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To: Ron who wrote (6330)	1/27/2004 9:08:24 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 20773

Now, we wouldn't want to accuse the media of liberal bias, naturally, but the headline " MAJORITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS OPPOSE IRAQ WAR: POLL" is very misleading. This sounds as though it was a poll of all voters, or of a cross-section of voters. But if you read down, you find that's not true. There were both Democratic and Republican voters in NH today. There were primaries in both parties. But the poll was ONLY of people who voted in the Democratic primary. So, the correct headline should have been "MAJORITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OPPOSE IRAQ WAR: POLL" But that's a duh, isn't it? Hardly surprising news, particularly if one considers that the Democratic voters who go to the polls to vote in primaries tend to the be the most active Democrats, who tend to be the more liberal. Really, a "majority of men prefer dating women to dating men" story.

To: Ron who wrote (6330)	1/27/2004 9:19:12 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

MAJORITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS OPPOSE IRAQ WAR: POLL That's good, but it didn't help Dean win, darn it. And Clark came in either third or fourth. They seem to have given most of their votes to Congressmen (Kerry, Edwards, Lieberman) who voted for the war. What's the matter with those people? Why aren't they voting their convictions?

To: Ron who wrote (6330)	1/28/2004 1:46:46 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Interesting that Iraq was not a top issue for most NH voters. If that trend continues, Bush's plan to scare everyone into sticking with him could be derailed by domestic issues. Still very early but something to watch for. Dean was narrowly favored by those New Hampshire voters who said the Iraq war was their most important issue, but while more than nearly two in three voters said they disapproved of Bush's decision to go to war, Iraq was the top issue of just one in five voters. Many more said health care and the economy were the most important issues, and Kerry demolished Dean easily among those voters. Almost half of the electorate described themselves as "angry" at Bush -- a constituency once considered Dean's core -- but Kerry narrowly led Dean among those voters and easily outdistanced Dean among those with less-intense feelings toward Bush.