Ipsos-AP - the new voters favor Kerry

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from the always-great www.emergingdemocraticmajority.com

New Voters for Kerry

A new Ipsos-AP analysis of their poll data shows new voters leaning very heavily toward Kerry.

Among LVs who are new voters, Kerry is favored over Bush by a smashing 25 points, 60-35. Moreover, these new voters were twice as likely to say they'd been contacted by the Kerry campaign (38 percent) than by the Bush campaign (16 percent).

The Ipsos-AP analysis provides this sketch of new voters' demographics and political attitudes:

New voters tend to be young (64% are under 35), unmarried (54%), with some college experience (36%) and holding down a full-time job (63%), often in the service sector or skilled trades. They say the country is heading in the wrong direction (68%) and disapprove of Bush’s performance as President (63%) and his handling of Iraq (65%), in particular.

Obviously, the more of these voters that show up at the polls on November 2, the better for John Kerry.

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[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. I hope that actually vote now and....

that the Rethugs don't fool with their votes!

[WLKjr]

2. I love this image!

I think this is kewl. very kewl when it moves.

[deadparrot]

3. Do we know what percentage of the electorate these new voters represent?

[tedoll78]

4. I've heard estimates of 10%.

Some say 7%.

And many say new voters in 2000 were less than 3%.

On Edit:
remember, that's 7% of ALL voters. And many of these new voters are concentrated in the swing states. We see the early balloting in Iowa, with our numbers DOUBLING the GOP's early voters. There's actual evidence to point to this as a real phenomenon.

[deadparrot]

6. Really? Wow.

That's a valuable 7-10%, especially if they break for Kerry in those numbers.

[Fed Up]

5. I can't believe there is even 1 new voter who wants to keep Chimpy in.

But I'm glad we got way more on our side.

Wanting Chimpie to continue in office is like going on a candlelight vigil to free Charlie Manson.

[Pax Argent]

7. That's why I'm here

I've never voted in my 37 years prior to this year's primaries. I will be gladly going to vote for Kerry come 11/2.

[Doctor_J]

8. so how many Gore supporters from 2000

will have to have lost their minds for Chimp to make up for this?

[RevolutionStartsNow]

11. LOL, I can only think of one:

Ron Silver

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9. Take a new voter to the polls

or make sure they've mailed in their ballots.

[DeepModem Mom]

10. Kick!