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cartlidgeashley

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How did Barack Obama interpret John Kerrys narrow Electoral College loss as a way to develop a strategy using battleground states to assure victory in 2008?
 
  a.
  The campaign focused on three battleground states that Bush had won comfortably while holding
  onto the states Kerry won.
  b.
  They were on the defensive to hold onto the states Kerry won.
  c.
  The campaign ignored states that Kerry lost and focused on sure wins to save resources.
  d.
  The Obama campaign mirrored the McCain campaign, but Obamas resources dwarfed McCains
  efforts, so that it was hard to notice McCains advertising.

Question 2

What is meant by the term battleground state?
 
  a. The state is identified as offering either major-party candidate a reasonable chance for victory in the Electoral College.
  b. Party politics are so strong in the state that nearly all efforts to move forward are met with huge battles.
  c. The majority of the voters in the state are ideologically moderate.
  d. It is a state that splits its distribution of votes in the Electoral College.
  e. Election results in such states are normally decided within the courts weeks after the election.



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elyse44

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A




cartlidgeashley

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
:D TYSM


31809pancho

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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