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June 17, 2004

Progressives: Kerry, yes, but only if....


WeCount.org recently conducted an unscientific poll, of voters of the progressive persuasion, with questions directed mostly at how they feel about "John Kerry's positions on key political issues". Quite interesting results. From the summary page:

....8% of the total number of voters responding are undecided.
3.4% are probably not voting for Kerry. This suggests that Kerry has an opportunity to gain an additional 11.4% of the progressive/independent/moderate voters, in addition to the 85.3% of respondents who are probably or definitely voting for him. Only 3.4% of the total respondents state that they will definitely NOT vote for Kerry.

The 11.4% of voters who are undecided or leaning against Kerry disagree with him strongly on the issues of the war in Iraq, the Patriot Act and civil liberties, and globalization; and to a lesser degree on health care, terrorism, job growth and taxes.

Kerry does better with this group on the issues of education, the environment, corporate reform, and campaign finance reform. In addition, the majority of this group said they would be “much more likely” to vote for Kerry if they knew that Dennis Kucinich and/or Ralph Nader were going to have a place in his administration.

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