By Michael J. Smith on Monday May 15, 2006 02:36 PM
Harking back to an earlier conversation here, those invaluable pollmeisters at Angus Reid have got some very pleasing results for us:
... 30 per cent of respondents would support a third party candidate who promised to build a barrier along the Mexican border and make enforcement of immigration law his top priority. In a separate sample, 28 per cent of respondents said they would vote for a third party contender who promised universal health care.Specifics:
How would you vote in the 2008 presidential election if a third party candidate ran and promised to build a barrier along the Mexican border and make enforcement of immigration law his top priority?
| Democratic nominee | 31% |
| Third party candidate | 30% |
| Republican nominee | 21% |
How would you vote in the 2008 presidential election if a third party candidate ran and promised universal health care?
| Republican nominee | 28% |
| Third party candidate | 28% |
| Democratic nominee | 24% |
Comments (5)
There are many ways to phrase the question on health care that I'm afraid never get asked.
"Would it help your business if you could be certain your employees' health care would benefit from economies of scale?"
"Is it fair that Ted Kennedy can get a liver transplant, and your mother most likely cannot?"
"Would you enjoy making small talk with Hillary Clinton in the dentist's waiting room? How similar would that be to having a cavity drilled and filled?"
"What is your understanding of savings from the widest pooling of risk?"
Some of my questions may not be suitable for sober pollsters, but they do help articulate the positions.
Posted by J. Alva Scruggs | May 15, 2006 5:01 PM
Posted on May 15, 2006 17:01
obviously
each question
was crafted to see which party had the most flank brake away potential
but
the golden sealed border party
and the uncle payer party
both sound like fresh air to me
Posted by jsp | May 15, 2006 5:37 PM
Posted on May 15, 2006 17:37
Oddly enough, I had one of those full-spectrum phone polsters call me last month. The damn survey took an hour, and definitely mentioned the supposed novel new issue of immigration control. Nothing I can recall about 3rd Parties, however...
Posted by alsis39.9 | May 15, 2006 8:24 PM
Posted on May 15, 2006 20:24
3rd Parties are the new elephant in the room, the issue no one wants to talk about.
Last night, when Kinky Friedman has a brief interview on AAR's democrat-evening show "Majority Report," the show's blog went bonzo-seco with 3rd Party hatred. Dems can't *stand* the idea of competition.
Posted by AlanSmithee | May 16, 2006 12:02 PM
Posted on May 16, 2006 12:02
Well, Alan, we can always hope this means that they've officially given up on getting us to come back and play on their team. Really, I think I'd prefer the comforting near-anonymity of the dinky-ass 40% of the nation that eschews voting altogether. All the Great Minds and the hangers-on just pretend non-voters don't exist. Non-voters are free to get on with their lives. That's what I want. No more hamfisted guilt mongering, no more all-your-votes-am-belong-to-us, no more listening to that piece of crap station feeling miserably depressed that a funny, talented and once-decent soul like Garofalo is now a high-paid carnival barker for Smith's "souphounds." No, I just want to sit on the stoop with my home-brewed iced tea and a little Andy Kirk in the background and watch the flowers dance in the breeze. Obscurity. Bliss.
Posted by alsis39.9 | May 16, 2006 5:26 PM
Posted on May 16, 2006 17:26