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More exit poll respondents -- about 22 percent -- called "moral values" the election's most important issue then cited the economy, terrorism or Iraq. Those expressing this sentiment backed the president overwhelmingly, 80 percent to Kerry's 18 percent. Bush did similarly well among the 19 percent who identified terrorism as their top issue.

Kerry won overwhelmingly among the 20 percent who pointed to the economy and jobs as the most important issue -- taking this group 80 percent to the president's 18 percent. The 15 percent who named the Iraq war as the race's top issue backed the senator by a 3-1 margin.

The president's supporters were overwhelmingly positive about the current situation in the economy and Iraq. Those with more pessimistic views on these topics resoundingly said they voted for Kerry.

Small inroads make difference for Bush

Here is the thing: the two camps care about completely different things.
The Democrats can't believe someone would vote for Bush purely on some religious values thing.

But they do.
Oh boy, do they ever.

The Republicans are acting much like the Saudi Royal Family.
That is, they keep themselves in power by supporting religious extremists.
The danger for the US and the world is that, in either nation, the religious extremists may get tired of just being courted and appeased by the government and may want to become the government.

The Democrats, and the rest of the Western world, regard this march to an American theocracy with a combination of disbelief and fear.

I think I have had enough with these topics until 2008. posted by Richard at 18:04 / permalink (post) | permalink (numeric)