>/ They stored the answers in a vast computerized database to develop
/>/ sophisticated psychological portraits of city voters - identifying eight
/>/ never-before-identified voting blocs based on people's shared everyday
/>/ interests and concerns, not on their broader racial, cultural or
/>/ ideological differences, aides said in interviews in the last few days.
/
Sounds to me like they did a Q-sort factor analysis. That's how you identify these "never-before" voting blocs. Now if only they would do it to govern and not just to get elected, maybe we could be getting somewhere.
The Sandwichman