August 16, 2004
"May Sway" Predictions
Reacting to this new AP report, "Expatriate vote may sway U.S. election," I hereby present as a public service to you dear reader, a list of all the possible factors which "may sway" the upcoming contest, each of which having been separately posited as potentially the deciding element of the race, that have been put forth with all seriousness by various pundits, analysts, armchair quarterbacks, handicappers, kibitzers, cranks, kooks, ne'er-do-wells, hangers-on, attorneys general, and prom queens, that I can recall:
The 2004 U.S. presidential election may be swayed by:
The 2004 U.S. presidential election may be swayed by:
- a few thousand voters in Ohio.
- a few thousand voters in Florida.
- a terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
- the capture of Osama bin Laden.
- the economy.
- the situation in Iraq.
- an attack on Iran by U.S. forces.
- military voters.
- absentee ballots.
- touch-screen voting machines.
- ex-felons.
- Fahrenheit 9/11.
- gas prices.
- Prince Bandar.
- evangelicals.
- Catholics.
- Hispanics.
- gay marriage.
- working moms.
- NASCAR dads.
- 18- to 24-year-olds.
- blogs.
- Ralph Nader.
- Roy Moore.
- Bill Clinton.
- the candidate's health care proposal.
- the candidate's military service.
- debate performance.
- debate expectations.
- the running mate.
- GOTV operations.
- 527s.
