And The Polls Say…..
Politicians who attack Wal-Mart are damaging their own prospects. In one of the most amusing polls I have read in a while, a Quinnipiac University poll conducted in Florida and Ohio show that the anti-Wal-Mart jihad is a stunningly bad idea. The voters are not as stupid as the politicians think they are.
Democratic presidential candidates who attack Wal-Mart due to concerns about the ill effects of globalization, the firm's business practices and its pay for workers are hurting their own election prospects.
That's the message from new polls in Ohio and Florida, the two most important swing states in presidential elections.
Simply put, the poll results raise this question: Why have Democrats chosen to highlight their opposition to the nation's largest employer.
Three-in-four voters say attacks by politicians on Wal-Mart won't affect their voting behavior. But among those who say it will, those people are much more likely to vote against a candidate who skewers Wal-Mart than they are to vote for him.
Quinnipiac University polls of more than 1,000 voters in each of those states last month found that Wal-Mart is viewed very favorably by the electorate, and especially by independent voters who generally decide close elections.
A plurality of voters also believes that Democrats who attack Wal-Mart are doing so to curry favor with organized labor, which is unhappy with the firm because its stores are non-union.
With Wal-Mart now going on offense, it will probably get much worse for the politicians. I have always maintained that this was a stunningly stupid strategy. The poll says it isn't just my opinion. The poll indicates that even union members think Wal-Mart is good for their communities. Heck, John Edwards even shops there!
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By Robert P., Tuesday, 9 January , 2007 @ 8:39 am
You of course know that this is bull. Senator Edwards never asked nor shopped for a Playstation at Wal-Mart, however, an overzealous staffer might have.
The way y’all pass on lies as truth is just astounding, but then again I guess that is because you have no decency anymore.
BTW, I see your 2,996 tribute, but where is the Iraq casualty counter?
By Gaius, Tuesday, 9 January , 2007 @ 9:42 am
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230200,00.html