Economist Magazine Poll: Kerry 48 Bush 41

[Tony_FLADEM]

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Who the hell did THEY poll?

Their readership or Londoners or something?

Need a lot more information to make anything of a statement like this.

[Zynx]

2. Link here:

http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/YouGovG.pdf

[madmax]

3. I know several people who read the Economist

My doctor is always talking about it. He said, can't get to the heart of real issues in Time or Newsweek. I've never read it so don't know. :shrug:

[lil-petunia]

4. I read it all the time. conservative, but they pretty

much know that Bush is a moran on a psychopath to god's ear. (I just loved something another Duer wrote)
They polled likely voters in the US.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. British Conservatives Are Burkean Conservatives Not Neocons

Edmund Burke wouldn't be going around with a cannon to shake up the whole world....

[fujiyama]

7. They seem conservative

in a more classical sense. Weren't they really disgusted with the gay marriage amendment? They seem somwhat libertarian.

On economic affairs they are somewhat conservative, but it's still a good magazine. I used to read it somewhat regularly.

[Toronto Ron]

9. Me too. The Economist is a brilliant magazine.

Yes, it favours free market capitalism, but with a conscience. It has been screaming about Darfur for many weeks now, for example. It rains on the bush misadministration for its faux conservatism (economics-wise). There is no better way to stay informed about what's going on in every corner of the world. A bit of classic British wit is even to be found, just in right amounts.

[lil-petunia]

11. Bingo! Sudan has been a big item for a while

and they wonder
WHAT THE HELL IS THE SHRUB DOING?

I get the impression that cheney, shrub, wolfie and rummie are considered to be aggressive, smart-assed short-sighted bozos, with power lust and money being more important than governing a nation, or in our case, a world.

Face it. we are where the UK was 100 yrs ago. Their policies caused their demise. They KNOW ours are doing the same at the moment. It is easier for them to spot our defects than for us. Distance helps, so does prior experience.

[Doctor_J]

12. con in the european sense

the UK "conservative" party is slightly to the left of the DLC.

[Julien Sorel]

5. If only it weren't so damn expensive.

$80 a year or so is flat out too much money to pay for a magazine, however good it is. I used to get it for free and got hooked, then I changed careers and found out what a nice perq it was.

[Tarheelhombre]

8. I just subscribed for the year

Clearly the best publication out there. Outstanding.

[RichardRay]

10. Allocate the cost

That's a bit more than $1.50 a week (it's a weekly magazine, for those who haven't seen it). I get a full day out of it when it first arrives, then another day trying to figure out what the economic content means, then another day trying to figure out why they agree with me on the things we agree on and then another one trying to figure out how I would respond to their editors if I had a chance to discuss the points on which I disagree with them. Then I have a few days to digest other pulications with similar throw weight, then I start over.

I think that's pretty good for $1.50 a week!

Richard Ray - Jackson Hole, WY

[TruthIsAll]

13. Based on their 2% MoE, they are giving Kerry a 99.87% win probability.

And that assumes a proportional split of the 11% undecideds with Bush which would give Kerry 53.9% and Bush 46.1%.

But it's better than that. Give Kerry 73% if the undecided (8% of the 11%)and he wins with 56% of the vote.

Bush has a ZERO probability.