Spitzer and Weiner Lead in New Poll Because Scandal Brought Name Recognition

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garbon

July 16, 2013, 10:21:47 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/spitzer-weiner-lead-poll-because-scandal-brought-name-210148440.html

QuoteA little scandal never hurt anyone, especially in New York City, where the scandal-plagued comeback kids in the civic elections are leading over their more straitlaced opponents. The latest numbers have Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer both sitting pretty--which is to say, they're on top.

In the latest Quinnipiac poll, former congressman Weiner is ahead of New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, his biggest competition, by 25 to 22 percent in the race for mayor. And former governor Eliot Spitzer is beating Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer by 48 percent to 33 percent in the race for city comptroller. The fallen golden boys don't look quite so tainted now.

What Spitzer and Weiner have in common over their opponents is an early and aggressive marketing campaign via sex scandal. Being bad is good in New York, for better or for worse. People may know Weiner because of his sexually explicit-sexting scandal or Spitzer because of his dalliances with ladies of the night, but it's working for the two candidates. Other than those two, polled citizens were practically indifferent to every other choice. When pollsters were asked to pass a favorable or unfavorable opinion about the candidates, Weiner and Spitzer are the only two whose "haven't heard enough" scores came in under 20 percent. No one knows who the other guys are.

If you don't believe us, look at the data. Below, we've plotted two things: the percentage of people who've heard of a candidate (blue line, calculated by subtracting those who "haven't heard enough" from 100 percent) and the percentage of support each candidate gets in his or her race. In fact, the race itself really doesn't matter, comptroller or mayor; there is a strong correlation between awareness and voter support either way.
Politics is derided as being a popularity contest. That's only partly right.

Ugh. Hopefully this doesn't end up the case.
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CountDeMoney

#1
July 16, 2013, 11:24:57 AM
Wish they were on the same ticket. WeinerSpitzer. 

fhdz

#2
July 16, 2013, 11:29:39 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 16, 2013, 11:24:57 AM
Wish they were on the same ticket. WeinerSpitzer.

:D Don't Swallow the Hype!
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garbon

#3
July 16, 2013, 11:31:32 AM
And so it begins...:(
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alfred russel

#4
July 16, 2013, 11:44:51 AM
Spitzer was governor...it seems a leap to say that his name recognition in the state is primarily the result of a sex scandal.
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Syt

#5
July 16, 2013, 11:52:06 AM
Wine spritzer?
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garbon

#6
July 16, 2013, 11:53:02 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on July 16, 2013, 11:44:51 AM
Spitzer was governor...it seems a leap to say that his name recognition in the state is primarily the result of a sex scandal.

I don't know though that it is that big of a leap to say among people in NYC. After all many people won't have even lived in New York when he was gov. I certainly didn't.
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

The Brain

#7
July 16, 2013, 12:24:33 PM
How many people can name their governor? Unless he's Arnold? Or whatshername?
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Richard Hakluyt

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July 16, 2013, 12:44:17 PM
It is becoming impossible for mere humans not to have skeletons in their closet in the internet age. So maybe this is an inflection point in political mores. Perhaps statements like "I DID have sex with that woman (and the cute skinny one as well)" and "of course I inhaled you dork!" will become increasingly common  :hmm:

garbon

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July 16, 2013, 12:47:14 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 16, 2013, 12:44:17 PM
It is becoming impossible for mere humans not to have skeletons in their closet in the internet age. So maybe this is an inflection point in political mores. Perhaps statements like "I DID have sex with that woman (and the cute skinny one as well)" and "of course I inhaled you dork!" will become increasingly common  :hmm:


I think it is pretty easy as a married man not to be caught sending sexy photos of yourself to people not your wife and/or sleeping with people not your wife. ;)
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

11B4V

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July 16, 2013, 01:07:57 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 16, 2013, 12:44:17 PM
It is becoming impossible for mere humans not to have skeletons in their closet in the internet age. So maybe this is an inflection point in political mores. Perhaps statements like "I DID have sex with that woman (and the cute skinny one as well)" and "of course I inhaled you dork!" will become increasingly common  :hmm:

Weiner's was small, Spritzer's not so much.
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derspiess

#11
July 16, 2013, 01:32:38 PM
Silly New Yorkers.  We in Cincy would never have a dirtbag like those guys as mayor.
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Ed Anger

#12
July 16, 2013, 03:34:14 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 16, 2013, 01:32:38 PM
Silly New Yorkers.  We in Cincy would never have a dirtbag like those guys as mayor.

:lol:
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DGuller

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July 16, 2013, 04:06:59 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 16, 2013, 12:47:14 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 16, 2013, 12:44:17 PM
It is becoming impossible for mere humans not to have skeletons in their closet in the internet age. So maybe this is an inflection point in political mores. Perhaps statements like "I DID have sex with that woman (and the cute skinny one as well)" and "of course I inhaled you dork!" will become increasingly common  :hmm:


I think it is pretty easy as a married man not to be caught sending sexy photos of yourself to people not your wife and/or sleeping with people not your wife. ;)
Not everyone has the same foibles.  Some people send sexy photos, while others kidnap and devour little children.  No one's perfect.

Sheilbh

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July 16, 2013, 04:11:47 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 16, 2013, 12:47:14 PM
I think it is pretty easy as a married man not to be caught sending sexy photos of yourself to people not your wife and/or sleeping with people not your wife. ;)
But still, apart from the wife, who cares? :mellow:
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