Thursday, November 01, 2007

HORSERACE

Independents Are More Upset About the Border Than Democrats Are About Iraq

I'll have more on this in the near future, but for now, notice some surprising numbers from a poll conducted by Democracy Corps and Democratic pollsters/strategists Stan Greenberg, Al Quinlan, and James Carville:

They asked independents their top two reasons why America is on the wrong track from a list of seven.

"Bogged down and spending billions in Iraq" came in next to last at 23 percent; "Government failed on Katrina" came in last at 13 percent.

The tops for independents? "Borders left unprotected," way ahead at 40 percent.

"Doing nothing about dependence on oil/global warming" came in second at 31 percent, "losing jobs to China and India" at 27 percent, "government is running up record budget deficits" at 26 percent, "leaders have done nothing on health care" came in at 24 percent.

A sign that the issue of FEMA's response to Katrina has come and gone: Among Democrats, only 15 percent listed Katrina as one of their top two reasons.

Among Democrats, Iraq ranked at 38 percent, health care was second at 34 percent.

11/01 03:31 PMShare