Posted on 05/20/2004 2:05:53 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper
George W. Bush
Conservative 57% Moderate 28% Liberal 7% Not Sure 8% RasmussenReports.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John F. Kerry
Conservative 9% Moderate 40% Liberal 45% Not Sure 6% RasmussenReports.com
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May 20, 2004--Fifty-seven percent (57%) of American voters believe that, in political terms, George W. Bush is conservative. Another 28% see the President as moderate. At the same time, the Rasmussen Reports survey found that 45% see John F. Kerry as liberal. Forty percent (40%) see the Senator as a moderate.
While President Bush is better known to voters, perceptions of him have shifted more in the past three months than perceptions of Senator Kerry.
Three months ago, just 50% of voters saw Bush as conservative. That's seven points below today's level.
Three months ago, 41% of voters defined Kerry as liberal. That's four points below today's level.
Views of the President are fairly constant across partisan lines. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Republicans see Bush as conservative along with 58% of Democrats and 55% of unaffiliated voters.
However, the partisan views of Kerry are quite different. Seventy-two percent (72%) of Republicans believe Kerry is politically liberal. This view is shared by 26% of Democrats and 37% of unaffiliated voters.
Only one-fifth of liberal voters see Kerry as one of them. However, most conservatives believe the President is conservative. Demographic breakdowns are available for RR Premium Members.
The national telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports May 18-19, 2004. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
LOL!
I have it on good authority that that's true only 46% if the time.
A newspaper reporter from the Boston Herald witnessed the incident and rushed over to interview the boy. The reporter began entering data into his laptop, beginning with the headline: "Brave Young Celtics Fan Saves Friend From Jaws Of Vicious Animal." "But I'm not a Celtics fan, "the little hero interjected. "Sorry," replied the reporter. "But since we're in Boston, Mass, I just assumed you were."
Hitting the delete key, the reporter began "John Kerry Fan rescues Friend From Horrific Dog Attack." "But I'm not a Kerry fan either," the boy responds. The reporter says, "I assumed everybody in this state was either for the Celtics or Kerry or Kennedy." "What team or person do you like? " "I'm a Houston Rockets fan and I really like George W. Bush" the boy says.
Hitting the delete key, the reporter begins again: "Arrogant Little Conservative Bastard Kills Beloved Family Pet."
All this poll says to me is that the mainstream media has done a great job of downplaying Kerry's voting record and his real positions on just about everything. But everytime that Hillary calls Bush a right-wing nut, they air it.
Glad you found it!
A number of people who call themselves conservatives wouldn't know a liberal if one walked right up to them and stole their wallet.
Apparently if your front page or lead story doesn't exhort the faithful to bomb throwing anarchy, you are "conservative".
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