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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bentway who wrote (36512)	7/20/2004 4:05:14 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

Kerry Up, Bush Down In Oregon Massachusetts senator John Kerry could carry the state of Oregon in the 2004 United States presidential election, according to a poll by Zogby Interactive published in the Wall Street Journal Online. 51.6 per cent of respondents would vote for the prospective Democratic nominee, while 42.4 per cent would support Republican incumbent George W. Bush. Independent candidate Ralph Nader garners the support of 2.3 per cent of respondents. The election is scheduled for Nov. 2. Support with Kerry increased by 0.7 per cent since Bush, while backing for Bush dropped by 1.9 per cent. Democrat Al Gore carried Oregon’s seven electoral votes in the 2000 presidential election, defeating Bush by 6,765 ballots. The last Republican to win the state was Ronald Reagan in 1984. zogby.com

To: bentway who wrote (36512)	7/20/2004 4:06:35 PM
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Kerry Passes Bush In Missouri Massachusetts senator John Kerry cold carry the state of Missouri in the 2004 United States presidential election, according to a poll by Zogby Interactive published in the Wall Street Journal Online. 50.1 per cent of respondents would vote for the prospective Democratic nominee, while 46.8 per cent would support Republican incumbent George W. Bush. Independent candidate Ralph Nader garners the support of 0.7 per cent of respondents. The election is scheduled for Nov. 2. Support for Kerry increased by 2.2 per cent since June, while backing for Bush dropped by 1.8 per cent. Bush won Missouri’s 11 electoral votes in 2000, with 50.4 per cent of all cast ballots. Aside from the 1956 presidential election, the state has picked the eventual winner in every contest since 1900. zogby.com

To: bentway who wrote (36512)	7/20/2004 4:08:15 PM
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Bush Back In First In Arkansas George W. Bush has regained the lead in the state of Arkansas, according to a poll by Zogby Interactive published in the Wall Street Journal Online. 46.7 per cent of respondents would vote for the Republican incumbent in the 2004 United States presidential election, while 44.5 per cent would support prospective Democratic nominee John Kerry. Independent candidate Ralph Nader garners the support of 4.4 per cent of respondents. The election is scheduled for Nov. 2. Support for Bush increased by two per cent since June, while backing for Kerry dropped by 2.3 per cent Jimmy Carter in 1976—and former governor Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996—are the only Democrats to carry Arkansas in a presidential election since 1968. Bush won the state’s six electoral votes in 2000, with 51.3 per cent of all cast ballots. zogby.com

To: bentway who wrote (36512)	7/20/2004 4:11:04 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

AP Survey Reveals Ohio Delegates' Top Priorities An Associated Press (AP) survey shows that delegates to the Democratic National Convention think the candidates should focus on more than values. Ohio delegates said the future president's priorities should be the economy, health care, education, the situation in Iraq and fighting terrorism. While the candidates for president battle it out on values, such issues are of little concern to the delegates to the Democratic National Convention, according to the AP survey. Of the 159 voting delegates to the convention in Boston July 26-29, 130 were surveyed. Only three listed moral values as one of the top three priorities the president should have in 2005. The Ohio Democratic delegates cited the economy, followed by health care, education, the situation in Iraq and fighting terrorism as top priorities. Far behind were taxes, seven-times; moral values, three-times; and crime, one-time. The delegates cited the economy 94-times; followed by health care, 68-times; education, 48-times; the situation in Iraq, 47-times; and fighting terrorism, 23-times. John Zogby, president of public opinion research company Zogby International, says the general voting public's recent priorities have been similar, with the economy first, followed by Iraq and health care. Democrats overall, and the partisans who make up the convention delegation, tend to shy away from issues such as values and look toward "big issues" like the economy and health care, Zogby said. "That's not to say that Democrats aren't moral," said Zogby. "There are big issues this year. Democrats are accustomed to talking about the issues and not values." The campaigns of Republican President George Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry have sparred over values recently though. This month in Minnesota, Kerry presented himself as the champion of "conservative values," a position Bush took last week in Michigan. For Dixie Wadsworth of Minerva, moral values are the only issue. "It's the only thing that encompasses what this election is about, which is trust. This administration cannot be trusted," said Wadsworth, a first-time delegate and retired nurse. The Bush campaign has hammered Kerry's record on taxes and suggested he would have to raise taxes by $900 billion to pay for programs he has proposed. Whoever is president next year should make tax restructuring a priority, said Leonard Eliason, an Athens County commissioner and another first-time delegate. "If we don't have a solid economy, we don't have job creation," said Eliason. "We need to have a fair tax structure not only for individuals but also for businesses." The delegates overwhelmingly believed independent candidate Ralph Nader will not be the spoiler he was in 2000. Many Democrats blame Nader's candidacy for Al Gore's defeat. Eighty-five of the delegates didn't think it likely that Nader would take enough support away from Kerry to cost him the election, compared with 21 who thought it would happen. In Ohio four years ago, Nader got just 2.5 percent of the vote. "I don't think he's getting the kind of traction he received last time. He's putting his own ego above the interests of the American people," U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland, of Lisbon, said. The current policy in Iraq drew strong opposition from delegates. "The current president's failed Iraq policy has made the world an unsafe place. It's failing miserably and meantime, a lot of people are losing their lives," Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy said. Connie Murphy, a first-time delegate from Worthington, said Kerry's experience -- he was awarded the Purple Heart three times for his service in Vietnam -- will give him a foreign policy edge over Bush. "We're in a real mess and our position in the world is endangered because of the recklessness of this administration," Murphy said. "Kerry's experience as a veteran makes him someone who will be wise in using his power." zogby.com