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Re: Party abbreviations

To: Boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
Subject: Re: Party abbreviations
From: Richard Chonak <rac@gabrielmass.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 02:44:05 -0500
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Joe Ross wrote:
> I've noticed in this election that several TV stations and
> newspapers seem to have a new convention for abbreviating the
> names of the political parties. They were always Dem  and Rep.
> Now a number of newspapers and TV stations abbreviate them as
> Dem and GOP. Anyone know what this is about?

Here's a guess: the abbreviation "Rep." already has a meaning 
in politics, namely "Representative"; thus avoiding "Rep." as
a party designator may an effort to avoid ambiguity.

--RC

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