How to address an unknown American person?

[nq:1]I'm about to write a letter to an American person who I know next to nothing about, only his name and address. This letter will be about the upcoming Presidential elections. How do I address him? Is "Dear Mr. So-and-so" right?[/nq]
Yes.

[nq:1]I'm about to write a letter to an American person who I know next to nothing about, only his name and address. This letter will be about the upcoming Presidential elections. How do I address him? Is "Dear Mr. So-and-so" right?[/nq]
Is this part of the Guardian's 'Spam Clark County Ohio' initiative? If you only know this person's name and address, why are you unloading your views on the e

[nq:2]I'm about to write a letter to an American person ... How do I address him? Is "Dear Mr. So-and-so" right?[/nq]
[nq:1]Is this part of the Guardian's 'Spam Clark County Ohio' initiative? If you only know this person's name and address, ... would you be if a stranger ina foreign country wrote to you* about your voting intentions in *your national elections?[/nq]
I couldn't agree

John Dean (Email Removed) scribbled the following:
[nq:2]I'm about to write a letter to an American person ... How do I address him? Is "Dear Mr. So-and-so" right?[/nq]
[nq:1]Is this part of the Guardian's 'Spam Clark County Ohio' initiative?[/nq]
It is.
[nq:1]If you only know this person's name and address, why are you unloading your views on the election?[/nq]
Because it's my

Calling an American "so and so" is never a good thing to do.So and so is usually used with dirty as in "that dirty so and so.".

[nq:1]I'm about to write a letter to an American person who I know next to nothing about, only his name and address. This letter will be about the upcoming Presidential elections. How do I address him? Is "Dear Mr. So-and-so" right?[/nq]
Yes, assuming he's male.

Don't you think they might do worse than that? Like Harvey says, vote for the opponent of the candidate you favour just because they don't like outside interference? And tell all their friends 'Hey, the furriners like X so he's obviously in the pay of non-Americans - you should all vote for the other guy.'
If you received an unsolicited letter from a stranger, wouldn't you regard it as junk ma

[nq:1]On 15 Oct 2004, John Dean wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Is this part of the Guardian's 'Spam Clark County Ohio' ... to you* about your voting intentions in *your national elections?[/nq]
[nq:1]I couldn't agree more. I simply couldn't believe what I was reading when I saw the article about this gobsmackingly ... from some overseas busybody, I'd be very tempted to vote Bush just to sh

[nq:1]Don't you think they might do worse than that? Like Harvey says, vote for the opponent of the candidate you ... for the other guy.' If you received an unsolicited letter from a stranger, wouldn't you regard it as junk mail?[/nq]
No, worse. Mass produced junk mail is easily disposed of without prejudice. If I get a hand-addressed envelope, I have to open it, and if I find out it's a perso

[nq:1]Calling an American "so and so" is never a good thing to do.So and so is usually used with dirty as in "that dirty so and so.".[/nq]
Sure you wouldn't want to wait until after?
If you're not a first name basis, yes, "Dear Mr. Whoever".