Jophiel wrote:
Political Wire wrote:
A new Pew Research poll finds that 45% of Americans either didn't know what the Supreme Court had decided with regards to President Obama's health care law (30%) or thought that the Supreme Court had overturned the law (15%).
The Fix concludes that "assuming that the electorate is paying close attention to the political goings-on -- even when they are so seemingly high profile as the Court ruling on health care -- is a mistake. Most people -- especially those who are unaffiliated or independent voters -- tend to be relatively low information voters. That is, they don't have all the facts on an issue -- and they don't really care to find them out."
The Fix concludes that "assuming that the electorate is paying close attention to the political goings-on -- even when they are so seemingly high profile as the Court ruling on health care -- is a mistake. Most people -- especially those who are unaffiliated or independent voters -- tend to be relatively low information voters. That is, they don't have all the facts on an issue -- and they don't really care to find them out."
This has nothing to do with Alma's "independent" remark; I just read it and found it interesting
Edited, Jul 3rd 2012 3:29pm by Jophiel
Even though that wasn't in regards to me, I agree. I'm an independent because I have views on both sides and I don't like being pigeon holed into certain views . However, if I were to vote, I would likely vote Dem.
I would argue that the average person who isn't registered to vote probably doesn't know the primary differences in REPs and DEMs.