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A 5 page paper evaluating areas of nationwide Congressional and gubernatorial races in terms of debates, polls and the final results including the resulting state of balance of power in both the House and Senate. Elections held in years when there is no presidential election as well typically generate only mild interest on the part of the voters, and the elections of 1998 provided no surprises in that realm. One of the most heavily contested gubernatorial races was that of California, where not even the media was interested enough to broadcast all of the debates between candidates. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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and presenting some evidence that he seeks to do a job according to the peoples wishes rather than spend months and millions in practicing campaign promises only so that he
can conveniently lose his memory once in office. Its a cynical view, but one that is all too often borne out by the actions of newly elected or re-elected
officials. Aristotle was the first to record the view that government only succeeded because those governed gave their consent, and history shows that midterm (i.e., non-Presidential) elections consistently command
little attention from the voters (AP AOL). One of the most visible of the gubernatorial campaigns was that in California, but contenders had difficulty in attracting the attention of even
the news media there. There was considerable attention given the questionable ethics of advertising connected with the race, but little else. "Bill Carrick, the campaign consultant for Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Jane Harman, is a battle-scarred veteran of political contests. But even Carrick couldnt predict just how the 1998 campaign would become a war unlike any other. Its the
virtual campaign, Carrick said of a contest where face-to-face candidate contact has been replaced by the electronic confab of pricey TV ads. Hell, Im nostalgic for politics" (Marinucci, 1998; p.
PG). Early debates between the candidates in California generated so little attention from the news media that there was not even live coverage of it available in many areas of
the state as television news groups left disseminating content of the debates to the states newspapers. In response to the lack of excitement on the part of even the
media, later debate attempts took the form of several live five-minute debates preceding local evening news programs.(Channel 2000 News, 1998). There was little reason that any of the debates should
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