Political strategists for President Bush and Sen. John Kerry "already have conceded a majority" of the red and blue states "to one another, with the election likely to turn on battles in fewer than 18 states," the Washington Post reports.
"The principal battlegrounds range from familiar swing states of Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania to new arrivals of Nevada, West Virginia and Minnesota that reflect changing demographics or the clash of cultural values that can affect voters' behavior as much as the unemployment rate. "
"For many Americans, the election will be like a faraway war, witnessed in news reports on television and in newspapers but rarely experienced firsthand. But in the battlegrounds, the bombardment has begun, in the form of television ads from the Bush and Kerry campaigns and from a separate Democratic group called the Media Fund."
However, the Orlando Sentinel sounds the warning: "With a battery of dueling TV ads hitting voters in key states such as Washington, Oregon and other critical battlegrounds -- and with attacks certain to escalate -- both sides risk alienating voters just as Bush and Kerry begin their campaigns."
The Manchester Union Leader reports from New Hampshire, another one of those key battleground states where the campaigns "are investing early and often in advertisements" on the state's airwaves.
March 15, 2004
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