[nickcarraway]

hmmm

[RightWhale]

Kerry is not Liberal. He is way left of Liberal.

[writer33]

"Twenty-seven percent (27%) of these swing voters identify themselves as conservative, 47% moderate, and 18% liberal."

How can a swing voter be conservative? Just a thought. Same thing goes for liberals. How can a swing voter be liberal? That doesn't make any sense.

I think what we're seeing here is that America is inherently conservative. I think the high number of moderate percentages are because people are still afraid to say what they believe. If given a choice, they'd align themselves with more conservative principles.

[Psycho_Bunny]

At the other end of the spectrum, just 27% of liberal voters see Senator Kerry as liberal. That figure is up slightly from 23% in the earlier surveys. Most liberal voters (56%) say Kerry is a moderate.

Here in Seattle, I haven't met one lefty who thinks Kerry's "liberal".

And one of the of the things lefties are best at is letting you know their political beliefs within 30 seconds of meeting them, so I think I have a pretty good understanding of the numbers.

[Amerigomag]

These poll results and many others are rooted in a common misconception. They assume that Kerry is Bush's opponent. He is not. Kerry is not even very popular among Democrat voters.

Bush's opposition's (moveon.org and others) election campaign is really based on Bush verses ABB (anyone but Bush). Understanding this anomoly makes most of the polling data predictable.

The campaign is Bush's to loose, not Kerry's to win.

[highlander_UW]

This just in...90% of people polled are idiots.

[JohnBDay]

People think Kerry is a moderate becuase he was on the same stage as Dean, Kucinich and Sharpton. The liberal numbers will be in the mid to high fifties by the convention.

[I still care]

Good. At least they are starting to get the idea. Of course, it won't be truth-in-advertising until they realize he's not liberal, he's "far left".

[Rome2000]

Most liberal voters (56%) say Kerry is a moderate

Morons.

[ThJ1800]

The President appears to be regaining lost ground among conservatives, 55% of whom now consider the President to be one of them.

I guess the gay marriage issue has helped him out in this area, but his spending habits, and expansion of government under W, are still concerns for me.

[MNnice]

Kerry is liberal and conservative, depending on who the audience is.

[MNnice]

What a meaningless poll.

[dr_who_2]

Perceptions will inevitably kill ya.