Sep 11th, 2008 | Walmart survey

What is Wal-mart up to?


The Wall Street Journal reports today that Wal-mart "will begin a voter registration campaign with public service announcements (PSAs) on its in-store television network later this month to encourage 136 million weekly customers and 1.4 million U.S. associates to register and vote in the November elections."



40 votes, 88 views , 7 comments
 
 
Poll tags:Walmart, Politics, Vote, Election 08, Shopping, Bargains, America, Money

 
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Bmccue7
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Georgia, United States

posted Dec 11th, 2008 at 19:14 CST

You got that right.

Sneha_patel
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United Kingdom

posted Sep 14th, 2008 at 05:24 CDT

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Frecklesrsexy
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Ohio, United States

posted Sep 12th, 2008 at 11:59 CDT

i hope it's just to get more voters in on the election, but it wouldn't surprise me if it has to do with the bottom line. most huge corporations don't get involved unless they can benefit from it

Scooter
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New York, United States

posted Sep 12th, 2008 at 10:44 CDT

I bet it's something sinister, I really do not trust that company.Alas, they have too much damn money.

Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Sep 12th, 2008 at 10:13 CDT

Plus, it would attract people to their stores... And while they are there, they might, I don't know, buy a jar of pickles or whatever they have there.

Macbrock
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Florida, United States

posted Sep 12th, 2008 at 02:54 CDT

Clever move on their part. Makes the procedure a little more comfortable, a little more anonymous. Quite a contrast to the sometime holier-than-thou attitude precincts convey. If they show massive turnout results it could mean a B-I-G change in political strategy. Good question...

Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Sep 11th, 2008 at 22:14 CDT

They probably  believe that their customers believe the same as they do. There have been cases in the past of fake voter registration drives... But I do not think that they would do something so blatant.

 
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