Those wacky Canuck pollsters have emerged once again from their Dilbert covered cubicles with this report on buyers remorse. To wit:
Kerry Would Defeat Bush in New U.S. ElectionApril 22, 2006
(Angus Reid Global Scan) - The outcome of the 2004 United States presidential election would be different if a new ballot took place this year, according to a poll by Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times. 47 per cent of respondents would vote for Democrat John Kerry, while 40 per cent would support Republican George W. Bush....
Polling Data
Regardless of how you may have voted in the presidential election in November 2004, knowing what you know today, would you vote for George W. Bush or John Kerry if the presidential election was being held today?
What to make of this? Given the accuracy of the average poll, probably not much. But I have to wonder, however briefly, at the motives behind commissioning such a passive-aggressive poll. Was it an "I told ya so!" sort of thing or did they just need an item for "News of the Weird"? Perhaps only their Personal Life Coaches know for sure.
- John Kerry (D) 47%
- George W. Bush (R) 40%
- Someone else 6%
- Would not vote 4%
- Don't know 3%
Comments (3)
this poll bugs me
cause i can't tell where the remorse bush votes w migrated to
the implication
its kerry
may be very poor
after all he's at 47
maybe he's held more or less steady
after all how can you regret
a losing vote when
the guy you didn't vote for
the winner
shits his trousers
Posted by jsp | April 24, 2006 12:32 PM
Posted on April 24, 2006 12:32
Someone else is a 6%? Didn't all the collective Someone Elses get 1% in the actual election? There seems to be quite an opening here...
Posted by Jim | April 24, 2006 12:58 PM
Posted on April 24, 2006 12:58
Jim, I keep running into people who say they now regret voting for Kerry and not the Someone Else. That's the whole trouble. When push comes to shove, they will, as a whole, go with the Democrat in haste, and repent in leisure once it's all over.
If you can think of some magic charm that would get through to these people when it really counted, perhaps you should be running. ;)
Posted by alsis39.75 | April 25, 2006 6:47 PM
Posted on April 25, 2006 18:47