t have the chance to embarrass you for staying home on election day.”

 

Thanks for sparing us that embarrassment – by doing it now.

 

By the way, you might ask: Why do both parties engage in the obnoxious practice of voter shaming? Because, the GOTV experts say, it works.

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November 4, 2014 at 10:10 am
Norm Kelly says:

Why do both parties engage in this act?

Interesting that Gary, a lib through & through, chooses to only point out a Republican scheme. Has Gary pointed out liberal schemes that do the same? When was the last time libs complained about the tactics of libs to get out the vote? I know that using the pulpit in black churches, though illegal, is used all the time by libs. It may not still be happening, but it is well documented that libs used 'walking around money' to buy voters into the voting booth.

Where are the posts/editorials from Gary & other libs complaining, whining, griping about these activities?

And, where are Gary and other libs whining about the dem pols constantly referring to the non-existent $500million cut from the state education budget by the Republican legislature, Tillis in particular? Has Gary or any other lib whined about this lie?

See why Fox News is so popular!