Re: politics of SSM
On Jun 5, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Chip Berlet wrote:
More sophisticated poll analysis suggests that issues such as
abortion and same sex marriage DID play a role in certain key
states that voted for Bush.http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/RINVol8No1/WhyMoral% 20ValuesDidCount.htm
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Matt Dowd and Grover Norquist are dubious at best at the ability of same-sex marriage initiatives to drive turnout, reports Newsweek’s Rosenberg. LINK
No one doubts that religious conservatives were a major portion of
Bush’s base. But the quoted bits turn on turnout; the study Chip
cites doesn’t mention turnout at all.
Doug