Zogby: Iowans, New Hampshirites angry but less focused on Iraq [Iraq fatique}

[rodeodance]

Source: csm

Zogby: Iowans, New Hampshirites angry but less focused on Iraq

- Yahoo! News


http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20071206/ts_csm/abreak05

...........A key finding is that "the voters are extremely angry this year," Mr. Zogby said. "We see very high numbers there. angry at the political system. They are angry at Congress. They are angry at the president of the United States. That includes Democrats, sizable numbers of Democrats who are angry at Congress, and a sizable number of Republicans who are angry at the president."


...Zogby's research confirms that finding. "What we have seen since August, late August, is the beginnings of what I call Iraq fatigue," Zogby said. "Not because it is an unimportant issue, but because voters are confused on the resolution of the issue… Iraq used to be cited as top of mind by 56 to 60 percent… It is now about 28 percent as the No. 1 issue."

.........Tracking what voters think about Oprah and other topics is getting harder for pollsters. "The biggest challenge is ... that people aren't answering the telephones," Zogby said. "The national and statewide response rates are low – some as low as 16 to 17 percent… That is often what I get. Some are reporting 6 or 7 percent response rates.... When I started in the business in 1984, it was 65 percent."

While the national "do not call" list does not apply to pollsters, Zogby said it has empowered those contacted by polling firms to refuse to answer questions. His poll was conducted Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 in Iowa, and Dec. 1-3 in New Hampshire.


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[a kennedy]

1. Wasn't everyone angry during the last presidential election???

How much angrier can we all get???

[Frustratedlady]

2. How much angrier can we all get? A lot angrier!

I never thought I could be so angry or so hateful toward a government as I am at ours. Why? Because I'm so sick and tired of decisions being made by whether or not it is going to affect the next election (both parties are guilty of this) rather than doing what is best for the country. Their vision is so narrowed, they can't see the big picture.

I'm angry that so many incompetents can be hired in one administration. Where, in God's name, did they find them all?

I'm angry to see our infrastructure falling apart, while the Halliburtons of the world are stripping our treasury before our very eyes.

I'm angry to know that all the money that was collected and promised to the rebuilding of the South after Katrina, has apparently not been used for that purpose.

I'm angry to see the high prices at the grocery store due to high gas prices are the result of a lie, aka, George's lies about Iran and playing soldier with his sabers. I'm even angrier to know they won't come down as fast as they went up. The final icing on the cake will be when the oil profit reports come out at the end of the year.

I am SO sick and tired of that kid at the helm, I could vomit.

The above is only a sampling of how much angrier I have become. I could go on and on, but I need to take my heart medicine.

[rockybelt]

3. Hey Zogby

Maybe people are tired of you pollsters manipulating their data to make it conform to the wishes of the people that hire the. Did you ever think of that?

Yeah, people are angry. Angry, my ass! Angry sounds like such a happy word compared to the way I feel I am fucking enraged at all you ass-holes-including Zogby and the other pollsters-for manipulating every fucking piece of information you get your weasel like hands on. Why can't you just tell the fucking truth? The American people are grown up and everything is not too "complicated" for us to understand. We understand one hell of a lot more than you give us credit for you butt sucking dip shits!

That goes for you politicians too, you ass-holes. You no more represent me than does Bush represent democracy. You're a bunch of corporate whores whose only interest is stuffing your pockets and getting re-elected. I'm fucking tired of it! Do you hear me now ass-hole!? I'm fucking tired of it and I am going to force term limits on every one of you ass-holes that I can by voting you out of office.

Then the whole cycle can start over again can't it?