Dems More Knowledgeable than Repubs

[welshTerrier2]

here's a shocker from today's Boston Globe ... who'd a thunk it ???

Supporters of President Bush are less knowledgeable about the president's foreign policy positions and are more likely to be mistaken about factual issues in world affairs than voters who back John F. Kerry, a survey released yesterday indicated.

A large majority of self-identified Bush voters polled believe Saddam Hussein provided "substantial support" to Al Qaeda, and 47 percent believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the US invasion. Among the president's supporters, 57 percent queried think international public opinion favors Bush's reelection, and 51 percent believe that most Islamic countries support "US-led efforts to fight terrorism."

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Kerry supporters correctly identified their candidate's position on every foreign policy issue in the survey except defense spending. Only 43 percent of the Democrat's supporters know he wants to keep the Pentagon budget at the same level rather than cut or expand it.

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Kull said it is common for voters to tailor their views on particular issues to those of the candidate they favor overall, but the extent to which Bush supporters are filtering out news from Iraq that might reflect poorly on the president is unprecedented.

[Wickerman]

1. thanks Faux, MSRNC, and CNN-RW

when folks get their news from biased sources that don't bother to actually even report, here's your end product.

Kull said it is common for voters to tailor their views on particular issues to those of the candidate they favor overall, but the extent to which Bush supporters are filtering out news from Iraq that might reflect poorly on the president is unprecedented.

[bif]

2. Republicans are idiots. We knew that!

[Scoopie]

8. Actually "uninformed" is a better word

Most Republicans are CAPABLE of learning the truth, which makes them NOT idiots; however, their unwillingness to do so makes them lazy, uninformed, anti-knowledgable and a threat to democracy.

[welshTerrier2]

3. still believe in al Qaeda links

this survey is even worse than the Globe article cited above ...

Three out of four self-described supporters of President George W. Bush still believe that pre-war Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or active programs to produce them and that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein provided “substantial support” to al Qaeda, according to a new survey released here Thursday.

Moreover, as many or more Bush supporters hold those beliefs today than they did several months ago, before the publication of a series of well-publicized official government reports that debunked both notions.

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Seventy-five percent of Bush supporters said they believed that Iraq was providing “substantial” support to Al Qaeda, with 20 percent asserting that Iraq was directly involved in the 9/11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon. Sixty-three percent of Bush supporters even believed that the clear evidence of such support has actually been found, and 60 percent believe that “most experts” have reached the same conclusion.

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Remarkably, asked whether the U.S. should have gone to war with Iraq if U.S. intelligence had concluded that Baghdad did not have a WMD program and was not providing support to al Qaeda, 58 percent of Bush supporters said no, and 61 percent said they assumed that Bush would also not have gone to war under those circumstances. “To support the president and to accept that he took the U.S. to war based on mistaken assumptions,” said Kull, “likely creates substantial cognitive dissonance and leads Bush supporters to suppress awareness of unsettling information about pre-war Iraq.”

[Jimmy D]

4. Debateing a Bush supporter

All you hear is Kerry this and Kerry That. Total waste of time they
are morons

Best regards
Jimmy D

[newyawker99]

7. Hi Jimmy D!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[liberal N proud]

5. That is becuase Democrats have the capacity to think for themselves

The repukes only listen to the "LIBERAL" media whores and follow along like ants through poison.

[Hamlette]

6. at least I finally understand why they are voting for him. . .

all memebers of the flat earth society.

Dean has the best idea, we need to turn this election into a permanent campaign. Each of us pledge a certain amount of money each month to support ongoing efforts to get the truth out through think tanks etc.