The Gap Between Closed Minds

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finlay42

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The Gap Between Closed Minds

By Dana Milbank
Sunday, October 24, 2004; Page A04

This past week brought confirmation that Bush and Kerry supporters live in alternate universes.

The Program on International Policy Attitudes, affiliated with the University of Maryland, released a poll finding that supporters of President Bush and Democrat John F. Kerry were divided not just by their views but also by the facts:

A majority of Bush supporters, 72 percent, believed that Iraq possessed prohibited weapons or had a major weapons of mass destruction program, compared with 26 percent of Kerry supporters who held such beliefs. A majority of Bush supporters also believed experts agree that Iraq possessed banned weapons just before the war, and that U.S. weapons inspector Charles A. Duelfer concluded that Iraq held prohibited arms or ran major programs. In fact, Duelfer and the others who have probed the matter found neither weapons of mass destruction nor major programs for producing them.

On al Qaeda's ties to Iraq, similarly, 75 percent of Bush supporters believed that Iraq either gave al Qaeda "substantial support" or direct involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks; 30 percent of Kerry supporters held these views. A majority of Bush supporters believed the 9/11 commission backed them up on these beliefs, although the panel found no cooperation between the two, only some contacts.

The PIPA poll also found that 31 percent of Bush supporters believed the majority of people in the world opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq, compared with 74 percent of Kerry supporters. Bush supporters also believed most of the world favors Bush's reelection. PIPA, analyzing these results, found a "tendency of Bush supporters to ignore dissonant information."

Bush and Kerry supporters agreed on a couple of things. Majorities of both said the Bush administration continues to say that Iraq possessed prohibited weapons just before the war, and that the United States has found clear evidence that Saddam Hussein worked closely with al Qaeda.

Another polling outfit, SurveyUSA, has found a broad "education gap" between Bush and Kerry supporters. Nationwide, those who attended graduate school are 11 percentage points more Democratic than those who did not attend college. The gap is largest in Maryland, where it's 38 percent.
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from WaPo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/.../A57582-2004Oct23.html
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Pliablemoose

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Originally posted by: finlay42
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
repost x infinity, thanks
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it was just published today and a search didn't pull up any other posts.

my bad, I guess.
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Pipa study has been referenced in 5 different threads so far.
 
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ReiAyanami

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bush supporters are deaf blind mute -minus the mute

rush "the rush" limbaugh

bill oh reilly
 
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Train

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ugghhh, PIPA.org again, If anyone posted from a site that was as far right as that site is far left, It would instantly be flamed out of here. Anything from that site should be taken with a grain of salt.

I recall several months ago I posted a report from the CATO institute (a pro-free-market research firm) and instead of arguing the facts they presented, my whole thread was basically dismissed due to the source.
 
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