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One group isn't too happy about the predicted high voter turnout: retailers. "Election Day is a lousy shopping day," notes USA Today. But "retailers are searching for ways to nudge folks out. ... Shoppers at any of 2,620 Wal-Marts [6] tonight will see live election coverage via a link [7] with Fox News [8]." In doing so, "Wal-Mart may be showing a Republican point of view to shoppers," said the president of WSL Strategic Retail. "Most retailers tend to keep political affiliations to themselves."
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[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/corporations
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/democracy
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[6] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Wal-Mart_Stores
[7] http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=LRTVN.story&STORY=/www/story/10-29-2004/0002317663&EDATE=FRI+Oct+29+2004,+12:13+PM
[8] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Fox_News
[9] http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2004-11-01-election-retail_x.htm