Palin in the Small Towns of Pennsylvania

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will spend her Halloween day campaigning in the smaller more rural areas of Pennsylvania. In the morning she went to Latrobe, PA and talked about how Barack Obama will increase taxes for middle Americans, and how the democratic presidential candidate will limit cut military spending by more than a quarter. Palin used these two issues in an attempt to scare voters away from Obama. This has been a common tactic for both parties and all candidates but we greatly see this type of negative campaigning towards the opposing candidate coming from governor Palin.
Another interesting tactic by the Republican campaign was the use of former NFL star Mike Ditka. He is a very known and well liked former University of Pittsburgh player who grew up in a small suburban town just outside of Pittsburgh. On Friday in Latrobe he openly explained his endorsement of Sarah Palin and the GOP ticket. Using this type of figure in western Pennsylvania is very smart because of Mike Ditka's general appeal to the public. Whether we like it or not, social figures in our society do persuade voters politically. Going on with the GOP attempt to energize middle class white voters, Sarah Palin will be campaigning in York Pennsylvania by the end of the day.