Showing posts with label Obama t-shirt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obama t-shirt. Show all posts

6/23/07

Does "Haliburton" Mean Dog Days of Summer?

During the past week there hasn't been much interest in the presidential candidates as shown in my monitoring. Perhaps things will liven up when the next series of debates nears. CandidateStuff.com did have a recent visit by someone from AirAmerica which was promptly followed by a visitor from Haliburton! Are there spies following my observations?

This blog reports interest shown in particular presidential candidates, as well as the group as a whole. I track the visitors to certain websites offering many designs—on t-shirts, hats, bumper stickers, magnets and pins—for 10 of the major candidates. This week's level of interest in the candidates is the lowest in many months. The leader, for the first time, is Fred Thompson. It is not that Fred has excited people; it seems people are getting bored a bit with the news coverage of the candidates.

If the issues are not compelling enough, then do we need some new scandals to get the interest back? What about the church sex-scandal connection to a friend of Rudy? Or the fake police protecting Romney? Any more candidate affairs? Politics and elections ARE important!

Mac the Observer

6/12/07

Who Do You Trust with YOUR Money?

Trusting a candidate, or thinking you can trust a particular candidate, is important.

We all seek to find that candidate we can trust to support our values, encourage and lead our country and watch over our personal and national financial well being. If that is true, then perhaps those candidates deemed most trustworthy are those in whom people have invested time and money — and that translates to the trivial purchases of campaign hats, bumper stickers and pins.

People who trust a candidate may be interested in purchasing campaign items like t-shirts, bumper stickers, hats and pins to show their support. Right? If you think Mr. ABC or Ms. ABC would make a great president, why not show it by wearing a t-shirt or carrying a bag promoting their candidacy? Perhaps you can convince others to consider that candidate!

There are many visitors to www.CANDIDATE STUFF.COM each day and they can browse products for 10 of the top candidates—5 democrats and 5 republicans. Can the candidates with the most the loyal followers be the ones whose products sell best?

The top sales items support candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. People who purchase items promoting those two candidates usually buy more than one product. They may opt for three identical hats or a combination tote bag, hat and t-shirt, for example. As far as purchases go, the democrats significantly lead the republicans. Republican supporters, the few that have made product purchases, favor bumper stickers. They purchase one item.

Does this mean people trust democrats more than republicans? Does it mean we should expect higher costs? All I can say is there is much interest in Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Mac the Observer