Thursday, August 12, 2004
Stern Voters vs. Voters who are stern.
Some analysts predict that syndicated radio host Howard Stern and his legions of listeners, most of whom are young male swing voters, will tip the presidential election in favor of Democratic nominee John Kerry.
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In the Seattle-Tacoma market, about 300,000 people tune in to Stern every morning. The show ranks No. 1 in the morning for listeners 18 to 34 and second among those 25 to 54, according to Dave Richards, the program director for KISW, the Seattle radio station that carries Stern's show." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
I find Howard Stern about as interesting as stamp collecting, but this article raises some interesting points. Combine Stern's audience with WWE's Smackdown Your Vote and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network and you have the potential for millions of voters who otherwise wouldn't have bothered. Factor in Bush & Co. looking for new ways to steal an election and you have what could possibly be the most interesting presidential election in a long, long time.
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