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March 11, 2005
Having it both ways: Remember the exit polls that showed the largest defining issue among Bush supporters in the 2004 Presidential elections was "moral issues?" The GOP, White House, and other conservatives previously dismissed the 2004 exit polls results that painted the Republican Party base as radical evangelicals. Now they are embracing the exit poll's data and touting them as evidence of increased black support.
In the 2004 Presidential exit polls, the largest percentage of voters for George W. Bush cited "moral issues" as the top issue, beating jobs, the economy and the war in Iraq. Some priorities! Those who cited "jobs" and "the economy" in the exit polls as the most important issues our country faces overwhelmingly voted for John Kerry. Go figure.
The Republican Party leadership hopes to use exit poll results to bolster an expansion of support among black voters that share something in common with their evangelical base: opposition to equal rights for gays. One thing going for today's Republican Party leadership is the fact that bigotry comes in all colors. (via GayOrbit)
The GOP remains behind the Democrats in attracting black voters: President Bush won 11% of the black vote in the 2004 presidential election. But, Republican strategists said, he got 16% of the black vote in Ohio, which helped secure his victory in that state.Bush had drawn 9% of the African American vote, both in Ohio and nationwide, in 2000.
Party officials contended the increase was the result of targeted outreach to socially conservative black ministers who, like the president, oppose same-sex marriage and support school vouchers.
[GOP Forms Panel to Draw More Blacks Into Tent - L.A. Times - 03-10-05]
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