Reply #87: CBS poll of delegates [View All]

[eridani]

When I say base, I mean those people who will do a lot of volunteer work and donate money frequently in smaller amounts.

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q25 Which comes closest to your view about the tax cuts Congress has passed since 2000:
1. ALL of those tax cuts should be made permanent OR
2. MOST of those tax cuts should be made permanent; OR
3. MOST of those tax cuts should be repealed or allowed to expire;OR
4. ALL of those tax cuts should be repealed or allowed to expire.
All made permanent 1%
Most made permanent 6%
Most repealed or expire 71%
All repealed or expire 18%
DK/NA 4%

q26 Looking back, do you think the United States did the right thing in taking military action against Iraq, or should the U.S. have stayed out?

Did the right thing 7%
Should have stayed out 86%
DK/NA 7%

q28 What is your personal feeling about abortion:
1. It should be permitted in all cases;
2. It should be permitted, but subject to greater restrictions than
it is now;
3. It should be permitted only in cases such as rape, incest and to save the woman’s life; OR
4. It should ONLY be permitted to save the woman’s life?

Permitted in all cases 64&
Permitted with restrictions 14%
Only rape/incest/save life 10%
Only to save life 2%
Not permitted at all 1%
DK/NA 9%

q29 Which of these comes closest to your view?...
1. Abortion should be generally available to those who want it.
2. Abortion should be available but under stricter limits than it is now.
3. Abortion should not be permitted?

Generally available 75%
Available but stricter limits 17%
Not permitted 2%
DK/NA 6%

q30 Which concerns you more right now -- that the government is failing to enact strong anti-terrorism laws, or that the government is enacting new anti-terrorism laws which excessively restrict the average person's civil liberties?

Fail to enact 13%
Enact laws that are excessive 77%
Neither 5%
DK/NA 5%

q34 Do you think the result of the war with Iraq was worth the loss of American life and other costs of attacking Iraq or not?
Worth it 3%
Not worth it 93%
DK/NA%

q36 Which comes closest to your view?
1. Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry, OR
2. Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry, OR
3. There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship?
Should be allowed to marry 44%
Should form civil unions 43%
No legal recognition 5%
DK/NA 7%

q40 Which of the following statements comes closer to your opinion --
1. Trade restrictions are necessary to protect domestic industries, OR
2. Free trade must be allowed, even if domestic industries are hurt by foreign competition?
Restrictions necessary 67%
Allow free trade 23%
DK/NA 10%

http://edstrong.blog-city.com/read/755648.htm
As a poll of delegates in the Boston Globe this week suggested, this audience - 95% opposed to the Iraq war, 62% in favour of gay marriage and nearly 90% in favour of gun-control laws - was well to the left of average Americans.