[lbo-talk] Pennsylvania poll

[John Lacny]

I just got handed the results of a Quinnipiac University 
poll of Pennsylvania. (I don't know if this is on the 
Internet, and don't have time to look right now.) I don't 
see a margin of error here, but usually the margins 
have been 3 percent. In this poll Kerry leads Bush 46-41 
with 5 percent for Nader and 7 percent for undecided. 
Keeping in mind that polls have been saying that 
undecideds are breaking for Kerry, this is good news for 
Kerry in this critical state that he must win to win the 
election. The poll shows both a bounce for the choice of 
Edwards as a running mate and a nine-point gain for 
Kerry among union households in less than a month 
(union households favor Kerry 58-32).

Of somewhat more interest to those on the list, however, 
the poll also notes majority job disapproval for Bush 
(52-45) and for the war in Iraq. To the question "Do you 
think going to war with Iraq was the right thing for the 
United States to do or the wrong thing?" voters answered 
51% wrong thing, 43% right thing. Among union 
households, the opinion on the war was 61% wrong thing, 
35% right thing. Have people seen many polls that 
compare union members' attitudes on the war to those of 
the general population? I think this is the first I've seen, 
and I found it pleasantly surprising. Perhaps it means that 
some unions' positions on the war are actually having an 
effect on the rank-and-file? Or perhaps it reflects general 
distaste for Bush among union members?

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John Lacny
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People of the US, unite and defeat the Bush regime and all its running dogs!