Bandwagon effect -- some thoughts for the home stretch

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Bandwagon effect
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwagon_effect
"The bandwagon effect is the observation that people often do (or believe) things because many other people do (or believe) the same. Without examining the merits of the particular thing, people tend to "follow the crowd". The bandwagon effect is the reason for the bandwagon fallacy's success.

Literally, a bandwagon is a wagon that carries the band in a parade. Riding on the bandwagon is popular since one can enjoy the music, conveniently without walking. The phrase "jumping on the bandwagon" is therefore used in the sense of "joining an increasingly popular trend".

The bandwagon effect can be observed in voting: some people vote for those candidates or parties who are likely to succeed (or are proclaimed as such by the media), thus increasing their chances of being on the 'winner's side' in the end."

Kerry is a winner -- and this is how he is going to win this time.

Many people just don't think about voting -- but they do want to vote for a winner. Some fence sitters are just waiting for the person who looks like the winner.

Kerry helped his image as a winner -- he came to the debate looking like the President -- while bush looked like the fool WE know he is.

So how do we hype up the bandwagon -- how do we help the people who wait to vote for a winner -- Jump on the Kerry bandwagon???