dear all,
rupanya rakyat Amerika persis seperti rakyat Indonesia yah, yaitu sangat mementingkan
moralitas.
togi
Petter Taulan P wrote:
another perspective on the current phenomenon
ptP
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05:46 04Nov2004 RTRS-"Morality" a top issue in U.S. election win by Bush
By Joanne Kenen
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush built his
election win on a coalition of older, white, church-goers in a race where
voters were more likely to cite "morality" as their top concern rather than
war or terror, analysis of the vote showed on Wednesday.
"Moral values" was the single top issue cited by voters, and social
and religious issues such as gay marriage, gun ownership, and abortion
loomed large, according to exit polls by television networks posted on Web
sites on Wednesday.
Bush voters said they valued his clarity, leadership and religious
faith -- while Kerry scored much higher with those who placed a premium on
intelligence, compassion and being an agent of change.
CNN's analysis of the exit data showed that morality was cited as the
number one concern by 22 percent of voters -- four-fifths of whom voted for
Bush. The second top issue was economy and jobs -- and Kerry captured
four-fifths of those votes.
Terrorism was the third top issue, at 19 percent. Iraq was fourth at 15
percent -- and 73 percent of those voters went for Kerry.
Other domestic issues -- health care, taxes and education -- were all
under 10 percent, with Democrats caring more about health and schools and
Republicans about taxes. Other networks had very similar analysis of the
exit poll data on their web sites on Wednesday.
"Despite the conventional political wisdom that moral concerns are a
drag on a political ticket, it was values that energized voters," James
Kennedy, president of the Florida-based Coral Ridge Ministries said in a
statement. Kennedy said Christian conservatives had voted in unexpectedly
large numbers and had delivered a "moral mandate."
Of the 11 states with anti-gay marriage initiatives on the ballot, Bush
carried nine. Three of those states had either open or very competitive
Senate races, and Republicans captured all three -- Georgia, Oklahoma and
Kentucky.
Voters who opposed gay marriage overwhelmingly backed Bush, while the
minority of Americans who backed full marriage rights for gay couples
backed
Kerry.
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