[IMRight]

Does anyone know how many of these the Battleground "duo" put out in Congressional election years? There hasn't been one since January. Will this be the last until the election? or should we expect a couple more?

[OldFriend]

IMHO, no poll taken before the President's speech on the middle east has any validity at all.

[B Knotts]

Note that big 20% "Other" in the question about the most important issue.

What do you suppose most of that "Other" is?

[rface]

bump for a later read...

[deport]

Thinking about things here in the U.S. --
1. What do you think is the number one problem facing this part of the country today -- that is, what is the
problem that you and your family are most concerned about? (DO NOT READ RESPONSES, JUST
RECORD)
NOTE TO INTERVIEWER: After completion of interview, double check this question for proper
coding. Try to fit "Others" into a pre-existing category.
Abortion...................... ............................. 1%
Agriculture/farming/ranching ..................... *
AIDS.......................... .............................. ... *
Auto insurance..................... ....................... *
Budget deficit .............................. ............ 1%
Bush (President George W.) ....................... *
Campaign finance reform........................ 0%
Child care.......................... .......................... *
College/affording............. ........................... *
Congress .............................. .................... 0%
Cost of living .............................. ............ 2%
Crime .............................. ........................ 2%
Cuts to government programs.................... *
Deficit .............................. .......................... *
Democrats..................... ........................... 1%
Drugs .............................. ........................ 2%
Economy....................... ......................... 13%
Education .............................. ................... 7%
Energy costs (gasoline for automobiles).. 0%
Energy costs (home heating)...................... *
Environment .............................. ............. 1%
Foreign affairs....................... .................. 1%
Gangs .............................. ........................... *
Government/size/regulation.... ................ 1%
Government spending...................... .......... *
Growth/overdevelopment .......................... *
Guns.......................... .............................. ... *
Health care (cost/quality of) ................... 3%
Health insurance (cost/lack of) ............... 1%
Homeless/poverty .............................. ..... 1%
Housing (costs/lack of) ........................... 1%
Immigration .............................. .............. 1%
Inflation .............................. ....................... *
Interest rates......................... ...................... *
Jobs .............................. .......................... 5%
Job training .............................. .................. *
Lawsuits/Litigation........... ....................... 0%
Loss of Industry...................... ................... *
Medicare/Medicaid............. .................... 1%
Moral/religious concerns ........................ 4%
National Defense .............................. ....... 4%
Pensions .............................. ..................... 0%
Politicians/incumbents ............................ 1%
Pollution .............................. ...................... *
Prescription drugs .............................. ...... 1%
Property taxes .............................. ............ 0%
Racism........................ .............................. .. *
Republicans .............................. ................. *
Retirement .............................. .................... *
Roads/highways................ .......................... *
Schools/school choice........................ ..... 1%
Senior citizens...................... ....................... *
Social security...................... ................... 1%
Stock Market........................ ....................... *
Taxes......................... .............................. . 3%
Tax increases .............................. ............. 1%
Television/violence & sex ...................... 0%
Terrorism..................... .......................... 19%
Tobacco .............................. ........................ *
Trade......................... .............................. . 0%
Traffic .............................. ........................ 0%
Unemployment .............................. .......... 2%
Unions........................ .............................. .. *
Values .............................. ........................... *
Violence...................... ............................. 1%
Wages .............................. ........................ 1%
Welfare (reform) .............................. ........... *
Water (shortage/quality) ............................ *
OTHER......................... ........................... 7%
UNSURE (TO Q3)........................... ....... 6%

[Redbob]

24% have never hear of Tom Daschle! LOL!

[DJtex]

All in all, a very encouraging poll. And to read the Ed Goas Republican Analysis brings it all into focus. Bottom line: The U.S. President is usually (19 times out of 20) a drag on his party in the mid-term elections. This is definitely not the case this year. George Bush has a 20% advantage over the Democrats in is handling of those issues that voters care most about. Bush has an incredible 40% credibility advantage over Congressional Democrats in sharing the personal values of the voters (65% to 25%).

In other words, Bush will help the Party a great deal in November and break the trend towards punishing the Party in White House during the mid-term cycle.

[Once-Ler]

Looks like GWB won by a larger margin than we all thought...look at this question's results

Which candidate for President of the United States did you vote for? Was it -- (ROTATE) -- • George W. Bush, • Al Gore, • Ralph Nader, or • Pat Buchanan?

George W. Bush.......................................................51%
Al Gore.....................................................................39%
Ralph Nader ...............................................................3%
Pat Buchanan .............................................................1%
OTHER (DNR)..........................................................1%
REFUSED (DNR) .....................................................3%
UNSURE/DID NOT VOTE (DNR) .........................3%

[Gophack]

While there are a few things that are troublesome for Republicans in general, overall this poll shows that George W. Bush in particular, and Republicans generally, are more in line with the feelings and values of the American people. We win on the economic issues, and Bush is beating the Dems by 11 pts on education, which is an important issue.

Everyone should read the Democrat analysis (as well as the Republican). There's interesting crosstabs in the Democrat analysis on where the Democrats power voter base is compared to the Republicans. How can we be losing MOMS -- but be winning WORKING MOMS. That means the stay-at-home moms are going Dem ... and that doesn't make sense to me, but maybe someone else has a spin on it after reviewing the data.

The key is TURNING OUT OUR CONSTITUENCY. Know our voters, expand on them, and get them out to the polls.