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That doesn't surprise me, in general, as Democrats are usually more sympathic
to social welfare programs than Republicans.  And I'm an avid Democrot. ;)

Kat

On Friday 08 October 2004 04:32 pm, Kendall David Corbett wrote:
> Interesting release from National Organization on Disability (NOD)
> Kendall Corbett
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
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> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justice For All Moderator [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 8:16 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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
> [log in to unmask]
> 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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