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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (31404)8/13/2009 9:06:04 AM
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Poll: Protesters being heard

By Susan Page • Gannett News Service

WASHINGTON — The raucous protests at congressional town hall meetings have succeeded in fueling opposition to proposed health care bills among some Americans, a USA Today-Gallup Poll finds — particularly the independents who tend to be at the center of political debates.

In a survey of 1,000 adults Tuesday, 34 percent say the sometimes heated protests at sessions held by members of Congress have made them more sympathetic to the protesters' views; 21 percent say they are less sympathetic.

Independents by 2-1, 35 percent to 16 percent, say they are more sympathetic to the protesters now.

The hometown sessions have grabbed public attention: seven in 10 polled say they're following news about them very or somewhat closely.

Among key findings:

-A 57 percent majority of those surveyed, including six in 10 independents, say a major factor behind the protests are concerns that people had well before the meetings took place; 48 percent say efforts by activists to create organized opposition to the health care bills are a major factor.

-There's some tolerance for noisy disputes at town hall meetings. By 51 percent to 41 percent, those surveyed say people making "angry attacks" on a health care bill reflected "democracy in action" rather than "abuse of democracy." However, by 59 percent to 33 percent they say "shouting down supporters" of a health care bill was an abuse of democracy.


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