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...produce a surge in turnout of outraged evangelical voters. No doubt there are many on the religious right who hold fast to precious beliefs and values, but the leadership of the Republican Party’s use of this issue is morally bankrupt—exploiting voters?? unfounded fears and prejudices for the sake of electoral victory...
...like what we stand for. I don’t believe we lost this election because we were too true to our values. But if we lost this election because our belief in the dignity of each human being didn’t mesh with certain voters?? “moral values,” we should pat ourselves on the back. I hate losing, but if the cost of victory in this election would have been cowardice, I’m glad we didn’t pay that price...
Still, as a result these machines relied on voters?? being sufficiently astute to notice when the confirmation said something different than what they had chosen, and sufficiently persistent to duke it out with the machines and complain to overworked officials when things went wrong. And for all the effort on the part of Florida officials to escape “close calls” due to fuzzy voting tools, these errors sound a lot like the dimpled chads they endeavored to replace...
...destiny without being fettered by the government. Democrats often erroneously charge that Bush has no mandate to implement his policies on economic or social welfare issues like Social Security and the tax code because, they claim, Bush didn’t adequately discuss those issues in the campaign and voters?? true economic interests aligned with Kerry. But the facts indicate just the opposite. Exit polls showed more voters trust Bush to handle the economy than Kerry. The privatization of Social Security was the centerpiece of the president’s “ownership society...
...fact that his policies hurt them, too many middle or lower income voters were wooed by Bush’s promise to pursue a social agenda that incorporates certain aspects of his faith. Four million evangelical Christians voted for the first time this election. This groundswell of evangelical voters??an interest group that includes fully 30 percent of all Americans—tipped the contest in battleground states like Ohio in Bush’s favor. Bush, who frequently professed his faith and regularly met with Christian leaders, worked hard to target this interest group. In an egregious...