[Mb-civic] Who's Listening to the President? - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Who's Listening to the President?

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

Friday, July 1, 2005; Page A25

President Bush has shown that he can win an election by mobilizing his 
political base. But can he win a war that way?

The most striking poll findings after the president's speech to the 
nation on Tuesday concerned who watched Bush in the first place. 
According to a Gallup Poll for CNN and USA Today, 50 percent of those 
who chose to listen to Bush were Republican, 27 percent were 
independents and only 23 percent were Democrats.Frank Newport, Gallup's 
editor in chief, said the usual party split in the country as a whole 
was about one-third for each party and a third independent -- a finding 
confirmed by five Gallup Polls conducted in June.

In other words, a large share of Bush's congregation belonged to the 
choir. Many Democrats don't want to listen to him.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063001676.html?nav=hcmodule
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