A study by Michigan State University political science professors found that, contrary to the belief of political pundits, Americans' fears of another attack actually makes people less likely to vote for Bush:
"Of those who were 'very concerned,' 38 percent said they planned to vote to re-elect President Bush, while 76 percent of those who were 'not at all concerned' said they would vote for Bush."
So political pundits were wrong! Suprise, surprise.
Monday, August 16, 2004
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I guess it's intuitive to think that those who worry to most about terrorism will support Bush, because he's "tougher" on terror and defense(or so the pundits would like us to believe.) But that doesn't make much sense. Bush has had 3 years to allay people's fears of terror, and in those three years Bin Laden slipped away from us, and the government's biggest terorrism score is a guy who came to the United States with a "plan" to eventually, someday, somehow, detonate a radioactive bomb in an American city. And the administration only hurts themselves by crying wolf with the terror alerts; not only do people become immune to them(especially when they're based on years old data)but many are beginnng to wonder why this administration can't seem to get a handle on Al Quaeda. Played out over enough time, the administration's hyping of terror only serves to remind people that they haven't solved the problem yet.
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