Monday, October 18, 2004
Guns, Gays and God
Divisive Issues Don't Necessarily Favor Republicans
From Time:
Voters are not convinced that he is on the wrong side. A new TIME poll, conducted after last week's third presidential debate, suggests that wedge issues, which normally work to the Republicans' advantage, are not a big G.O.P. plus this time. Asked whom they trust to handle "moral-values issues such as gay marriage and abortion," more voters chose Bush (44%) than Kerry (42%), though the difference was within the margin for error. In early September the numbers were 51% to 37% in Bush's favor.
http://www.time.com/time/election2004/article/0,18471,725075,00.html
From Time:
Voters are not convinced that he is on the wrong side. A new TIME poll, conducted after last week's third presidential debate, suggests that wedge issues, which normally work to the Republicans' advantage, are not a big G.O.P. plus this time. Asked whom they trust to handle "moral-values issues such as gay marriage and abortion," more voters chose Bush (44%) than Kerry (42%), though the difference was within the margin for error. In early September the numbers were 51% to 37% in Bush's favor.
http://www.time.com/time/election2004/article/0,18471,725075,00.html
