[lbo-talk] Reps lose edge on terrorism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Oct 13 09:34:18 PDT 2006


[Gallup now lets you read the sub-only stuff if you sit through an ad.]

<http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=24961>

October 13, 2006 Democratic Edge on Issues Extends to Terrorism, Morality Corruption, Iraq, terrorism rated most important issues by voters

by Jeffrey M. Jones GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- The strong Democratic tide sweeping the nation is evident in the latest USA Today/Gallup pre-election poll. Not only do Democrats enjoy a strong lead in likely voters' congressional vote preferences, they are rated as better at handling all eight issues tested in the poll. That includes advantages on normally strong Republican issues like terrorism and morality. Given Democrats' perceptual edge on all the issues measured in the poll, the relative priority voters attach to these is less important, but Iraq, government corruption, and terrorism rank as the top issues according to likely voters.

The Oct. 6-8 poll finds a majority of likely voters saying the Democrats in Congress would do a better job than the Republicans in Congress at handling healthcare, government corruption, gas prices, the economy, and the situation in Iraq. Just less than half say the Democrats would be better on immigration, moral standards, and terrorism.

The Democrats' net advantage on these issues stretches from a low of +5 percentage points on terrorism to a high of +39 points on healthcare.

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