Stitt

It's hard, even in absurdist satire, to stay one step ahead of this crew. - John Cusack

Friday, October 22, 2004

The informed electorate

The 20 Second Entry That Explains The Whole Election

Among Bush supporters:

– 75% believe Iraq was providing substantial support to al Qaeda.

– 74% believe Bush favors including labor and environmental standards in agreements on trade.

– 72% believe Iraq had WMD or a program to develop them.

– 72% believe Bush supports the treaty banning landmines.

– 69% believe Bush supports the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

– 61% believe if Bush knew there were no WMD he would not have gone to war.

– 60% believe most experts believe Iraq was providing substantial support to al Qaeda.

– 58% believe the Duelfer report concluded that Iraq had either WMD or a major program to develop them.

– 57% believe that the majority of people in the world would prefer to see Bush reelected.

– 56% believe most experts think Iraq had WMD.

– 55% believe the 9/11 report concluded Iraq was providing substantial support to al Qaeda.

– 51% believe Bush supports the Kyoto treaty.

– 20% believe Iraq was directly involved in 9/11.



(Polling from The Program on International Policy Attitudes, summary from The Winning Argument, found at DailyKos).



5 Comments:

At 2:07 AM , Blogger Stitt said...

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At 2:07 AM , Blogger Stitt said...

an interesting Rolling Stone article which may explain some of this "faith-based reality"

 
At 2:22 AM , Blogger Stitt said...

last time i try to post my own comments - sheesh!

 
At 2:53 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

C'mon Andy - sort it out! :) I'm not suprised at all about the viewpoints of your average Bush supporter... but what can we do, though? :(

Joseph W.

 

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