No one has addressed my comment that, IMO, the letter-writing effort by the Guardian may have given the state of Ohi to Bush.

One can look at it thus:

If the letters had no effect, they were a waste of time, and an insult to the US voters.

If the letters influenced people to vote for Kerry, it looks like they were not very effective. From an evenly split state, the result was a win by Bush. Again, a waste of time.

If, on the other hand, the letters caused people who were on the fence about who to vote for, or even whether to vote at all, to vote for Bush, the campaign was a resounding success for the Republicans.


So, what would you say? Was it a waste of time and an insult, or just helping out the Republican Party?


And you non-US folks thought you could not influence the US election...