Voters Care About Poverty. Are Candidates Listening?
Very interesting, and encouraging, news from New Hampshire today, as the One Campaign prepares to release some new polling data demonstrating that voters care, and care deeply, about poverty issues. A “curtain raiser” on the report is available here.
Among the findings of the new poll by two prominent firms (Peter D. Hart Research Associates and McLaughlin and Associates) are that:
- Both Democrats (81%) and Republicans alike (70%) agree that reducing poverty, treating preventable diseases and improving education in poor countries around the world will help make the world safer and the United States more secure
- Democrats (90%) and Republicans (85%) agree that it is in keeping with the country’s values and our history of compassion to lead an effort to solve some of the most serious problems facing the world’s poorest people.
- Democrats (86%) and Republicans (67%) agree that it is important for Presidential candidates to discuss their plans for addressing global hunger and poverty issues in this campaign
- Eight in ten Democrats (81%) and Republicans (80%) agree that the next president should keep the commitments made by President Bush to prevent and fight the spread of AIDS in Africa.
The full report will be posted here this afternoon.