Did you know Cruz did this in Iowa?

[packman]

Sent out these "report cards" of voting history to people in Iowa prior to the voting. It gives the recipient's voting "score" and some of his neighbors.

"...the mailer said in red letters at the top, “VOTING VIOLATION.” The text then reads:

You are receiving this election notice because of low expected voter turnout in your area. Your individual voting history as well as your neighbors’ are public record. Their scores are published below, and many of them will see your score as well. CAUCUS ON MONDAY TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE and please encourage your neighbors to caucus as well. A follow-up notice may be issued following Monday’s caucuses."


http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/wow-ted-cruz-campaign-threatens-iowa.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. He's a shitweasel. If someone sent me that I'd show up just to vote AGAINST him.

[yeoman6987]

2. He screwed dr. Carson too.

Winning at all costs. How Nixon of him.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Yeah. I always feel sorry for Carson. I don't know who told him he could be President,

but he's clearly not able to deal with that level of nasty trickery.

[yeoman6987]

4. Oh so true. Way too nice to run. But in the long run. Carson will be cruz's downfall

The story has gone national and people don't like thieves and picking on the perceived "weaker" candidate in that way. Glad to see Cruz go down....hopefully.

[Whiskeytide]

5. Can someone explain how this was supposed to help Cruz...

... in the election? The mailer doesn't mention him (that I can see), and it really doesn't instruct the voter to do anything other than attend a Caucus. It's shaming voters - at least those with a low "score" - and it's hard to imagine the Cruz campaign didn't expect to be tied to it afterwards for a little scandal. So what was the point?

Was the conventional wisdom that higher turnout would help Cruz worth the gamble? Did he only mail these to people he already had information suggesting them to be a Cruz lean?

Maybe I'm just not looking closely enough, but I'm just not getting it.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. His people read the wrong book...

maybe several of them. GOTV is always a good idea, but that's in the theories of democracy, not always in real life.

GOTV can help if you're down in the polls and you hope some extra voters will change things your way-- that's the way we think in this Republican stronghold I live in.

But, that's rude and violates too many things to mention. It should piss off far more people than it brings to the polls. Maybe that was their point-- they may have been thinking to suppress the vote and hope the suppressed votes were someone else's. Like Trump's.

[sharp_stick]

6. He's a snake

I'm pretty sure Lee Atwater is a hero to this piece of shit.

[malthaussen]

7. Yeah, there was a thread in Du about it. n/t