Idealogian

Presidential Polls

Some of you may have heard of the interesting poll results from last week:

The American Kennel Club and BankOne surveyed American dog lovers and found that the owners of man's best friend are not evenly divided on the presidential candidates. Like regular church attendees, dog lovers prefer to run in George W. Bush's yard.

Asked which candidate they'd trust to walk Fido, dog owners favored Mr. Bush 51% to 37%. Asked which candidate would be better for their pooch's happiness, 44% favored Mr. Bush over 37% for Mr. Kerry. But perhaps more troublesome for the Democrat is what happened when participants were asked which dog breed they most closely associated with each candidate. For Mr. Bush, two breeds tied at 20% each: the Labrador retriever, the most popular family dog in America, and the Rottweiler, often used as a guard dog. As for Mr. Kerry, 15% associated him with Labs -- but 14% picked a poodle (the poll didn't specify a French poodle).

But you may not have heard the more recent results:

40 percent of parents who dislike 30 percent of their children prefer George W. Bush.

52 percent of people with wall-to-wall carpeting dislike Mr. Bush's plan for redecorating Iraq.

98 percent of World War I veterans can't remember the name of either candidate. Both prefer Coolidge.

63 percent of single women over 50 think John Kerry is too tall for his own good. 71 percent of divorced women say George Bush would be an ideal ex-husband.

There are more at the link above. One demographic of which I am (embarrassingly) a part:

Before the Republican convention, 86 percent of the population thought Zell Miller was a professional golfer.

Zell Miller, Fuzzy Zoeller. Same thing.