Who is that Votemaster guy, anyway?
During the 2004 election, over half a million people were asking that question. Only about 20 people knew. Just before the election, the Votemaster came clean, which got him into the New York Times, Washington Post and hundreds of other media outlets. While it would be nice to be anonymous this season, too, now that Google has over 10,000 links to “Votemaster,” it is bit harder this time. This Website was the subject of intense discussion for months on many political talk radio stations, where speculation centered around such stars as Al Gore and James Carville. Good thing there was no audio on the Website: a Westchester County accent would never be confused with ones from Tennessee or Lousiana. The truth be known, the Votemaster is a mild-mannered U.S. citizen living abroad–along with another 7 million American citizens–more than the population of Virginia. If Americans Abroad were a “state” they would rank 13th in population. He is also known as Andrew S.
During the 2004 election, over half a million people were asking that question. Only about 20 people knew. Just before the election, the Votemaster came clean, which got him into the New York Times, Washington Post and hundreds of other media outlets. While it would be nice to be anonymous this season, too, now that Google has over 10,000 links to “Votemaster,” it is bit harder this time. This Website was the subject of intense discussion for months on many political talk radio stations, where speculation centered around such stars as Al Gore and James Carville. Good thing there was no audio on the Website: a Westchester County accent would never be confused with ones from Tennessee or Lousiana. The truth be known, the Votemaster is a mild-mannered U.S. citizen living abroad–along with another 7 million American citizens–more than the population of Virginia. If Americans Abroad were a “state” they would rank 13th in population. He is also known as Andrew S. Tanenbaum, a professor of
