Polls: Primary Voters Older, More Liberal

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Wed Mar-10-04 12:17 AM
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Polls: Primary Voters Older, More Liberal

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20040310/ap_on_el_pr/exit_polls

WASHINGTON - Voters in four primaries Tuesday were older and more liberal than those from earlier Southern contests, and were eager to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq (news - web sites), according to exit polls.

With little doubt that John Kerry (news - web sites), the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee would carry the day, voters who went to the polls were particularly dedicated and had the free time to make the trip.

The exit polls of voters were conducted in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas for The Associated Press and the TV networks by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International.

Almost eight in 10 voters on Tuesday said Kerry shares their values, with almost half saying he shares them a lot. The top issue was the economy and Kerry won four of five of those voters in the four states.

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eileen from OH

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Wed Mar-10-04 12:58 AM
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1. Come home, former hippies,

all is forgiven.

What constantly amazes me, as one who helped end the Vietnam War (and we did, you know) is running into former comrades in arms who have turned into conservatives. Is it hormones? Is it having to be "responsible" parents? I know that I'm less a liberal than I used to be - and a heckuva lot more pragmatic and willing to compromise. But I STILL believe in the basic stuff that motivated me as a hippie back in them there days.

Maybe they too still have that spark and still remember. Maybe they remember THAT culture war, when, just as now, protest equaled treason. Maybe the sight of Janet Jackson's nipple, for gawd's sake, made them remember that the people at Woodstock romped naked and the country was horrified. Maybe they see that today's tattoos and body piercings are yesterday's long hair. (And for you youngsters - you have NO idea how much of a Major Big Deal was made of long hair on guys.)

Everything old is new again. We've been there, done that. Maybe some of these "older voters" are once again finding their liberal roots. Maybe the cultural wars of 2004 are reminding some people of the cultural war we fought in the 60's. And won.

Gawd, I hope so.

eileen from OH

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Mountainman

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Wed Mar-10-04 04:18 AM
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2. I have never change my ideals from the 60's

Maybe having to go to Vietnam made me see more clearly what we were all about. I don't think there is one ideal that I had then that I don't have now. When I got back home I did just what Kerry did. I talked against the war to anyone who would listen. Several of us talked about going home and telling the world what a wrong thing the war was.

Liberal hippie then, liberal hippie now. Living in the mountains and loving it.

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