http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/voters/ en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:39:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2103639/posts A survey conducted by University of California professor Dean Weaver found that voters are “bored with the current state of the war on terror.” It is believed that this undermines the presumed electoral strength that McCain and the Republicans would draw from the national security issue. “Apparently, the absence of attacks since 9-11 has led to a stunning level of complacency,” Weaver observed. “It goes beyond taking safety for granted. People are actually bored by it. For many, life may be indistinguishable from TV and movies. They want drama. They want to see explosions and shoot-outs. They want a real-life... Semi-News/Semi-Satire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2103639/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:39:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102610/posts Please Note: I am not a fan of the Howard Stern show. However, this clip about sent me over the edge. Sal In HarlemHoward Stern sent "Sal" out into Harlem to see how people there were going to vote and why. When the three people featured answered Barack Obama, Sal asked why not John McCain. Then Sal took McCain's policies, attributed them to Obama. Listen to what happens The Howard Stern Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102610/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102211/posts CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County’s registered voter list will likely top 60,000 before early voting begins next week. A whirlwind month of voter registration was capped Monday with 407 new registrations, Elections Director Fran Green told county election commissioners Tuesday. In the August general election the county had about 54,000 registered voters. As of Tuesday, that number was 59,891. Ms. Green held up a tray of registrations and estimated about 500 were left to process. “That will put us over 60,000, “ she said. Election Commission Chairwoman Mary Frances Armstrong praised the office staff’s effort to handle the Monday mobs..... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102211/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:19:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101580/posts Once again the spirit of volunteerism is engaging the crisis of the year, ELECTION FRAUD. With the announcement of ACORN signing up illegal fraudulent voters, a call has gone out Nationwide for Minutemen who patroled our nation's borders since 2005 for illegal crossings to turn their gaze (OBSERVE AND REPORT) activities to POLL WATCHING in their district in their respective states. Instead of fretting and gasping at the reports of illegal voters trying to steal the election, Minutemen across the nation are gearing up for the Nov 4th, 2008 election with their cell phones and binoculars once again. Minutemen understand... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101580/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:00:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101006/posts I mentioned this earlier in the week, but it's still nagging at me, and we have some new numbers... This year, Ohio allowed any citizen not registered to vote to show up, register, and vote on the same day in Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 window. The AP was writing back in August, "If Obama's campaign were able to tap into college campuses with one-stop voting, it would add thousands of votes to his tally in a state where, in 2004, John Kerry lost to President Bush by only about 118,000 votes, putting Bush over the top in the electoral... nationalreview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101006/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 01:54:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095554/posts The Tax Issue Still Resonates By KARL ROVE Conventional wisdom says tax cuts have lost their political power. "Cutting taxes has run its course," "America's great fever for lower taxes . . . has cooled," and "Republicans relied too easily on tax cuts," are among the assertions I've seen recently from different pundits. One reason offered for the alleged decline of tax cuts as a potent issue is that since 2000, tax cuts have taken 13 million filers off of the income tax rolls. Today, one-third of all filers have no federal income tax liability and nearly 40% of all... online.wsj.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095554/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 05:11:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094142/posts 30 years ago as part of a Christian outreach team, I spoke to troubled youths in prison. What struck me about the mostly black inmates was their negative attitudes. It was their biggest problem. They were bitter and angry at white America. The majority of these black youths, many bright , talented and some even gifted believed that the white man had stacked everything against them. Crime was their only way to level the playing field. This is a lie. Who infected or who committed the terrible crime of wasting the minds of these black youths? Much of the blame... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094142/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:34:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089685/posts I own a company that repairs and replaces garage doors and openers and had a customer today that blew my mind.She told me on the phone she had disassembled her door and couldn't put it back together. When I arrived she kept calling herself stupid and couldn't understand why she couldn't fix this since she was an engineer and a German at that.When she raised the other door I noticed on her car an NRA sticker on the windshield.Well I looked at her problem and it was simply two 1/2 inch nuts and bolts she had taken out of the... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089685/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:23:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081443/posts The most important voters in close races are the ones that candidates can count on to show up on Election Day – and seniors may just become the new "soccer moms" in this presidential election. Older Americans have the highest turnout rate of any age group – 69 percent in 2004. And they'll wield clout in this tight presidential contest because a number of the swing states, like Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, have a lot of older residents. "Despite the media's focus on the youth vote, the most influential voters in the McCain-Obama matchup are likely to have some gray... The Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081443/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:41:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080557/posts The hidden story of the last week has been the shift in many states and nationwide among the youngest of voters, those ages 18-to-29, from a solid entrenchment in the Obama camp to a significant drift toward a newly revived John McCain effort, all courtesy of Gov. Sarah Palin. Our survey approach keeps young respondents from being interviewed by young interviewers, thus avoiding the inevitable pressure a youthful poll respondent might feel to "fit in" and claim to be a supporter of Obama. As a result, younger voters, while still favoring Obama, have moved to the McCain column in not... www.townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080557/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:15:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076268/posts One thing both Democrats and Republicans agreed about in their vastly different conventions: The American voter will not only decide but decide wisely. But does the electorate really know what it's talking about? Plenty of things are hurting American democracy -- gridlock, negative campaigning, special interests -- but one factor lies at the root of all the others, and nobody dares to discuss it. American voters, who are hiring the people who'll run a superpower democracy, are grossly ignorant. Here are a few particularly bogus claims about their supposed savvy. 1. Our voters are pretty smart. 2. Bill O'Reilly's viewers... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076268/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 21:01:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060057/posts I have never been an advocate of the popular notion that "everyone should vote." Some people look at me as if I am somehow un-American when I say that I am not in favor of encouraging people to vote who would otherwise never darken the door of a polling place. I really don't want someone on the streets of Hollywood, who just failed to identify the vice president of the United States on one of Jay Leno's "Jay-Walking" segments, helping to select the person who will lead my government for the next four years. So here is a basic, common-sense... GOPUSA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060057/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:34:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060012/posts Barack Obama's campaign went looking for unregistered black voters in barbershops and beauty salons across the state Saturday, including Broward and Palm Beach counties, in a new outreach effort to African-Americans. http://www.sun-sentinel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060012/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:09:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054695/posts When that poll told voters that McCain opposed a timetable for withdrawal, support for his view actually shot up dramatically. It looks like a significant chunk of the electorate cares more about the man than the issue. Newer polls suggest that McCain's arguments against a timetable may, in fact, be shifting public opinion his way. http://www.atimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054695/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:02:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049995/posts A growing number of California voters believe the chronic state budget deficit is a serious problem and lack faith in the ability of the state's political leadership to do anything about it, according to a new Field Poll. The poll also found voter approval of the job that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature are doing continues to decline. Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo said voters are becoming increasingly frustrated by the Legislature's inability to pass the budget on time or close the $15 billion deficit. “The public has growing concerns about the budget and less confidence that the Legislature... San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049995/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048840/posts Understanding American voter sentiments heading into the 2008 Election cycle is no easy task. Voters seem to be all over the board on how they feel about the issues, the candidates, and what they think we should do about each issue is even stranger. In studying current Rasmussen Report detailed numbers, Americans seem to struggle with remaining on task all the way through their thought processes. Many voter positions appear quite counter-indicated, contradictory and even downright confusing, or should I say, confused. Obama and McCain are clearly in a dead heat statistical tie in the race for the White House.... Great American Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048840/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:33:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048619/posts Don't toss me a bone in the form of soundbites and platitudes. Sell your position to the voters. Washington's Farewell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048619/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:26:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045137/posts So I’m sitting there watching a little Animal Planet when the old man comes into the room, grabs the remote and channel surfs to some of them there news outlets. He skips between the venom spewing anchorman, the supermodel newswomen and the anchorperson telling us the world is coming to an end. I don’t pay much attention to it but I notice my sister Copper and my new brother Logan are keenly interested. Before I know it, those two are tail deep into a discussion about the state of the world and the upcoming US election. They go back and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045137/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:48:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044005/posts When I first heard former Senator Phil Gramm refer to our economic condition as a “mental crisis” and suggest that too many Americans had become “whiners,” my immediate reaction was, too bad too few Americans would comprehend the hard truth he just set before them… (snip) Technically speaking, as if the facts matter any more, Phil Gramm is right on both counts, though it was dumb of him to think he could just blurt out the truth to an ignorant American electorate at this late date. He wins the “dumb” award for not knowing how the “whiners” would react to... New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044005/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:50:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042928/posts The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. Most voters (52%) say Congress is doing a poor job, which ties the record high in that dubious category. Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042928/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 15:11:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038572/posts At the risk of being accused of “racism” for not falling in line behind the first half-black but wholly unqualified man ever to run for president, allow me to introduce the useful idiots at the core of Obamamania. Barack Hussein Obama, the Jim (Farrakhan) Jones of the 2008 race for the White House, and chosen Messiah of America’s loony leftist dingbats, is leading the race for the most powerful office on earth. The “How?” is the interesting part of the story… Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038572/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:40:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032608/posts Allow me to begin by stating for the record that I realize how politically incorrect it is to single out a specific group of people and acknowledge their overtly foolish behaviors. But it seems we have reached a moment of insanity, when enough really should be enough! It seems I need to give a speech to Democrats, which I have given to my children on several similar occasions. As Forest Gump learned from his Momma, “stupid is as stupid does.” People, who persist in doing stupid things, must sooner or later be referred to as “stupid!” We have reached that... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032608/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:41:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029970/posts Now that the Democratic nominating contest is over and Hillary Clinton has officially conceded to Barack Obama, the question on the minds of every political junkie – at least, the one that doesn’t involve the vice presidency – is, “What will become of the Hillary voters”? Eighteen million people, including many women, many seniors, and many swing voters, cast their vote for Sen. Clinton in the primaries. Some of the more vocal Clinton supporters, the sorts who chanted, “Denver! Denver!” at her withdrawal speech, are vowing either to stay home in November, or to cross party lines and vote for... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029970/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:20:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027657/posts Voters in Ireland could scupper the controversial EU treaty, a poll suggests. The survey, just days before the referendum, found that the 'No' vote had surged into the lead for the first time. Of those polled, 35 per cent said they would vote to derail the Lisbon Treaty on Thursday - double the number three weeks ago. UK Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027657/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025828/posts Hillary actually won the popular vote, if you count Michigan – even if you give Obama the “undecided” votes. However, according to Real Clear Politics, officials didn’t release the numbers in Iowa, Nevada, Washington & Maine. Those states would likely give the edge to Obama, unless you count Michigan and don’t give Obama the “undecided.” So if you do the Democratic thing and only count actual votes for actual candidates, Hillary wins. She flat out wins. Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025828/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:14:41 GMT