Interesting release from National Organization on Disability (NOD)
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Subject: Poll: Kerry Beats Bush in Addressing Disability Issues

"Poll: Kerry Beats Bush in Addressing Disability Issues"

A Press Release from the National Organization on 
Disability, http://www.nod.org:

Contact: Brewster Thackeray 
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202/955-6327  
 
KERRY ADDRESSING DISABILITY ISSUES BETTER THAN BUSH, 
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ON DISABILITY/HARRIS SURVEY FINDS

WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2004 - Asked which presidential 
candidate they believe is addressing the needs of people 
with disabilities as part of their campaign, 39 percent of 
all respondents to a recent Harris Poll survey commissioned 
by the National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) gave 
Senator John F. Kerry credit, compared to 22 percent for 
President George W. Bush. Ralph Nader was selected by five 
percent. The survey, part of N.O.D.s ongoing effort to 
document and track the political concerns of Americans with 
disabilities, was funded by a grant from Carnegie 
Corporation of New York.

Among people with disabilities, Kerry was seen as 
addressing disability issues by 40 percent of respondents, 
compared to 23 for Bush. Those without disabilities cited 
Kerry 38 percent of the time and Bush 22. Five percent of 
both cited Nader.

When it came to specific issues that Harris has identified 
from prior polling as being of importance to people with 
disabilities, Bush had an edge among all voters on homeland 
security (55-33%) and technology (39-37%).

The advantage was Kerrys on education (46-42%), Medicare 
drug benefits (49-36%), employment (51-36%), health care 
(49-36%), civil rights (47-33%), transportation (39-33%), 
and housing (46-32%). People with and without disabilities 
responded similarly to these questions, within a margin of 
error.

Even in these last weeks of the campaign, I urge all 
candidates to speak out on disability issues and matters 
that are important to the one-fifth of the population that 
have disabilities, said N.O.D. President Alan A. Reich. 
While not every American has a disability, everybody has 
friends and relatives that do. Outreach to the disability 
community is a smart move for any politician or candidate.

Methodology: The Harris Poll. was conducted by telephone 
within the United States between September 9 and 13, 2004 
among a nationwide cross section of 398 adults (aged 18 and 
over) with disabilities (323 of whom are likely voters) and 
828 adults (aged 18 and over) without disabilities (714 of 
whom are likely voters). For both samples figures for age, 
sex, race, education, and region were weighted where 
necessary to align them with their actual proportions in 
each population. For the sample of people with 
disabilities, these respondents were also weighted by type 
of disability and for the people without disabilities that 
sample of respondents was also weighted by the number of 
adults and number of voice/telephone lines in the household 
where necessary. 

In theory, with a probability sample of this size, one can 
say with 95 percent certainty that the results have a 
sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points for 
the total sample of U.S. adults without disabilities who 
are likely voters (and plus or minus 5.5 percentage points 
for the smaller sample of U.S. adults with disabilities who 
are likely voters). Unfortunately, there are several other 
possible sources of error in all polls or surveys that are 
probably more serious than theoretical calculations of 
sampling error. They include refusals to be interviewed 
(nonresponse), question wording and question order, 
interviewer bias, weighting by demographic control data and 
screening (e.g., for likely voters). It is impossible to 
quantify the errors that may result from these factors.

The National Organization on Disability, founded in 1982, 
promotes the full and equal participation and contribution 
of Americas 54 million men, women and children with 
disabilities in all aspects of life. N.O.D. is a 
nonpartisan organization. For more information visit 
www.nod.org <http://www.nod.org/>. 

Harris Interactive (www.harrisinteractive.com 
<http://www.harrisinteractive.com>) is a global research 
firm that blends premier strategic consulting with 
innovative and efficient methods of investigation, analysis 
and application. Well known for The Harris Poll. and for 
pioneering Internet-based research methods, Rochester, New 
York-based Harris Interactive conducts proprietary and 
public research to help its clients around the world 
achieve clear, material and enduring results.

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