The Baltimore Sun Reports On A Revealing Focus Group

Published May 29 2007, 04:36 PM by webteam

    Focus group polls can be extremely revealing, especially at this point in the campaign. When pollsters can talk with a group of voters for more than a few minutes, they often get them to reveal their preferences and leanings in a way that's impossible in an up-or-down poll.
    This article last week in the Baltimore Sun on a recent focus group conducted by the estimable Peter Hart in the Baltimore suburbs didn't receive a lot of attention. But it confirms some initial Tote Board impressions as to where voters are currently leaning at this point in the campaign. For the record, the voters were interested in hearing more about Obama, but they questioned his inexperience. They were worried enough about homeland security that Hart later called it "a hidden underlying issue;" these concerns led them to look favorably at Rudy Giuliani and John McCain.
     Interestingly, none of the 12 present seemed to have much nice to say about Hillary Clinton. "As for Clinton, voters couldn't seem to get beyond concerns about her personality, her husband and her single-minded drive for power," the article said. "Most said they wouldn't vote for her under any circumstance."

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LorenzoJennifer said:

The indication that Homeland Security is an underlying campaign issue suggests fear is alive in the land. September 11 did away with the notion of a "fortress America" where we were protected by Canada to the north, Mexico to the south and great oceans to the east and west. Planes crashing into the World Trade Center ended the myth of invincibility. Immigration adds to the fear factor. While we are "a nation of immigrants" - the title of one of Sen. John F. Kennedy's books - many folks get nervous when realizing that about 12 million people are living her illegally. The Democrats need to recognize and address public concerns on "homeland security." The Republican Party has traditionally been the stronger of the two on national defense issues. They may be well served in '08 by a public that lets underlying fear and apprehension guide their hand in the privacy of the voting booth.

May 29, 2007 8:46 PM

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