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| Last Edited | COSDem Nov 24, 2007 01:49am |
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| News Date | Saturday, November 24, 2007 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Disillusioned with President Bush's handling of the war, the economy and immigration, nearly half of likely voters in Indiana appear poised to buck 40 years of tradition and vote for a Democratic presidential ticket -- if it includes Sen. Evan Bayh, according to a new Indianapolis Star-WTHR (Channel 13) poll.
This poll was conducted Nov. 13-16 by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, and is based on interviews with 600 Indiana residents.
Interviewers contacted households using randomly generated telephone numbers. All people 18 and older were eligible to participate.
The poll is weighted to reflect the 8 percent of the Hoosier population who are 18 and older and black, based on U.S. census population estimates from the 2006 American Community Survey. Percentages based on the full sample have a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Among voters who say they will definitely vote in the 2008 election, the margin of error is plus or minus 4.6 percentage points.
The poll of 600 Hoosiers -- including 449 who say they will definitely vote in the November 2008 election -- revealed a growing sense of pessimism, with nearly three-quarters saying the nation is headed in the wrong direction and 28 percent approving of George W. Bush's performance as president.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points for all respondents and plus or minus 4.6 percentage points for likely voters. It was conducted by telephone Nov. 13-16.
The results also hint at a slight shift away from traditionally conservative Hoosier views on some issues, said J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., a Des Moines, Iowa-based public opinion research firm that conducted the poll. |
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