[nikos1121]

WAIT A MINUTE FOLKS. LET' TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND CHILL. THIS MIGHT BE A BRILLIANT MOVE ON CRUZ' PART. MAYBE SOMEONE HAS ALREADY DISCOVERED THE FOLLOWING: If you read the entire article, it gives the source for the shaming letters, Chris Larimer, associate professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa. This is his website. http://addins.kwwl.com/blogs/politics_in_iowa/author/clarimer Larimer, is a respected Political Science Consultant. They did the same thing in Alaska, and it worked. Their research looked three or four letters that would bring attention to the person's voting record. One was mild and generically said that a person should vote, then there was this one, which was the most effective. The Cruz team realizes that with Trump out of the debate it put Cruz in the spot light. A gutsy move like this shaming letter...could be brilliant move... or back fire. I THINK IT WILL PRODUCE ITS INTENT, IE TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE. AND IT WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DEBATE TODAY... BUT, I think the guy that "outs" you is going to suffer. Would have been much much better if they got some independent researcher to do this... NOT SOMEONE OFFICIALLY linked to the Cruz campaign.

[nikos1121]

Larimer WEB SITE

http://addins.kwwl.com/blogs/politics_in_iowa/author/clarimer

[gleeaikin]

What year was the Alaska experiment? Who were the candidates, and can you provide a link about this?

[VanDeKoik]

“WAIT A MINUTE FOLKS. LET’ TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND CHILL. THIS MIGHT BE A BRILLIANT MOVE ON CRUZ’ PART.”

You guys have completely gone down the rabbit hole.

[jpsb]

"HIS MIGHT BE A BRILLIANT MOVE ON CRUZ' PART

Yes, Another brilliant tactic by the smartest man ever. I put this right up there with insulting everyone in and from the state of New York. Way to go Cruz! The Democrats are shaking in their boots at the thought of facing Ted, eh. Ted Cruz plays 3d chess while we mere mortals can barely play checkers.

[gogeo]

I’ll bet it was effective!

[GeaugaRepublican]

They did this in Alaska, and many other places, it all depends upon the reaction in that particular part of the country and their sensiblities.

Did it in Virginia http://www.cbs5az.com/story/19981906/mailer-lists-neighbors-names-addresses-voting-history

Did it in Indiana
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/02/mailers-vote-face-public-shaming/75055786/

Did it in New York
http://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-shame-voters-with-mailers-1414803485
“But so-called voter shaming has become standard nationwide, with recent examples in Alaska, North Carolina and Virginia, Democratic Party officials say. The mailers have proven particularly effective in competitive races, increasing voter turnout by as much as eight percentage points, according to a Yale University study in 2008.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/political-mailers-social-pressure-_n_2060427.html