Will the Volunteer Coordinator for McKinney, again be, Steve, "Jewish Doctor's Inject Black Babies With AIDS, " Cokely? http://www.citizinemag.com/politics/politics-0306_mckinney.htm
>...Bruce A. Dixon, a political "consultant" from Chicago with apparent expertise in American campaign warfare, and a volunteer for McKinney during the last ten days before the primary, produced a thoughtful analysis of the 2002 McKinney campaign, entitling his judgment, Internal Factors in the McKinney Campaign Contributed to Her Loss. And Ours. Dixon's essay is fundamentally sympathetic to Miss McKinney but uncomplimentary of the candidate's campaign strategy, tactics, and execution. http://www.bdixon.net/mckinney-analysis.html Internal Factors in the McKinney Campaign Contributed to Her Loss. And Ours.
by Bruce A. Dixon, bruce at dixonmail.com
Last modified 09/16/02
Why this paper?
Why did McKinney lose?
Lack of a campaign field operation cost thousands of votes
Strategic failure to discern the type of contest
First tactical error --- no voter registration drive
Second tactical error – no phone and door to door canvass
Third tactical error – no effective election day operation
Result of strategic and tactical errors --- large disparity in voter turnout.
Table 1: Top 21 Dekalb County precincts by voter turnout
Table 2: McKinney's top 20 precincts by margin with turnout
Conclusion: Internal factors played a decisive role in the defeat of Cynthia McKinney
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About the author
Michael Pugliese