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[Freethinker]

Originally posted by: lindagarrette
Who voted for Bush? 40% of the people in this country still believe in biblical creation, a majority is scared to death about their families' safety from ranpant terrorism, some think there must be WMDs somewhere in Iraq,

To show just how ignorant of facts the average Bush voter was, here are some interesting statistics as to what they believe.

And it is SCARY!

Even after the final report of Charles Duelfer to Congress saying that Iraq did not have a significant WMD program, 72% of Bush supporters continue to believe that Iraq had actual WMD

Similarly, 75% of Bush supporters continue to believe that Iraq was providing substantial support to al Qaeda, and 63% believe that clear evidence of this support has been found. Sixty percent of Bush supporters assume that this is also the conclusion of most experts, and 55% assume, incorrectly, that this was the conclusion of the 9/11 Commission.

only 31% of Bush supporters recognize that the majority of people in the world oppose the US having gone to war with Iraq.

57% of Bush supporters assume that the majority of people in the world would favor Bush's reelection;

Majorities incorrectly assume that Bush supports multilateral approaches to various international issues--the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (69%), the treaty banning land mines (72%)--and for addressing the problem of global warming: 51% incorrectly assume he favors US participation in the Kyoto treaty.

While Kerry supports were found to consistantly (almost inversely) have far more accurate knowledge of National and World News and Candidates stances

IOW the reason the majority of Bush voters voted for him was out of their own pure IGNORANCE!

The Separate Realities of Bush and Kerry Supporters

http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pr...rt10_21_04.pdf