Poll: 35% Kerry supporters angry over election returns

Voters Liked Campaign 2004, But Too Much 'Mud-Slinging'
Moral Values: How Important?

Campaign 2004 receives generally favorable marks from the voters. An overwhelming 86% say they learned enough about the candidates to make an informed choice, while two-thirds express satisfaction with the choice of candidates. However, voters also believe this campaign was more negative than previous contests ­ 72% say there was more mud-slinging in this campaign compared with past elections, up from just 34% who said that four years ago.
The Pew Research Center's quadrennial post-election survey, conducted among 1,209 voters who were originally interviewed in October, finds that a third of all voters say they are very satisfied with their choice of candidates ­ the highest percentage expressing that view in post-election surveys dating to 1988. That reflects extraordinary enthusiasm among Republicans, 63% of whom express a high degree of satisfaction with the candidates. As a point of comparison, in 1996 just 34% of Democrats said they were very satisfied with the candidates after Bill Clinton's easy reelection victory.

For their part, supporters of Sen. John Kerry are struggling with a range of emotions following their candidate's defeat. The dominant reaction to Bush's reelection among Kerry's supporters is disappointment (82%), but about a third (35%) say they feel angry over the election outcome. Liberals, in particular, express intense feelings as a result of the election. Roughly half of Kerry's liberal supporters say they feel angry (53%) or depressed (47%) because of Bush's victory.

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http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=233

Especially those who voted using certain brands of machines.

just angry, but RAGING mad.

like Pew Trust, not, repeat NOT, to be trusted.

They have nothing to do with each other

by Pew?

Pew Charitable Trusts issued a statement a month or two ago about this. But there are apparently two Pews, one having nothing to do with the other.

owners of Sun Oil. Anyway, they are, at the least, a part of the Left gatekeepers.

People who did not choose moral values from the list of issues were also asked what the term meant to them. The pattern of responses was quite different from those who said moral values were an important consideration. Fewer mentioned a specific issue, candidate quality, or general religious theme; more answered in general terms, and 12% explicitly protested the imposition of others' values on them, said the idea was being used as a "wedge" against Democrats, or otherwise expressed a negative reaction to the phrase.

welcome to my world, survey respondents. :)

and gawd help us:

Television remains the dominant source of campaign news, and Fox News has emerged as the leading TV outlet for election news. Overall, 21% of voters say they got most of their news on the election from Fox, compared with 15% who relied mostly on CNN, and 13% on NBC News.

"Television remains the dominant source of campaign news, and Fox News has emerged as the leading TV outlet for election news."


If we are ever going to hope to compete in the media wars, we need the liberal equivalent of Fox.

I bet if we keep feeding Olbermann with positive emails and generate high ratings, we can show them the market value of appealing to OUR point of view.

I wrote him an email yesterday informing him I had kicked CNN to the curb in favor of MSNBC. Hopefully he'll get lots like that. :D