Poll: Worries underlie voter happiness

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This is quite a batch of clueless Republican voters. The Democrats seem somewhat more in tune with what's going on, but "they don't necessarily blame Republicans for their problems"???

By Alan Fram and Trevor Tompson
Associated Press Writers / November 21, 2007

WASHINGTON—Julie Murray says life is good. Yet gasoline prices are crimping her grocery budget, she can't afford a larger house, and she says President Bush is not focused enough on people's problems at home.

"My husband and I are happy," said Murray, 46, a homemaker from Montpelier, Miss. "We just wish we could buy more into the American dream."
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“ I don't care for where Bush is going, and I don't see a Democrat improving it," said James Crosby, 57, a Republican from Walterboro, S.C.
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Joseph Lyon, a 22-year-old Republican from Houston, is most troubled by a fear the U.S. will leave Iraq too soon and by immigrants who stream into the U.S. but do not learn English.
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In a measure of the two parties' traditional strengths with income classes, people saying they are enjoying good financial times said they are slightly likelier to support next year's Republican presidential candidate over the Democrat. Those saying times are tough are less likely to vote, but back the Democrat by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, though they don't necessarily blame Republicans for their problems.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/21/poll_worries_underlie_voter_happiness/?page=1