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...third year in a row, graphics director Jackson Dykman has been the impresario of our America by the Numbers franchise. This year we look at You: The Voter. Most polls tell you what voters are thinking but not how they've made up their minds. Our new national poll uses what Jackson calls "feeling thermometers"--that is, questions that go beyond yes-or-no answers to get at how voters arrive at their decisions. Jackson explains that most voters rely on their emotions and that as many as 28% of voters pick the candidate who does not share their policy...
CAMPAIGN SCORECARD [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] ROUND 1 2 3 4 ISSUE Economy Electoral College Debates Confidence ACTION Republican hopes that the bailout bill's passage would soothe voter anxiety, calm the markets and move the story off the front page were dashed. The problems keep growing, financially on Wall Street and politically for the GOP: candidates are tanking in the polls, while surveys show voters still trust Barack Obama more on the issue. Obama has solidified his hold on almost every blue state, taken the lead in almost every purple state and gained...
...Upon hearing about the interview, I was first struck by the question of what ever happened to Ben Affleck. After deciding that Reindeer Games was probably the cause of Affleck’s downfall, I then began to ponder about dinosaurs. To be an informed voter, do we really need to know about Sarah Palin’s opinion on dinosaurs?The beginning of the dinosaur question seems to be a viral email with preposterous fake quotes attributed to Sarah Palin that stated that “God made dinosaurs 4,000 years ago?...
...surge in voter registration in Florida also suggests younger people are becoming more politically involved. Through August, Florida had 10.6 million registered voters. That includes almost 450,000 who were added to the state's rolls this year - and among those, 252,000 registered as Democrats, while fewer than 100,000 are Republicans. No age breakdown is available, but election experts agree a majority of those new voters are under age 30. Zach Moller, a senior economics major and president of the University of Florida Democrats, says 2,500 UF students registered on campus on the first day of classes...
...penultimate presidential debate, a new TIME/CNN poll shows John McCain still struggling in states won by George W. Bush in 2004, a sign that last week's vice-presidential debate had little effect on voter opinion...