If so, give an example of a US political race that was shaped using this approach and the political party most likely to use this angle in a overt or covert way to sway voters.

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Mexicans. We get a really bad rep from politicians and leaders. This is being used to sway republicans and democrats to unite against us. The line between legal and illegal immigrants has been seriously blurred by everybody.

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Well I remember when the National Organization of Women blackmailed the Democratic Party into adding a woman to Walter Mondale's ticket. Only problem was NOW was about 200,000 members at the time; and the 2 million member NRA was ticked about it (due to her politics) and they got slapped pretty hard in the election. Lesson - don't listen to small organizations when big one's matter.

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Both of Bush SR. campaigns were full of twisted truths and the spinning of a good (or bad if you were running against him) tail. Clinton beat him through the use of modern technology in order to respond and rebuke these stories before they became generally accepted rumors.Much of the same use of half truths and skewed information were used to help Bush Jr. beat Gore in 2000. Example there is the story about Gore having a damn release water in order to create a "safer" ride down a river. The truth of the situation was that the secret service had asked the damn operators, who were already going to release the water, to up the schedule a few hours. They agreed and Gore never even knew about it. Funny how these things change around isn't it.

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Don't know too many who actually like who they are voting for . Usually it's who they are least uncomfortable with .

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