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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (148918)	10/25/2004 11:48:03 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) of 281500

It is remarkable that despite so much evidence to the contrary, Bush still holds about half the votes. --------------------- Are the voters stupid? It is not considered politically correct to point out that an awful lot of voters don't have a clue what they are talking about. A recent poll from Middle Tennessee State University sheds some light on the subject. For example, when asked which candidate wants to roll back the tax cuts for people making over $200,000 a year, a quarter thought it was Bush and a quarter didn't know. And it goes down hill from there. When asked which candidate supports specific positions on various issues, the results were no better than chance. While this poll was in Tennessee, I strongly suspect a similar poll in other states would get similar results. I find it dismaying that many people will vote for Bush because they want to tax the rich (which he opposes) or vote for Kerry because they want school vouchers for religious schools (which he opposes). electoral-vote.com Poll from Middle TN State University: mtsusurveygroup.org But Tennesseans not all that issue savvy. A close look at five key domestic agenda items suggests that Tennesseans as a group hardly qualify as well-informed and ideologically consistent policy wonks. On four of the five issues, only about half of a given candidate’s supporters hold opinions consistent with those of the candidate. Many favor positions inconsistent with their candidate. Perhaps even more interestingly, sizable chunks of each candidate’s supporters favor positions held by the opposing camp. And when quizzed about which candidates hold which positions on the five issues, Tennesseans score an average of only two right answers – about the same result one could get by merely guessing. --------------------------------------------- It's worth looking over the specific results. But the opinion that I left with is that the public doesn't know anything about their candidate beyond their name and party affiliation. If they agree on the "issues", it's flat out luck. With that attitude, the only thing a person can be is a "true believer". That could be a result of our Democratic Republic has too much Republic and not enough Democracy...~"I'll vote, but don't bother me for the next four years." Though it might be wishful thinking to suggest that if we really had an emphasis on Democracy that people would be more involved and educated. jttmab

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