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Tue Mar-16-04 10:55 AM
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Poll question: If you're under 30 years of age, please answer this poll. |
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How would your vote be influenced if a candidate is known to have supported the anti-war movement during the Vietnam era?
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Tue Mar-16-04 11:57 AM
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1. The polls so far show: |
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As of 11:53 am EST:
52% Would vote in favor BECAUSE of Vietnam record. 34% Vietnam record not a factor. 14% Potential freeper lurkers.
(Mods, delete this post if I broke the rules with that last comment. I just couldn't resist. :-) )
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Tue Mar-16-04 12:21 PM
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I'd have to agree on the "potential freeper lurkers" thing. What self-respecting Democrat would vote against someone because he was part of the anti-war demonstrations of the 70s?
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Tue Mar-16-04 02:21 PM
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3. Under 30?? I'm 36 and Vietnam means very little to me... |
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Remember, there were a bunch of us who were kids during the tail end of Vietnam. It didn't have the effect on us that it did on some...
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Tue Mar-16-04 03:56 PM
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4. I probably should have said under 35. |
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But this is giving me a good indication.
I wonder if the stats would be different for the over 35 crowd on this Dem board? (Or mostly Dem board since it's apparent we have visitors.)
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Tue Mar-16-04 04:20 PM
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5. I'd bet it'd be a little different. My father was in the reserves and |
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didn't get sent to Vietnam, but he was gone for a few months on some sort of maneuvers. Older than me, you'd probably get some people that has fathers/much older siblings die in Vietnam. Younger that me, probably not. I'd expect the cutoff was somewhere between 34-39.
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