A Question I Would Ask Jake Eaton If I Worked for a Newspaper

by Don Pogreba on October 5, 2008 · 196 comments

in '08 Election, Montana GOP, Montana Politics

I would ask Mr. Eaton if the Montana Republican Party’s attempted purge of voting rolls included every Montanan with an address change not reflected in their outdated database. Is it possible that some voters were not challenged?

After all, Mr. Eaton did say the following on September 30:

Republicans rely on "microtargeting," Eaton said, a strategy developed in 2000 during George W. Bush’s first presidential campaign and perfected in Bush’s 2004 re-election bid.

Republicans use Voter Vault, a GOP database of American voters likely to vote GOP either because they have been identified through phone polling as voting Republican or because they belong to groups that are generally Republican-leaning. The party collects hunting license information, interest group membership lists and magazine subscriptions. If a person has special military veteran license plates on his car, the party makes a note of it.

And if a Republican from another state moves to Montana, Voter Vault has that information, too, courtesy of the change of address data mined from the United States Postal Service. So far this election cycle, Eaton said Montana Republicans have identified 8,200 GOP voters from other states who have relocated to Montana. The party will make a concerted effort to sign them up.

Was any micro-targeting used in the recent challenges? Of course, I’m not a reporter, but it seems like a fair question.

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Don is an English/Debate teacher and debate handbook author who lives in Helena, MT, and who can't imagine living anywhere other than this glorious state. Much of his writing happens late at night and he is unlikely to respond to your comments during the day.

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