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Marc Fulton’s empty-netter at 18:35 provided the final margin...
...these issues gave Bush his winning margin, how is it that the percentage of voters who are unwaveringly pro-life stayed at 16 percent—the same as in 2000? How is it that the country’s views on homosexuality have become more tolerant, with a majority now supporting either gay marriage or civil unions, and that Bush’s percentage of the vote in the 11 states that passed gay marriage bans increased by a smaller proportion from 2000 than did the national average? And how is it that the percentage of voters identifying themselves...
...right side, where he took his firmest and strongest stand, was national security. From day one, the centerpiece of his campaign was protecting the country from terrorism and remaking the world a safer and freer place. Among those who listed terrorism as their top concern, Bush held a wider margin of victory—with 86 percent of the vote—than either candidate held on any other issue. Among all voters, he beat Kerry by 18 percentage points on ability to protect America from terrorism. A majority still approve of his decision to go to war in Iraq...
...week after he won his second term. Since his tight victory last Tuesday, he has set out a domestic policy agenda that includes rewriting the tax code and privatizing social security—issues that were not paraded as the centerpiece of his campaign. Although Bush won by a margin of 3 million popular votes, his re-election was in a large part due to the huge turnout among evangelical Christians who were brought to the polls by their concern for social issues. Bush cannot rightly claim a mandate to pursue a controversial domestic agenda on issues that were...
Indeed, Bush won by a margin of 51-48, which means that nearly half the country—including significant numbers of minority voters, women and young people—would rather not have him as president. Nine of out ten African American voters voted for Kerry. Hispanics preferred Senator John Kerry over Bush by 15 percentage points, and Kerry led among women by nine percentage points. Voters age 18-29 preferred Kerry over Bush by a 13 percent margin. The fact that Bush won overall does not mean that the concerns of these people should be ignored...